Author: Kryptonews

ING Deutschland has opened retail access to cryptocurrency-linked exchange-traded notes (ETNs), allowing customers to gain exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana through its securities platform. Key Takeaways: ING Deutschland now offers retail investors bank-integrated ETNs for Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. The products remove the need for wallets or private keys by fitting into existing brokerage accounts. ING warned the ETNs carry high risks despite tax alignment and regulated trading venues. The products are physically backed ETNs issued by established providers including 21Shares, Bitwise and VanEck.The notes track the performance of individual cryptocurrencies and are traded on regulated exchanges via ING’s…

Ethereum domain name service provider ENS has canceled plans to launch a layer-2 as part of its ENSv2 upgrade, opting instead to launch a revamped protocol directly on Ethereum. In a blog post on Friday, ENS lead developer nick.eth explained that the decision was partly due to a “99% reduction in ENS registration gas costs over the past year” amid a number of important upgrades to the Ethereum network.“Put simply: Ethereum L1 is scaling, and it’s scaling faster than almost anyone predicted two years ago. The recent Fusaka upgrade raised the gas limit to 60 million, a 2x increase from the…

Coinbase’s TV spot at the Super Bowl divided opinion online, but the crypto exchange says conversations about it were the point.Four years after its viral QR code advertisement, crypto exchange Coinbase has returned to the Super Bowl, this time betting on a Backstreet Boys karaoke-inspired ad. Coinbase’s one-minute TV spot during the most-watched sporting event in the US was mostly text animation that flashed the lyrics to the Backstreet Boys’ 1997 hit “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back).”Coinbase marketing chief Catherine Ferdon said in a statement that the ad aimed to “bring people together for a shared experience that highlights how the crypto community…

Two routine copy-and-paste actions erased $62 million in crypto over December and January, exposing how basic wallet habits are becoming one of Ethereum’s biggest security risks. Summary Two victims lost $62M after copying fake wallet addresses. Signature phishing also jumped sharply in January. Low fees have made large-scale scam campaigns cheaper to run. ScamSniffer said in a post on X on Feb. 8 that one victim lost about $50 million in December 2025 after sending funds to a fake address copied from transaction history. In January 2026, another user lost roughly $12.25 million, equal to about 4,556 ETH at the…

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek has officially launched his new website ai.com to the public, allowing users to create personal AI agents that can perform everyday tasks on their behalf.⁠Brayden Lindrea⁠The ai.com commercial aired during Super Bowl 60 on NBC on Monday, a sporting event that draws in over 100 million viewers a year, promoting the beta launch of the AI platform.For now, users can register their ai.com username handles but must then wait in a queue to have their private, personalized AI agents spun up.Marszalek said the AI agents can perform everything from managing emails and scheduling meetings to canceling…

The digital asset industry is characterized by high levels of volatility along with occasional successful parts of the market. Currently, the CoinMarketCap list of “Top Gainers” shows that digital asset markets are rewarding different types of development in their ecosystems instead of showing signs of a general “altcoin season.” While broader market leaders like Bitcoin and Ethereum are going through a consolidation phase in terms of price movement. Several mid-tier and utility-driven token projects are also making big price moves, often posting double-digit percentage increases. Aster Claims Spotlight Aster (ASTER) has experienced a remarkable surge in the last 24 hours,…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is calling on the Senate Banking Committee to proceed with confirmation hearings for Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh, despite a standoff over an ongoing probe into current Fed chair Jerome Powell. Speaking with Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, Bessent referenced recent pushback from Republican Senator Thom Tillis, who said he plans to stall on processing the next Fed chair until the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into Powell is resolved. “Senator Tillis has come out and said he thinks that Kevin Warsh is a very strong candidate,” Bessent said, adding: “So I would say, why don’t we…

Just one victim lost $12.2 million in January by copying the wrong address from their transaction history in an “address poisoning attack,” adding to a similar $50 million attack in December, according to Scam Sniffer.Address poisoning is when attackers send small transactions, or “dust,” from addresses that look similar to those in the target’s transaction history, hoping the victim will copy the wrong address.Scam Sniffer added that signature phishing also surged recently, with $6.27 million stolen from 4,741 victims in January, a 207% increase compared to December.Two wallets accounted for 65% of all signature phishing losses.Signature phishing is slightly different…

Key NotesGemini exits UK, EU and Australia.It also reduces up to 200 employees (~25%).Gemini guided to ~$11,000,000 in pre-tax restructuring charges. Gemini Space Station Inc. approved a plan to exit the UK, the EU, and Australia and cut up to 200 jobs, equal to about 25% of global headcount, according to an official statement on Feb. 5, 2026. According to a recent SEC filing, Gemini informed regulators that it expects the wind-down plan to be completed in 1H 2026 and to book about $11,000,000 in pre-tax restructuring and related charges, with “substantially all” recognized in Q1 2026. The same filing…

Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged to a record on Monday, breaching the 57,000 level with a 3.4% gain following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decisive “supermajority” victory in the Sunday general election, according to Nikkei Asia. This political mandate signaled a green light for Takaichi’s aggressive expansionary fiscal agenda, which includes a massive $135 billion stimulus package aimed at revitalizing the economy through infrastructure spending and tax cuts. The “Takaichi Trade” sparked a global ripple effect, driving gold prices past the $5,000 per ounce milestone and pushing bitcoin to a brief peak of $72,000, before settling back above $70,000 during Asia morning…