Day: January 6, 2026

Morgan Stanley Submits SEC Filings for BTC and SOL Funds

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The banking giant has been a long-term BTC supporter. It has been almost two years since the launch of the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States, and the field could soon become even more competitive with the entrance of Morgan Stanley. The banking behemoth has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to launch exchange-traded funds tracking the performance of BTC, and also Solana’s SOL. The report by Reuters indicated that most US banks have completely changed their views on the digital asset industry ever…

Bitcoin Miner Using Compute Heat to Supplement Canadian Greenhouses

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Hardware manufacturer and Bitcoin miner Canaan has continued its initiative of reusing energy for commercial and consumer applications by making compute heat available for greenhouses in Canada. In a Tuesday notice, Canaan said it would participate in a 3 megawatt (MW) proof-of-concept with Bitforest Investment in the province of Manitoba to “recover heat from an Avalon computing system and use the heat as a supplemental source for greenhouse operations.” The pilot program, expected to run for an initial 24 months, will use Canaan’s liquid cooling systems to capture heat and…

Ledger Users Targeted in Phishing Scam Following Global-e Data Breach

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The suspected scammers are using leaked order data to personalize messages, making the emails much harder to dismiss. Cybercriminals have reportedly launched a targeted phishing campaign using a fake merger between cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturers Ledger and Trezor. This follows a recent data leak at Ledger’s third-party e-commerce partner, Global-e. Details of the Phishing Scam On January 5, Ledger disclosed to its customers via email that Global-e had suffered a data breach, exposing customer information, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, and order details. Shortly after the incident was…

Flow Details December Exploit that Led to $3.9M in Counterfeit Token Losses

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The Flow Foundation on Tuesday published a technical post-mortem detailing a protocol-level exploit that occurred on Dec. 27, when an attacker was able to counterfeit tokens on the network, resulting in about $3.9 million in confirmed losses before the exploit was contained. According to the report, the attacker exploited a flaw in Flow’s Cadence runtime that allowed certain assets to be duplicated rather than minted, bypassing supply controls without accessing or draining existing user balances. Validators coordinated a network halt within six hours of the first malicious transaction, while exchange…

Japan’s XRP Integration Signals A Shift In Global Capital Flows

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Japan’s integration of XRP into regulated capital flow infrastructure marks a decisive shift in how digital assets are being positioned within modern finance. The move suggests that XRP is transitioning from a cross-border payments tool into a component of regulated capital flow infrastructure. It also reframes XRP as a settlement layer increasingly aligned with institutional standards, compliance frameworks, and real-world financial throughput. Why This Integration Marks A Structural Inflection Point For XRP The Japanese are embedding XRP and crypto into core capital flows. Crypto analyst Xfinancebull revealed that when the…

MSCI Keeps Digital Asset Treasury Companies in Indexes

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MSCI announced it will keep digital asset treasury companies in its global indexes, citing investor feedback and the need for further study on non-operating firms. Shares in Michael Saylor’s Strategy rose 5.7% after Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) decided not to exclude digital asset treasury companies from its market index, for now. In a note published Tuesday, MSCI said digital asset treasury companies (DATCOs)would, however, be subject to broader consultations to distinguish between investment companies and other companies that hold digital assets as part of their core operations. ”This broader…

This Trader Turned $321 Into $2.18M, And Reminded Crypto How Wild It Still Is

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A trader’s $321 investment in 114514 ballooned into $2.18 million within just eleven days. A recent uptick in prices has sparked sharp rallies in several lesser-known meme coins. Solana-based token “$114514,” which was launched on December 25 via Pump.fun, is among them, which surged to a new all-time high amid renewed speculative interest. On-chain data shows that an anonymous trader capitalized on the move and ended up turning a small initial investment into millions of dollars. A $321 Bet Prominent blockchain analytics firm, Lookonchain, identified a remarkable trading win…

Jupiter Launches JupUSD Stablecoin Backed by BlackRock’s BUIDL on Solana

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Jupiter, a Solana-based DeFi protocol and trading platform, has launched JupUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin issued natively on Solana and developed in partnership with Ethena Labs. In an X post on Monday, Jupiter said 90% of the stablecoin’s reserves will initially be held in USDtb, a licensed stablecoin collateralized by shares of BUIDL, BlackRock’s tokenized money-market fund. The remaining 10% will be held in USDC as a liquidity buffer, with a secondary pool on Meteora. Source: Jupiter Exchange In an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Jupiter said that JupUSD is issued as an SPL token, Solana’s standard…

Uniswap’s Hayden Adams Rejects Claims AMMs Are Unsustainable

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Adams argues automated market makers are quietly winning where capital is cheap and volatility is low, like stablecoin pools. Uniswap founder Hayden Adams has pushed back on claims that automated market makers (AMMs) cannot last, responding on X on January 6 to criticism that liquidity providers (LPs) are structurally underpaid. The exchange has reopened a long-running DeFi debate over whether AMMs can compete with professional market makers, just as Uniswap is getting ready for major upgrades aimed at lifting returns for LPs. Adams Defends AMMs as Critics Question Fee…

xAI raises $20B Series E to scale Grok and build world’s largest AI infrastructure

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Key Takeaways xAI raised $20 billion in an oversubscribed Series E, exceeding its $15B target and securing backing from Valor, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, NVIDIA, and Cisco. The funding will accelerate buildout of Colossus I & II supercomputers, already powering over one million H100 GPU equivalents. Share this article xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, announced today it has raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round, exceeding its $15 billion target. The oversubscribed round drew participation from Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity, Qatar Investment…