Sharp selloffs tend to expose weak points in financial systems. In traditional markets, liquidity can dry up quickly when volatility spikes. In crypto, the same test applies to decentralized finance, where lending, trading, and borrowing depend entirely on on chain liquidity rather than on central intermediaries.

The latest bout of market turbulence, driven by geopolitical tension and a broader risk off move across global assets, delivered another real time experiment. Prices fell quickly across major tokens, with Bitcoin and Ethereum leading the decline. Yet while prices swung sharply, DeFi liquidity remained relatively stable.

That contrast has drawn attention from traders and analysts…

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Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), weighed in on the debate surrounding stablecoin rewards on Monday, insisting that any cryptocurrency firm offering should fall under banking regulations.

‘If They Want To Be A Bank, So Be It’

During an interview with CNBC, Dimon responded to a question about his reported disagreements with Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong over the rewards clause in the cryptocurrency market structure bill.

Dimon said rewards are basically just interest, but a workable “compromise” could be paying rewards on transactions and not balances.

“If you are going to be holding balances and paying interest, that’s the bank. You…

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday denied ties to a cryptocurrency named after her and warned the public to stay vigilant.

Takaichi Distances From Namesake Crypto

In an X post, Takaichi said that neither she nor her office has any knowledge or involvement with the so-called SANAE TOKEN.

“We have not given any approval whatsoever in this matter,” her translated X post read. “I am making this statement to ensure that the public does not labor under any misapprehensions.”

At least two such tokens with Takaichi’s photo appeared on the CoinMarketCap platform, trading with minimal market capitalization and negligible liquidity.

One of them, with a fully diluted value of…

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Leading cryptocurrencies made a comeback on Monday despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East war.

Crypto Market Rebounds

Investors bought the dip, as Bitcoin touched $70,000 and Ethereum crossed $2,000. The two blue-chip currencies recorded a sharp spike in trading volumes.

Bitcoin’s market share narrowed to 58.5%, while Ethereum’s dominance shrank to 10.4%, although the market was from an Altcoin Season, according to CoinMarketCap data.

Nearly $430 million was liquidated from the market in the last 24 hours, according to Coinglass, with over $200 million in short liquidations alone.

Another $387 million in Bitcoin shorts faces liquidation risk if the top cryptocurrency climbed…

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Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) shares slipped in Monday’s extended trading after the company released its fourth-quarter earnings report.  

Here’s a look at the key figures from the quarter. 

The Details: Riot Platforms reported quarterly losses of $2.03 per share on quarterly revenue of $152.83 million, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

Riot reported the following full-year 2025 highlights:

“2025 marked a watershed year for Riot, defined by a strategic evolution in our business that has transformed our future trajectory,” said Jason Les, CEO of Riot.

“By unlocking our large, nearly two-gigawatt power portfolio for high-demand data center infrastructure, we are driving…

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JPMorgan analysts say U.S. crypto market structure legislation could be approved by mid-year and serve as a positive catalyst for markets in the second half, identifying eight specific provisions that could reshape the industry.

The Mid-Year Approval Timeline

JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said the CLARITY Act could be approved by mid-year despite weak crypto sentiment, The Block reported on Sunday.

“If passed it will reshape market structure by providing regulatory clarity, ending ‘regulation by enforcement,’ promoting tokenization, and facilitating greater institutional participation,” the analysts wrote.

The House has already advanced the legislation while Senate…

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) may have the potential to reach four-digit price levels under a full institutional adoption framework, according to commentary from the latest Paul Barron podcast featuring Jake Claver.

XRP’s Regulatory Position

The discussion emphasized that Ripple strengthened XRP’s legal standing following its partial court victory against the SEC.

Panelists noted that XRP now trades on regulated venues, is increasingly integrated into institutional custody solutions, and carries growing confidence around its non-security classification.

They argued that full regulatory clarity could unlock broader use cases, particularly in bank interoperability, cross-border settlement expansion and…

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The 2025 microcap market will be remembered for many things: a rebound in IPO volume, aggressive regulatory changes, and the growing dominance of foreign issuers. But those are surface-level stories. The real structural shift happened elsewhere, in a corner of the market many observers initially dismissed as a temporary crypto trade. 2025 was the year digital asset treasury strategies moved from the fringe into the core of the microcap capital markets.

For years, MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) stood alone as a kind of financial outlier, a public company that transformed itself into a proxy for Bitcoin exposure. Michael Saylor’s strategy was unconventional when it began, and for a long time,…

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