Europe’s DeFi tax gap is only temporary, warns a former OECD official, urging regulators to close loopholes before they widen and stressing that tougher reporting rules for crypto are inevitable.
Gemini will shut down its NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway as the exchange pivots toward a broader “super app” strategy, reallocating resources from standalone NFT trading to integrated digital asset services.
MoonPay has signed an eight-figure title sponsorship for the upcoming X Games League, marking one of crypto’s biggest pushes into mainstream sports and deepening ties between digital assets and global youth culture.
Autonomous wallets are emerging as Q1 2026’s defining crypto trend, as AI agents begin to trade, allocate capital, and manage on-chain risk with minimal human input-reshaping how investors interact with digital assets.
Shiba Inu’s Shibarium is emerging as a key pillar of the ecosystem, with rising transaction volumes, expanding dApp activity and growing developer interest testing its real-world utility beyond meme-coin hype.
At Davos, crypto took center stage as politicians and financiers clashed over regulation, digital currencies and financial sovereignty, exposing deep rifts on who should control the future of money.
Privacy protocol Railgun has unveiled a “plug-and-play” DeFi layer for Ethereum, enabling developers and users to add on-chain privacy to swaps, lending and other activities without altering existing dApps.
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says USDC is a neutral settlement layer for digital dollars, designed to complement – not compete with – payment giants like Visa and Mastercard in global transactions.
Web3 leader Marc Zeller argues insider trading laws alone can’t guarantee fair markets, says Aave’s governance model showcases DAOs’ real potential, and stresses that true asset ownership is central to DeFi’s future.
As AI infrastructure heats up, investors are weighing Fetch.ai’s agent-based network against Render’s GPU-powered rendering marketplace. Which token-FET or RENDER-will command the AI narrative by 2026?