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The payments giant Visa is deepening its involvement in the digital asset space by introducing a new Stablecoins Advisory Practice.

Strive, the publicly traded asset management firm with a focus on its Bitcoin treasury operations, announced a significant capital raise on Tuesday by launching an At-The-Market (ATM) offering for up to $500 million of its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (SATA).

Texas is cementing its role as the leading hub for US cryptocurrency ATM activity, a position set to be significantly bolstered by the planned expansion of Bitcoin Bancorp.

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest expanded its exposure to the crypto sector on Monday by purchasing over $56 million worth of shares in several companies and its own Bitcoin ETF, capitalizing on a day when these assets experienced a notable decline.

Ripple is subtly but fundamentally shifting the strategy for its stablecoin, RLUSD, moving it away from being a single-chain product and reshaping it into a regulated, cross-chain settlement layer designed to operate wherever decentralized finance activity concentrates.

Crypto wallet giant MetaMask has announced the integration of native Bitcoin (BTC) support, ten months after it was first teased.

SBI Holdings and the Startale Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop and launch a regulated Japanese yen-denominated stablecoin.

Decentralized perpetual exchange (Perps DEX) Aster has launched a new feature called Shield Mode to enable high-leverage trading while protecting users from market exploitation.

Grayscale analysts are anticipating a significant resurgence in the crypto market, projecting that Bitcoin (BTC) will hit a new all-time high in the first half of 2026.

By December 2025, major U.S. financial institutions, including PNC Group and JPMorgan Chase, are reportedly moving to introduce Bitcoin trading and custody services.

Ethereum's long-term bet on scalability—pushing activity to Layer-2 networks—is achieving its technical goal, but at a severe cost to its core revenue engine.

Gold prices continued their upward momentum on Tuesday, trading at $4,305 per ounce, placing the safe-haven asset within striking distance of its October all-time high of $4,381.