Crypto News. January 10, 2025
Cathie Wood says US government may soon start buying bitcoin
Thirty Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, back a bill to ban elected officials from placing political bets on prediction markets.
Trump to push USA Action on Greenland over Russia and China Fears
Polygon to launch Open Money Stack, a integrated stack of services and technologies to move money across business, consumers , ai agents on-chain
French tax agent arrested for leaking crypto investors’ data
Arbitrum activates ArbOS Dia with stable gas fees, Fusaka EIPs, biometric/passkeys, and broader cross-chain token support
Ondo Finance expands Ethereum and BNB based Ondo Global Markets with 98 tokenized stocks and ETFs
The SEC has approved DTC to move forward with tokenizing stocks, ETFs, and Treasuries on blockchain.
Ripple announced that it has acquired both EMI license and crypto asset registration from the UK’s FCA.
United States Supreme Court delays ruling on President Trumps tariff case
Pumpfun launches creator fee sharing, enabling fee splits across up to 10 wallets, coin ownership transfers, and update authority management
BNY, the world’s largest custodian bank, has launched a tokenized deposit service for institutional clients
Stablecoin platform, Rain has secured $250 million in Series C financing led by ICONIQ, marking a major milestone as the company reaches a $1.95 billion valuation.
Uk FCA have announced that UK crypto firms must seek FCA authorization under the new framework by September 2026, or face restrictions on new regulated
offerings
a16z crypto says 2026 will focus less on new blockchains and more on how crypto transforms markets, infrastructure, and media
Tether partners with United Nation Officer on Drugs and Crime to strengthen cybercrime prevention in Africa
The BNY custodian bank launching tokenized deposits feels like a legitmate inflection point for institutional adoption. When the world's largest custodian starts mirroring deposit balances on-chain, that's not experimentation anymore, it's infrasturcture. The gap between traditional finance rails and crypto rails is collapsing faster than most people realize.