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Top 6 Crypto Stories This Week: Chinese New Year Edition
From Thailand's economy to Bitcoin mining, here are the most prosperous themes in crypto this week to mark Chinese New Year
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A new Nomura and Laser Digital survey of 518 investment professionals finds improving sentiment, growing allocation intent, and a shift in concerns from "should we?" to "how do we?"
IMF's Probable Recession Warning Triggers Downside Crypto Bets
Liquidity is already tightening -rates remain high, debt has surged, and financial markets show rising fragility across funds, sovereign bonds, and capital flows. Bitcoin’s recent rebound to the low-$70,000s sits uneasily against that backdrop.
Next Fed Boss' Disclosures Include Crypto Investments
Kevin Warsh's financial disclosures ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing reveal stakes in at least 20 crypto-linked firms, including Dapper Labs, Solana, Optimism, and dYdX, through a series of excepted investment funds.
Prediction Markets Are No Longer a One-Cycle Story
The $6.5 billion weekly volume record is the data point. The real story is what's changed about who's using these platforms, and why the infrastructure may finally match the demand.
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Japanese Institutional Investors Are Warming to Crypto – and the Barriers Are Starting to Look Familiar
A new Nomura and Laser Digital survey of 518 investment professionals finds improving sentiment, growing allocation intent, and a shift in concerns from "should we?" to "how do we?"
Tether Backs $134M Raise for Stablecoin Infrastructure Firm SDEV
The stablecoin issuer has invested in a publicly traded infrastructure company building tools for the digital dollar economy.
Ethereum's Busiest Quarter Hasn't Moved Its Price – That Gap is the Story
Ethereum just had its busiest quarter ever, yet ETH sits at roughly $2,328, down over 50% from its August 2025 high near $5,000. The divergence between record onchain usage and flat price action is the most significant fundamental signal in the ETH market right now.
Drift Raises $148M From Tether-Led Group, Ditches USDC for USDT in Post-Hack Relaunch
Two weeks after losing $285 million to North Korean-linked hackers, the Solana perpetuals exchange has a recovery plan, a new stablecoin partner — and Circle is now facing a class action over its inaction