Archives - January 2026 - 2

UBS is reportedly considering allowing its wealthiest clients to trade Bitcoin and Ether, signaling a potential expansion of crypto offerings in private banking.

PwC predicts 2026 will mark a turning point for crypto regulation, as jurisdictions worldwide move from draft frameworks to enforceable laws, reshaping stablecoins, compliance, and institutional adoption.

Superstate raised $82.5 million in a Series B round to expand its onchain platform for issuing and trading SEC-registered equities, signaling growing institutional confidence in blockchain-based capital markets.

Large transfers of Bitcoin and Ether from BlackRock to Coinbase Prime, combined with ETF outflows and pending US inflation data, are heightening expectations of near-term crypto market volatility.

Coinbase has formed an independent advisory board of cryptography and quantum experts to evaluate long-term risks that quantum computing could pose to Bitcoin and blockchain security.

Debates at the World Economic Forum highlighted growing tensions between private-sector tokenization, Bitcoin-based monetary visions, and central bank control through CBDCs.

Vietnam has launched a pilot licensing regime for cryptocurrency exchanges, bringing the sector under formal oversight as banks and securities firms prepare to enter the market.

Argentine exchange Ripio is expanding peso-backed stablecoins and tokenized bonds as it anticipates a flat crypto market in 2026 but sustained long-term growth in tokenized money.

Bitpanda will roll out stock and ETF trading next week, accelerating a shift among crypto platforms toward full-stack, multi-asset financial services.

Architect Financial Technologies plans to introduce perpetual futures tied to AI compute pricing, extending crypto-style derivatives into emerging infrastructure markets.

Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD will begin trading on Binance with Ethereum support on January 22, while XRP Ledger integration is expected in the near term.

Trump Media named February 2, 2026, as the record date for shareholders eligible to receive digital tokens tied to its latest blockchain initiative, developed with Crypto.com.

A Hong Kong securities industry body has warned that proposed licensing changes for crypto asset management could raise compliance costs and discourage traditional fund managers from limited digital asset exposure.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong plans to meet banking executives at the World Economic Forum as negotiations over the stalled US crypto market structure bill shift from Washington to Davos.

Memecoin launchpad Pump.fun is expanding beyond token launches with the creation of Pump Fund, an investment arm that will back up to 12 early-stage projects through a $3 million hackathon.