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White House crypto advisor counters Jamie Dimon's stablecoin yield logic

White House digital asset advisor Patrick Witt said that JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s recent statement on stablecoin yield is inaccurate.

Ark Invest buys the dip in Coinbase, Robinhood amid geopolitical volatility

Ark Invest bought around $4.09 million worth of Coinbase shares and $12.06 million in Robinhood shares on Tuesday.

Bitcoin tumbles below $92,500 as US-EU tariff war fears intensify

BTC, ETH, and other major cryptocurrencies experienced a sudden drop on Sunday following headlines surrounding the U.S.-EU tensions over Greenland.

Coinbase pulled support for Senate crypto legislation — here's what happened

The decision to pull support for the market structure bill was not made lightly, a source familiar told The Block on Wednesday night.

Russia finalizes bill to open up crypto market to non-qualified traders: report

Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the State Duma’s Financial Markets Committee, said a draft bill is ready to clear the way for non-qualified investors to trade crypto.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard moved $1 billion through UK-registered crypto exchanges, report finds

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two UK-registered cryptocurrency exchanges to move approximately $1 billion since 2023, evading international sanctions, according to a new analysis from TRM Labs reported by The Washington Post.

Cumulative spot crypto ETF trading volume surpasses $2 trillion, doubling in half the time

U.S. spot crypto ETF cumulative trading volume crossed $2 trillion on Jan. 2, according to The Block’s data dashboard.

CME Group and FanDuel to launch US prediction markets platform next month

CME Group and FanDuel said they are jointly launching a new prediction markets platform in the U.S. next month through a standalone app.

Ark Invest buys $30 million worth of Circle shares amid post-earnings selloff

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest purchased $30.5 million worth of Circle shares across three of its ETFs on Wednesday.

Japan's SBI Holdings taps Startale to launch onchain tokenized stock trading platform

SBI Holdings and Startale Group have partnered to launch an onchain platform that allows round-the-clock trading of tokenized stocks and real-world assets.