Crypto News. January 29, 2026
MegaETH public mainnet launch set for Feb. 9, 2026
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced plans to introduce 24/7 trading, self-custody, and DeFi lending in the coming months, with tokenized stocks, currently live on Arbitrum offering over 2,000 U.S. equities to European users, set to migrate to its own Ethereum L2, Robinhood Chain.
Ripple unveiled Ripple Treasury, a corporate treasury platform powered by GTreasury
Ex-Revolut leaders Joao Alves and Guilherme Gomes raised $6 million seed round led by Blossom Capital to expand Bleap, a self-custodial onchain finance app focused on stablecoin payments.
WisdomTree is bringing its full suite of tokenized funds including money market, equities, fixed income, and alternatives to Solana
Fidelity Investments will issue its first stablecoin, Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), on Ethereum
Linea integrates Phylax credible layer to prevent smart contract exploits. The system allows developers to embed assertions into contracts rules that automatically block unwanted states, such as unauthorized balance changes without compromising decentralization.
Solana’s daily validator count has fallen under 800, down from a peak of roughly 2,500 in early 2023 a decline of over 65% in under three years.
Mizuho Securities upgraded its outlook on Circle, citing Polymarket’s rising popularity as a driver for USDC growth and incremental revenue.
Coinbase has made its prediction markets available across all 50 U.S. states through Kalshi
AlphaTON Capital reports that Telegram’s Cocoon AI network has started producing revenue
The White House plans a meeting next week with banking and crypto leaders to address stablecoin rewards, a key sticking point in Senate crypto legislation.
Doppler raised $9M in seed round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Variant, Figment Capital, and Coinbase Ventures to expand onchain token infrastructure.
Crypto-focused super PAC Fairshake, backed by Coinbase, Ripple, and a16z, reports over $193 million in cash ahead of the 2026 midterms. The PAC aims to support pro-crypto candidates and oppose anti-crypto politicians.
OpenAI may team up with Worldcoin, to create a humans only social network using World’s Orb eyeball-scanning verification and potentially Apple’s Face ID.
USDAI announced governance token CHIP, built on $7.7 billion in trading volume and real revenue from GPU-backed lending
SEC divisions published a statement clarifying tokenized securities framework.
Sony Ventures invests $13M more in Startale, Soneium L2 co-developer.
Russia plans to finalize a comprehensive crypto regulatory framework by June, with implementation beginning in July 2026 and full retail access expected from July 1, 2027.
