Crypto News Flash

Polygon to Launch U.S.-Compliant Payments Platform Using the Open Money Stack

Polygon to acquire Coinme and Sequence to build a U.S.-compliant stablecoin payments stack. Polygon says Coinme operates in 48 states and supports 50,000+ fiat-

2026/01/14

NEAR AI Joins NVIDIA Inception Program to Advance Privacy-Preserving AI

NEAR AI has joined Nvidia’s Inception program to build out its privacy-preserving and verifiable AI solution. The network will combine cryptographic verification

2026/01/14

Cardano Foundation Backs $80M Draper Dragon Fund to Scale Global Adoption

The Cardano Foundation has partnered with Draper Dragon to launch an $80 million fund to scale the network’s adoption over the next six years. The fund will focus

2026/01/14

Grayscale Considers New ETFs for HBAR, XRP, XLM, and Dozens of Other Tokens

Grayscale’s Jan 12 update lists 36 assets under consideration across smart contracts, finance, AI, consumer, and utilities. Current Grayscale products include HBAR

2026/01/14

Injective Highlights How Tokenization Could Unlock $30 Trillion in Asset Markets

Injective has published new research that positions its blockchain as a full-stack platform for regulated real-world asset tokenization. The adoption is increasing

2026/01/14

MetaMask Now Expands Into Gold, Silver, and Forex Perp Trading

MetaMask Perps now supports gold, silver, and major forex trading. Users can trade commodities and currencies using perpetual contracts with leverage. MetaMask

2026/01/14

COTI Integrates Programmable Privacy Into Zoniqx’s RWA Tokenization Platform

COTI has partnered with real-world asset tokenization platform Zoniqx to integrate its programmable privacy technology into its infrastructure. The joint initiative

2026/01/13

TRON DAO Introduces Minimal Proxy and Deterministic Deployment for Scalable Smart Contracts

Demo uses minimal proxy clones to cut energy use when deploying repeated TRON smart contracts at scale. CREATE2-style deployment enables precomputed TRON contract

2026/01/13

Cardano’s Hoskinson Criticizes Trump Administration for Politicizing Crypto

Cardano founder said the Trump memecoin launch eroded bipartisan trust, stalling crypto legislation. Unstructured Trump crypto policy fostered predatory politics

2026/01/13

Top 10 Cryptos by Developer Activity: MetaMask, Filecoin, and StarkNet Lead the Pack

MetaMask, Filecoin, and StarkNet outshine other top blockchains in developer activity. mUSD, FIL, and STRK prices rally with rising development activity and protocol

2026/01/13