Robinhood's High-Risk Bet: Bringing Millions of Ordinary Users Into Decentralized Finance
Robinhood wants to become an on-chain entry point for retail investors.

Zcash New Node Zakura Launches: Privacy Payments Capable of 50,000 TPS, Targeting Visa and Mastercard
Privacy and performance are no longer mutually exclusive.

A $3,000 Server Nearly Triggered a $70 Billion Crypto Disaster
A white hat hacker discovered a $70 billion vulnerability on the Aptos blockchain, while the attack cost was only $3,000.

Jane Street Sued: Allegedly Used Internal Telegram Messages to Exit and Short Terra Before Its Collapse, Profiting $134 Million
$192 million worth of UST sold off—entirely via Telegram’s secret chat, “Bryce’s Secret.”

US Regulatory Agencies Cut 20% of Staff, Then Turn to AI to Approve Crypto Firm Registrations?
Regulatory agency chair Mike Selig stated that the agency is exploring new technologies to expand its capabilities amid staff reductions, including using artificial intelligence to monitor trading data.

Mining each bitcoin results in a $19,000 loss; Bitcoin mining firms collectively pivot to AI
Listed Bitcoin mining companies, facing inverted mining costs, are accelerating their transformation into AI data center operators through debt financing and Bitcoin sales—a growing tension between network hash rate security and structural industry reshaping.

The crypto industry has laid off hundreds of people over several weeks, with both AI and the bear market cited as excuses.
In January, major cryptocurrency job websites posted approximately 6.5 new positions per day, an ~80% decline year-on-year.

Before Trump Lashed Out at Banks, Coinbase CEO Had Just Secretly Met with Him
The meeting between the U.S. president and the CEO of Coinbase indeed took place, as first reported by Politico.

Adam Back, Early Bitcoin Architect: “BTC Has Never Failed—Growing Pains Are the Price of Growth”
Back believes that institutional participation in Bitcoin is still in its early stages, and broader adoption over time will smooth out its sharp price volatility.

Meta Re-enters the Stablecoin Arena: Launch Expected in H2, Stripe Most Likely Partner
If implemented, the payment infrastructure for 3 billion users would be reshaped—a development of significance to the entire stablecoin sector comparable to the approval of any institutional ETF.

