January FOMC minutes show a 10-2 vote split and hawkish surprise as several Fed officials float rate increases, sending Bitcoin down 2% and the dollar to a one-week high.

Coinbase adds XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, and Litecoin as collateral for USDC loans on its Morpho-powered Base lending product. Here is what borrowers need to know.

Ledn's $188M Bitcoin-collateralized ABS is the first of its kind. Then BTC dropped 27%, forcing liquidations and putting S&P's BBB- rating to the test.

Edena Capital Partners launched its AI-driven Autonomic Financial OS at DAT Summit Hong Kong, targeting $20B+ in sovereign assets across Indonesia, Korea, the Middle East, and Africa.

Kraken parent Payward acquires Magna, the largest token vesting platform with $60B peak TVL, marking six deals in under a year as the exchange prepares to go public.

EVMbench benchmarks AI agents on 120 real smart contract vulnerabilities. GPT-5.3-Codex now exploits over 70% of critical bugs, up from under 20%.

Base announces it will consolidate its codebase away from Optimism's OP Stack, targeting six major upgrades per year as OP token drops 4% on the news.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon revealed personal BTC holdings and signaled crypto expansion at the World Liberty Forum, while the bank holds $2.36B in digital assets.

BH Digital Asset fell 29.5% in 2025, its worst year since 2021 launch, while Bitcoin only dropped 6%. Illiquid venture bets drove most of the underperformance.

California's DFAL licensing portal opens March 9, 2026 via NMLS with a $7,500 fee. Every crypto firm serving CA residents must be licensed by July 1 or face enforcement.