Jefferies estimates Tether holds at least 148 tonnes of physical gold, valued at roughly $23 billion as of Jan. 31, after buying about 26 tonnes in the last quarter of 2025 and another 6 tonnes in January. The firm now ranks among the top 30 global holders of bullion and

The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will step up scrutiny of suspected cryptocurrency price manipulation in 2026, targeting high-risk tactics such as large-scale “whale” trades, schemes that exploit exchange disruptions and coordinated trading via APIs or social media. FSS Governor Lee Chang-jin said the agency will focus on practices that undermine

Japan’s blockchain efforts have taken on a more practical tone as major institutions assess where the technology fits into everyday financial and industrial workflows. A clear signal arrived in late 2025 when the government backed a project led by the country’s three largest banks to issue stablecoins for

After falling to nearly $2.0 trillion last Friday, the total crypto market capitalization has rebounded to above $2.3 trillion. Investors appear to be spotting opportunities, and buy-the-dip sentiment is resurfacing. The key question is whether this rebound is strong enough to form a classic V-shaped recovery. One early

South Korea’s top financial watchdog is increasing oversight of crypto markets days after a local exchange mistakenly distributed billions of dollars in bitcoin to users. The Financial Supervisory Service will launch planned investigations into “high-risk” practices that undermine market order, including large-scale price manipulation by so-called whales, trading schemes

Scam Sniffer says two victims lost a combined $62 million to address poisoning since December. One victim copied the wrong address from their transaction history and lost $12.2 million in January, following a similar $50 million incident in December. Address poisoning involves attackers sending small “dust” transactions from addresses

Bitcoin has rebounded nearly 20% after slipping close to $60,000 on February 6, but volume signals, on-chain data and price structure suggest the rally may be fragile. US demand indicators have started to recover, yet several warning patterns resemble setups that preceded major declines earlier in this cycle. The