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Crypto investment products continued gathering steam last week, with fund inflows outpacing every other week in 2026 so far and marking the largest gains since October.Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) drew $2.17 billion of inflows last week, European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday.The bulk of inflows came earlier in the week, but Friday saw sentiment shift as $378 million in outflows amid Greenland geopolitical escalation and fresh tariff worries, CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, said.“Sentiment was also weighed down by suggestions that Kevin Hassett, a leading contender for the next US Fed Chair and a well-known policy dove,…

Ethereum price is down while daily transactions now exceed 2021 peaks as cheap L2 data, stablecoin payments, and rising staking queues signal durable, non-speculative network demand. Summary Ethereum price is down, while daily transactions climbed from 1.8M to 2.1M in two weeks, eclipsing 2021 bull-cycle peaks while average fees sit near multi-year lows.​ Stablecoin payments, led by Tether’s USDT at roughly twice USDC’s volume, now dominate on-chain activity as Ethereum underpins mainstream settlement rails.​ Around 30% of ETH is staked, the validator exit queue is at zero, and 2.6M ETH is waiting to enter, signaling strong confidence despite Vitalik’s ‘bloat’…

The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Professionals Association (HKSFPA) has urged the city’s government to soften some elements of its planned implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) crypto reporting standards.The industry body warned that the OECD’s Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and related Common Reporting Standard (CRS) amendments could saddle local institutions with operational and liability risks.CARF is a new standard for automatic tax information exchange for crypto asset users across borders, while CRS is the OECD’s existing automatic information exchange regime for traditional financial accounts.Hong Kong is one of 76 markets that have committed to…

Token unlocks, when projects release locked-up coins to teams, investors, or the public, are set to hit $1.054 billion in the next seven days, per Tokenomist data. Think of it as a scheduled supply boost that can shake prices. Investors, take note: these events often spark volatility, offering chances to buy dips or hedge risks.​ One-Time Unlocks: Sudden Supply Shocks One-time unlocks dump large batches at once, projects like Bitget Token (BGB), LayerZero (ZRO), River (RIVER), Plume (PLUME), Humanity Protocol (H), UDS, Plasma (XPL), MultiBank Group (MBG), SoSoValue (SOSO), SOON, and ANIME leading with hauls over $5 million each. According…

Roughly $63 million in Tornado Cash deposits has been linked to the $282 million cryptocurrency wallet compromise of Jan. 10.Blockchain security firm CertiK said in a Monday X post that its monitoring systems identified Tornado Cash interactions tied to the exploit. The update expands on the post-theft money laundering mechanics of the Jan. 10 incident, which is being tracked by multiple crypto investigators due to the amount lost and the speed at which funds were moved. Source: CertiKCertiK diagram maps the laundering pathAccording to CertiK’s analysis, a portion of the stolen Bitcoin (BTC) was bridged to Ethereum, converted into Ether and…

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed legislation establishing a framework to regulate digital assets, including cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC).Tokayev signed the laws “On Banks and Banking Activities” and “On Amendments and Supplements to Certain Legislative Acts on the Regulation and Development of the Financial Market, Communications, and Bankruptcy,” according to a government statement.The rules introduce a classification for digital assets, including stablecoins, assets backed by financial instruments and property, and financial instruments issued in electronic digital form.The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) will act as a key regulator of the sector, granting it authority to license exchanges, approve cryptocurrencies for…

Legend of Arcadia (ARCA), a gaming-focused cryptocurrency, shows incredible resilience, consolidating tightly at key support levels with clear bullish strength, as pointed out today by market analyst TIGER. ARCA is a cryptocurrency powering the Legend of Arcadia, a GameFi platform that provides users with free-to-play and play-to-earn experiences, allowing them to engage with real-time battles and RPG mechanics, as well as DeFi services like staking and many others. Since its launch in November 2024, the Legend of Arcadia gaming platform has attracted significant traction due to its ability to enable gaming players to earn, trade, and own digital assets in…

Bitcoin futures open interest (OI) — a measure of derivative market participation — has gained almost 13% from the start of the year, which analysts say could reflect more risk appetite for crypto. The increase follows a sharp deleveraging phase from October through December, when Bitcoin derivatives exposure fell alongside a broad market correction.Bitcoin futures OI has fallen 17.5% from 381,000 BTC to 314,000 BTC over the past three months, following a roughly 36% price correction from early October, “reflecting a phase of risk reduction and the unwinding of leveraged positions,” said CryptoQuant analyst “Darkfost” on Monday.However, a recovery in Bitcoin…

US Senate Judiciary Committee leaders are seeking to remove crypto developer protections from the Senate’s crypto market structure bill, arguing the provisions would weaken unlicensed money transmitting laws.Senate Judiciary chair Charles Grassley and the committee’s top Democrat, Richard Durbin, told Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott and top Democrat Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday that the crypto bill as drafted would “create a significant enforcement gap for decentralized digital asset platforms.”“Such a gap risks attracting illicit actors — like cartels and other sophisticated criminal organizations — to decentralized platforms,” Grassley and Durbin said in a letter Politico first reported on Friday. “Criminals…

In January 2025, French authorities freed Ledger co-founder David Balland after kidnappers demanded a large ransom in cryptocurrency. The case illustrated what crypto crime can look like when it leaves the screen and becomes a physical hostage situation.In fact, crypto-related disputes and theft are increasingly linked to real-world violence, including abduction attempts and ransom schemes designed to force victims to hand over access.That is the logic of a wrench attack. Instead of hacking a wallet, criminals use threats or force to make the holder unlock it or send the funds themselves.Scams and hacks still dominate in volume, but some of…