Goldman Sachs Disclosed Ownership of Bitcoin ETFs. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Mean Much The bank’s clients are likely involved in the basis trade, rather than making a directional bet, said an analyst.

The Protocol: Can Based Rollups Solve Ethereum’s Layer-2 Problem? Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain

Circle’s USDC Hits Record Market Cap Over $56B as Stablecoin Demand Soars USDC and USDT minting accelerated in the past weeks, providing a bullish signal for crypto markets despite declining token prices.

SEC’s Peirce Says ‘Many’ Memecoins Likely Fall Outside Regulator’s Jurisdiction Peirce is spearheading the SEC’s newly-created Crypto Task Force.

Coinbase Q4 Earnings Expected to Show Best Volume Since 2021 The crypto exchange reports fourth quarter results after the close on Thursday.

Adam Back Wants CBDCs Dead The OG cypherpunk and founder of Blockstream talks about building a bitcoin-based financial system and why state-issued digital currency is nothing like BTC. Back is a speaker at Consensus Hong Kong Feb. 18-20.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Litecoin (LTC) Falls 4.7% as Index Inches Lower Hedera (HBAR) was also among the underperformers, dipping 3.9%.

US to Release Jailed BTC-e Operator Vinnik in Russia Prisoner Swap Alexander Vinnik previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

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.