Trump Imposes Limited Tariffs on Foreign Semiconductors: The tariffs will allow US President Trump to take a cut of Nvidia's chip sales to China while putting off a decision about imposing higher taxes on the chip industry. US Wholesale prices moved up less than expected while consumers kept up a heavy buying pace, according to economic data Wednesday.
Bitcoin derivatives open interest fell 30% from October highs due to deleveraging.
Ripple receives preliminary Luxembourg approval, advancing its EU expansion and MiCA compliance efforts, following recent UK authorization, on its path to full regulatory compliance in Europe.
By July, France's regulators will shut down 90 crypto businesses, including 40% not seeking a MICA license and 30% unresponsive, to enforce compliance with regulatory requirements.
Galaxy reveals a draft crypto market structure bill would give the US Treasury new powers to freeze transactions and deploy Patriot Act-style measures, significantly expanding regulatory control.
Visa partners with Bvnk to launch Visa Direct pilots using stablecoins for pre-funded cross-border payouts to select markets.
Spanish bank Bankinter joined a $35 million investment round in crypto exchange Bit2Me alongside Tether and BBVA, marking another example of traditional financial institutions deepening ties to the digital asset industry following Bit2Me's receipt of Spain's MiCA authorization in July 2025.
Tokenized gold's market capitalization surged 177% in 2025 to $4.4 billion with $178 billion in trading volume, accounting for 25% of total real-world asset net growth and outpacing physical gold by 2.6 times, driven primarily by Tether Gold which dominated Q4 trading at 75% of volume.
Crossmint, a stablecoin infrastructure for enterprises, secured MICA authorization from Spain's CNMV to operate as a crypto asset service provider, enabling EU-wide stablecoin infrastructure services expansion.
