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UK’s Smarter Web Company joins London Stock Exchange amid $100 million bitcoin loss
The Smarter Web Company says it plans to continue accumulating bitcoin regardless of short-term price swings and volatility....

Standard Chartered cuts Solana 2026 target to $250, sees shift from ‘memecoins to micropayments’
Standard Chartered sees Solana evolving “from memecoins to micropayments", with forecasts of SOL to $2,000 by 2030....

S&P projects 1,600x upper-bound increase in euro stablecoin issuance to $1.3 trillion by 2030
S&P says the euro stablecoin market cap could reach €1.1 trillion by 2030, equivalent to 4.2% of eurozone bank deposits....

Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital posts $482 million loss as cash pile swells
Thanks to equity raises, the company grew its cash and stablecoins reserves by 36% when compared to the previous quarter....

Y Combinator opens stablecoin funding option for startups starting Spring 2026
YC's Nemil Dalal told The Block that funding will be in USDC across major blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Base, and Solana....

Bernstein sees Robinhood offsetting downside as analysts map out crypto-driven bear case scenarios
The analysts outlined three crypto-driven bear case scenarios while reiterating their view that the crypto cycle could recover in 2026....

Non-custodial crypto wallet Safe reports fivefold revenue jump in 2025, not yet at ‘break-even’ profitability
The non-profit Safe foundation said the project is “not yet profitable,” though the team hopes to "break-even and double revenue in 2026."...

Crypto data firm Nansen and issuer OpenDelta tap Solana for new index tracking top L1s
NX8 is the first product rolled out under Nansen’s Joint Venture Protocol, an initiative to support onchain infrastructure development....

President Trump says he was unaware of $500 million UAE investment in World Liberty Financial
Trump denied knowledge of a $500 million Abu Dhabi investment in World Liberty Financial as conflict-of-interest concerns mount in Congress....