Wyoming launches its own stablecoin Polymarket goes exclusive with Dow Jones and WSJDiscord files for IPOSolana Seeker seals TGE date

Auld Lang Syne, a song by Rod Stewart. Happy New Year, everyone. It's nice to be back. We thought it'd be tumbleweed for the first week of January but that's not been the case. Kain and Infinex have found themselves in hot water again but is it just nonsense? Prediction markets and insider trading is seemingly big on the menu in every industry across the world, but do they even care? And memes have come out of the gates strong in 2026, who knew. So we'll offer up some thoughts on that one as ...

MSCI confirms Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) will remain in its global index. Is this bullish for MSTR? Crypto.com partners with Stripe allowing merchants to receive crypto paymentsLighter begins begins buybacks from protocol fees. We dive into the numbers

Did the US become the second largest BTC holder? Ledger falls victim to yet another major security breachPolymarket and Parcl bring real estate prediction markets to the public

DEX wars - Hyperliquid vs. LighterAave's alignment proposal Upcoming MetaDAO ICOs to keep tabs onJupiter, Helium buyback updates

Macro updates from US & JapanPump.fun dev's 6-year sentenceFinal voting begins for Uniswap's UNIfication proposal Jump Trading gets sued by Terra administrators

Trump's announces his first official stimmy - 'Warrior Dividend'Coinbase unveils Super AppRobinhood lists $PIPPIN, despite insiders controlling 80% of the supply ETHGas raises $12 million to create an Ethereum gas futures marketblocmates MetaDAO article & podcast plugged

Alex, Grant, 563 and Nev jump on for our last blocmates pod of the year to talk about the good and bad from 2025. We realise there’s a load we’ve missed but without doing this for three hours, we don’t have much of a choice. Expect us to get into our personal choices for the best bits including HIP-3, Rekt drinks sending, the privacy meta and everything coming onchain. Things look good for 2026, zoom out of the market and let it ride.

Aave-SEC case dropped, Stani releases 2026 roadmapHyperliquid ETF to launch soonVisa to settle USDC payments on SolanaJapanese Yen stablecoin coming from Startale/SBI to launch in Q2 2026Securitize to bring equities on chain with full ownership rights

JP Morgan tokenizes MMF on EthereumCircle acquires Interop Labs teamSolana is under a historic DDOS attack, yet network is stableAster launches 'Shield Mode' with 1001x leverage available

Macro updates: Japan set to raise rates, carry traders out in forceTether is eying a raise at a $500 billion valuation Firedancer goes live on the Solana mainnetHyperliquid set to introduce Portfolio MarginThe Tether x Juventus takeover rejection saga

Tokenization of stocks, treasuries, bonds is accelerating in the USDo Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prisonTrump hints at no tax on gambling winsSolo Bitcoin miner hits the jackpot

FOMC recap: Have we stepped into the QE phase?Stripe makes moves in the stablecoin infra spaceFogo drops pre-sale announcement The Lighter vs. Hyperliquid beef

Last week felt like maybe some of the worst sentiment we've seen across the industry in a long time and we even felt it ourselves. This week we're discussing the chatter online from some chap who says he's wasted his prime years on crypto and is now pivoting to be a philanthropist or something, dunno. Anyway, do we agree? Or is it just another crash out when the market takes a turn? Plus Jeff defends ADL on Hyperliquid in a new public spat and Cobie says CT is garbage these days. ...

FOMC Day: What to expect? Banks get the green act as crypto intermediariesHyperliquid's Jeff snaps back at Tarun of Gauntlet over ADL FUDIs Trump about to save crypto gaming?

Crypto to be tested as collateral in US derivatives market Equity tokenization is acceleratingPolymarket accused of double counting its trading volumePoland says no to crypto MiCA rulesSaylor's Strategy buys more BTC

USDC is now linked between HyperCore and HyperEVM Vitalik proposes futures-style ETH gas marketLarry Fink says sovereign wealth funds are buying BTCAster accelerates buybacks TAO halving deets

CFTC green lights spot crypto trades on registered exchanges Key economic data points to know before next week's Fed meetEthereum's post Fusaka hiccupPerp DEX wars: Aster, Drift, Lighter edition

Polymarket enters the USEthereum's Fusaka upgrade goes liveUpcoming TGEs: Seeker and Stable Charles Schwab to step into the crypto arena in 2026All about the robotics executive order