Meme coin activity cooled this week amid geopolitical turbulence, but a handful of headline-driven tokens broke out, and Solana’s largest launchpad rolled out a major app upgrade.

he company's fourth-quarter 2025 results, released last month, showed CAD$2.1 million ($1.5 million) in total staking and validation revenue, a 69% increase year-over-year.

The collaboration, announced Wednesday, will connect Crossmint's wallet and payment APIs to Western Union's existing payout infrastructure.

The Dynamic Active Multi-Crypto ETF, under ticker DXMC, began trading on Cboe Canada on Wednesday.

The Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) followed with $48 million, and the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF posted $32 million.

The trend aligns with broader market data suggesting investors have been concentrating on Bitcoin over the past several weeks.

The rally extended across both stocks and cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin rising 7.6% and Ethereum climbing more than 8.3% to $2,132 within 24 hours.

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The shift points to growing confidence that Bitcoin may have reached at least a short-term price floor.

The deal is intended to pair Eight Sleep's hardware with Tether's recently launched on-device AI platform.

The decision came after a meeting between the party's digital asset task force and the FSC on Tuesday.

The overall meme coin category gained around 5% on average during the day.

Bitcoin appeared to break out in January before reversing course sharply.

"If you want to be wrong, follow the masses," Lunde wrote, pointing to extreme pessimism and defensive positioning across crypto derivatives markets.

The dual-custodian arrangement mirrors the institutional standards used across other large asset managers entering the spot Bitcoin ETF space.

Precious metals moved in parallel with crypto on the day, with gold rising 1.8% and silver climbing 5.3% since midnight UTC.

The coin is issued by Bridge, a stablecoin firm acquired by payments giant Stripe last year, and represents Sui's bid to differentiate itself in a stablecoin market

The queue stood at around 904,000 Ethereum in early January, marking one of the sharpest buildups since Ethereum transitioned to proof-of-stake.