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Crypto Market Data Firm CoinGecko Considers Sale

Crypto January 15, 2026

Crypto market data firm CoinGecko is reportedly consideringΒ a sale forΒ around $500 million.The company is being advised by an investment bank in a process that began in late 2025, CoinDesk reported ...

France Reminds Crypto Companies of MiCA Licensing Deadline

Crypto January 14, 2026

Only 30% of the crypto companies in France that are not licensed under new European Union rules have applied for a license, Reuters reported Tuesday (Jan. 13), citing a French regulator.Forty percentοΏ½...

Chainalysis Says AI Tools Helped Drive Crypto Scam Losses to $14 Billion in 2025

Crypto January 14, 2026

Crypto scams and fraud took in at least $14 billion on-chain in 2025, up from a revised total of $12 billion the previous year, ChainalysisΒ said Tuesday (Jan. 13).The 2024 figure was revised up from ...

The Governance Problem Stablecoins Weren’t Built to Solve

Crypto January 14, 2026

By any reasonable definition, stablecoins work. But working is not the same as working compliantly.Built to move value at internet speed, stablecoins promise and provide a cleaner, faster alternativeοΏ½...

Kraken-Affiliated KRAKacquisition Plans to Go Public

Crypto January 14, 2026

KRAKacquisition, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by an affiliate of crypto exchange Kraken, filed Monday (Jan. 12) to go public with a $250 million initial public offering (IPO). οΏ½...

Ingenico and WalletConnect Launch Stablecoin Payments Partnership

Crypto January 14, 2026

The collaboration is designed to allow merchants to accept stablecoin payments directly at checkout, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 13) press release. Stablecoins have become an important payment instοΏ½...

Polygon Makes $250 Million Investment in Stablecoin Payments

Crypto January 14, 2026

Polygon Labs announced a pair of acquisitions designed to boost its stablecoin payments business.The company is due to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Coinme and crypto wallet infrastructure providerοΏ½...

Senate Unveils Legislation Covering Stablecoin Rewards

Crypto January 14, 2026

New Senate legislation could allow digital asset companies to continue offering rewards to stablecoin holders.The Senate Banking Committee on late Monday (Jan. 12) introduced a Β­mangers amendment bef...

Citi Links Regulation and Reality in the Next Phase of Digital Assets

Crypto January 14, 2026

Explore more conversations like this From the Block.Β  When PYMNTS and Citi launched the From the Block podcast, the goal was not to unpack the mechanics of blockchain or recap legislative fine print...

Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work

Crypto January 14, 2026

Fraudsters are nothing if not creative, constantly reshaping old tricks with new technology to stay one step ahead of consumers and the institutions that serve them.That adaptability is a central theοΏ½...