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‘Surreal moment’: Polymarket CEO touts prediction platform’s ‘most mainstream integration’ at Golden Globes
The 2026 edition of the Golden Globes was broadcast Sunday night on CBS and featured several prediction markets from Polymarket....

Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure bill text sets up showdown over stablecoin rewards
Lawmakers and the crypto industry are sifting through pages and pages of bill text, with much of the focus being on stablecoin rewards....

ETHGas launches GWEI token to govern Ethereum blockspace and make onchain execution predictable
Ethereum blockspace protocol ETHGas has launched its governance token GWEI, pitching it as the engine behind “Realtime Ethereum."...

Zama launching token sale at $55 million floor FDV via CoinList and own auction app
The CoinList sale will run next week, with 8% of the 11 billion ZAMA token supply allocated and tokens available to claim on Feb. 2....

Ethena Labs looks to boost USDe Safe holdings with gas-free Ethereum transactions and 10x rewards bump
"This alliance will accelerate the integration of USDe into the deepest layers of the DeFi economy,” Ethena founder Guy Young said....

Franklin Templeton updates pair of money market funds to be blockchain-ready
The updates allow traditional money market funds to plug into blockchain-based settlement and record-keeping systems....

Bank of Thailand monitors USDT ‘grey money’ trades: report
Thailand’s central bank brought USDT under scrutiny as stablecoin use grows and authorities tighten controls on grey money flows....

Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme and Sequence, ‘foundational’ elements of its Open Money Stack
Sequence offers smart wallet routing for "1-click" cross-network transfers, while Coinme has secured U.S. money-transmitter licenses....

Wintermute OTC data shows crypto liquidity clustered in BTC and ETH as broader altcoin rallies faded in 2025
Wintermute says crypto liquidity concentrated in BTC, ETH, and a handful of majors as ETF and treasury channels shaped where capital landed....