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Chainalysis Says AI Tools Helped Drive Crypto Scam Losses to $14 Billion in 2025

CryptoJanuary 14, 2026

Crypto scams and fraud took in at least $14 billion on-chain in 2025, up from a revised total of $12 billion the previous year, Chainalysis said Tuesday (Jan. 13).The 2024 figure was revised up from …...

The Governance Problem Stablecoins Weren’t Built to Solve

CryptoJanuary 14, 2026

By any reasonable definition, stablecoins work. But working is not the same as working compliantly.Built to move value at internet speed, stablecoins promise and provide a cleaner, faster alternative…...

Kraken-Affiliated KRAKacquisition Plans to Go Public

CryptoJanuary 14, 2026

KRAKacquisition, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by an affiliate of crypto exchange Kraken, filed Monday (Jan. 12) to go public with a $250 million initial public offering (IPO). …...

Ingenico and WalletConnect Launch Stablecoin Payments Partnership

CryptoJanuary 14, 2026

The collaboration is designed to allow merchants to accept stablecoin payments directly at checkout, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 13) press release. Stablecoins have become an important payment inst…...

Polygon Makes $250 Million Investment in Stablecoin Payments

CryptoJanuary 14, 2026

Polygon Labs announced a pair of acquisitions designed to boost its stablecoin payments business.The company is due to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Coinme and crypto wallet infrastructure provider…...

Senate Unveils Legislation Covering Stablecoin Rewards

CryptoJanuary 14, 2026

New Senate legislation could allow digital asset companies to continue offering rewards to stablecoin holders.The Senate Banking Committee on late Monday (Jan. 12) introduced a ­mangers amendment bef…...

Citi Links Regulation and Reality in the Next Phase of Digital Assets

CryptoJanuary 14, 2026

Explore more conversations like this From the Block.  When PYMNTS and Citi launched the From the Block podcast, the goal was not to unpack the mechanics of blockchain or recap legislative fine print…...

Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work

CryptoJanuary 14, 2026

Fraudsters are nothing if not creative, constantly reshaping old tricks with new technology to stay one step ahead of consumers and the institutions that serve them.That adaptability is a central the…...

BitGo Targets $1.9 Billion IPO for Crypto Custody Firm

CryptoJanuary 13, 2026

BitGo has become the latest cryptocurrency sector company with plans to go public.The crypto custody startup said Monday (Jan. 12) that it was seeking a valuation of up to $1.96 billion in its U.S. i…...

Robinhood Takes On Coinbase as Stock and Crypto Overlap

CryptoJanuary 13, 2026

Are Robinhood and Coinbase contemporaries in the digital asset space, or rivals?A report Sunday (Jan. 11) from The Information argues its the latter, with the companies increasingly competing head to…...