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Markets

Berachain to Roll Out Its Mainnet This Week

The blockchain is humorously set to launch in "Q5,” a non-existent quarter beyond Q4.

Markets are forming a bottom according to Tom Lee (Shutterstock)

Policy

Trump Orders Creation of Sovereign Wealth Fund

Such a fund could be a vehicle through which the government might accumulate bitcoin.

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Markets

THORChain to Issue Equity Tokens to Battle $200M Debt After Pausing Bitcoin, Ether Lending

TCY tokens will be distributed at a rate of 1 TCY per dollar of defaulted debt, turning lenders and savers into equity holders.

Thor hammer (UnSplash)

Markets

MicroStrategy Upsizes Preferred Stock Offering, Raising $563M for More Bitcoin

The initial dividend yield will be 10%, up from an originally expected 8%.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Markets

VIRTUAL Surges 28% as Upbit Listing Exposes the Token to Altcoin Savvy South Koreans

VIRTUAL is the native token of the AI launchpad Virtuals Protocol, a Base-native that recently expanded to Solana.

VIRTUAL price spike. (CoinDesk)

Markets

BOJ's Ueda Says Need to Maintain Accommodative Monetary Environment to Support Economy

The slightly dovish take may assuage concerns about a yen-led risk-off in global markets, including cryptocurrencies.

japanese yen(Shutterstock)

Markets

Coinbase Files Paperwork To List Solana, Hedera Futures

Coinbase is looking to list the futures as soon as Feb. 18, it said in the filing.

Crypto exchange Coinbase is looking to list Solana and Hedera futures. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Cipher Surges on $50M SoftBank Investment

SoftBank said it will buy $10.4 million shares of Cipher.

Mining machines (GreenBelka/Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Rally to Record High Knee-Capped as Trump Tariff Threat Hits Risk Assets

The president said he intends to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on February 1.

Bitcoin moved lower after Trump tariff threat (Shutterstock)

Finance

OpenAI's Reported $340B Valuation Could Bode Well for AI-Linked Crypto

Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI is in talks to raise new $40 billion funding, at a valuation of $340 billion.

OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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