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First Avalanche ETF hits US markets as VanEck launches AVAX fund
The first fund to track the Avalanche's AVAX token and include staking rewards debuted Monday with the launch of the VanEck Avalanche ETF....

Kraken rolls out ‘DeFi Earn’ in US, EU and Canada tapping yield-bearing Veda vaults
Risk managers Chaos Labs and Sentora will also operate the first three USDC vaults, allocating funds to protocols like Aave, Morpho and Sky....

Tokenized gold boom trims Tether Gold’s market share despite rising XAUT supply
Tether Gold controlled approximately 60% of the $4 billion gold-backed stablecoin market at the end of 2025, Tether said Monday....

Tom Lee’s BitMine nears 70% of Ethereum treasury target with latest 40,302 ETH buy
BitMine's total crypto and cash holdings currently stand at $12.8 billion, and the company owns 3.52% of Ethereum's circulating supply....

UK banks block or delay around 40% of payments to crypto platforms, exchange survey finds
UK banks are blocking or delaying roughly 40% of payments to crypto exchanges, raising pressure on the UK’s digital asset sector....

Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys another 2,932 bitcoin for $264 million as total holdings reach 712,647 BTC
Strategy's holdings account for approximately 3.4% of the total 21 million bitcoin supply — worth around $62.5 billion....

Bitcoin block time slows as sweeping US winter storm strains power grid, prompting miner curtailments
A U.S. winter storm has seen many bitcoin miners curtail operations, slashing Foundry USA pool’s hashrate and slowing block production....

Global crypto ETPs log $1.7 billion in weekly outflows as bearish macro sentiment spurs largest withdrawal since November: CoinShares
Crypto funds have posted their largest weekly outflows since November 2025 as U.S.-led redemptions neared $2 billion, per CoinShares....

Metaplanet sees $680 million in unrealized losses on bitcoin holdings in 2025
Despite the losses, Metaplanet raised its 2025 earnings projection on the back of its bitcoin income generation business....

Matcha Meta sees $16.8 million drained in SwapNet incident: PeckShield
Matcha Meta disclosed a SwapNet security incident on Sunday and PeckShield estimated roughly $16.8 million in crypto was drained....