Franklin Templeton Expands $594M Market Money Fund to Solana The move comes after Securitize linked to Solana to bring tokenized real-world assets to the network.

Stablecoin Revolution: Challenging Risk-Free Rates With On-Chain Money Markets DeFi’s base rate for lending stablecoins is a structural shift that challenges traditional finance by demonstrating the sustainability of high-yield, low-risk on-chain money markets, says Index Coop’s Crews Enochs.

Size Matters Crypto mid-caps are struggling, offering investors less reward and more risk. CoinDesk Indice’s Andy Baehr wonders if a large-cap tilt in digital asset investing will deliver excess returns to investors.

Trump Has Made His Major Decisions on His Crypto Regulation Team, Now Also OCC With picks at the banking agency and consumer watchdog, the field of major nominees is mostly complete, showing a deep roster of finance and federal know-how.

Disappointing U.S. CPI Data Sends Bitcoin Tumbling Below $95K Both the headline and core rates of inflation rose faster than expected in January.

Trump-Family Backed World Liberty Financial Starts Token Reserve for Crypto Investment The protocol has already accumulated tokens of various networks.

Crypto Daybook Americas: Inflation Data May Shake Out Bitcoin’s Doldrums as Demand for BTC Picks Up Your day-ahead look for Feb. 12, 2025

Dogecoin Leads Market Slide as Bitcoin Traders Monitor Dollar Positioning Some traders expect a dollar unwind on any indications of a rate cut — which could bump risk assets and provide an entry for crypto investors looking to bet on higher prices.

Eric Semler’s X Account Hacked, Promotes Solana-Based Token The token, trading under the ticker symbol SMLR, saw a 300% rise after launch but then plummeted.

Ripple, Galaxy Execs Loaned $160M to Moonpay So That They Could Support TRUMP Memecoin Launch The massive demand came on a Saturday, when MoonPay’s fiat accounts were inaccessible due to the weekend with a public holiday on the following Monday for the swearing-in.

Bitcoin’s Coinbase Premium Indicator Shows Overseas BTC Buyers Taking the Lead Ahead of CPI Release BTC buyers over Binance seem to be leading the BTC price action ahead of the CPI release.

Bitcoin May See Gains from Soft U.S. CPI, Major Risk-On Surge in BTC Appears Unlikely A soft U.S. inflation report later Wednesday will likely bode well for risk assets, including bitcoin. But those expecting bullish fireworks may be disappointed.

LinksDAO Plans to Launch a Community Token on Base LinksDAO began by selling NFTs, but the market has moved on in the time since.

Trump to Tap Former CFTC Commissioner, a16z Policy Head Brian Quintenz for CFTC Head Quintenz has been known for his crypto advocacy

Crypto Industry Gets Chance to Make Its Case to U.S. Congress In a hearing with the loaded title “A Golden Age of Digital Assets,” the sector was — for the first time — mostly treated as a welcome arrival to U.S. finance.

Fireblocks Adds Support for Sony’s Soneium, First Step in Provision of Custody Services Support for Soneium is a precursor for firms to use Fireblocks’ technology to provide crypto custody services on the month-old blockchain.

Solana ETF Applications Reach Next Stage in SEC Review The regulator could reach a decision at the end of a 21 day comment period.

Crypto Ecosystem Growth Slowed in January Even as Total Market Cap Rose, JPMorgan Says Total crypto market cap increased 8% to about $3.4 trillion last month, the report said.

Lido Goes Modular With Vault-Based ‘V3’ Upgrade Lido V3 introduces stVaults, a customizable staking system designed for institutions and more complex investment strategies.

What’s Better Than CEX? DEX CoinDesk caught up with CoinGecko’s Bobby Ong to talk about all the good things — but mostly the bad things — about crypto’s centralized exchanges.