🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🚨 Elon Musk announces X Money external beta will launch in the next 1-2 months, aiming to be the central source of all monetary transactions.
🇬🇧 The UK Treasury selects HSBC blockchain platform for the pilot issuance of the country's digital gilt instruments, per Bloomberg.
🚨 Crypto Fear and Greed Index drops to Extreme Fear at 5, down from 11 yesterday.
🚨 Bitcoin whales accumulate during dip as exchange outflows hit 3.2% on 30-day average, mirroring H1 2022 pattern before bull market began, per Glassnode’s analyst.
🔥 Solana leads all payment platforms with 755% YoY growth rate, per Artemis.
🔥 SWIFT joins the Bank of England Synchronisation Lab to test cross-border FX and DvP tokenized securities settlement.
🚨 Coinbase says some users are unable to buy, sell, or transfer crypto as it investigates an issue, adding that funds are safe.
🔥 Aave Labs proposes directing 100% of product revenue to the Aave DAO under its new “Aave Will Win” framework.
🚨 MacroMicro data shows the average estimated cost to mine 1 $BTC is around $84,000, above Bitcoin’s current ~$65,000 price.
🇺🇸 CFTC announces a 35-member Innovation Advisory Committee which includes CEOs from Coinbase, Polymarket, Ripple, Kraken, Gemini, Chainlink Labs, and Robinhood.
🔥 Coinbase added $39 million worth of Bitcoin in Q4 2025.
🇺🇸 US Senate Banking Committee says it's working together with SEC Chair Paul Atkins on crypto market structure bill, aiming to position America as the global crypto capital.
⚡ BRIAN ARMSTRONG: “I'm confident we can achieve a market structure win-win that advances the President's crypto agenda while addressing the concerns of the banks.”
