Polygon Labs says it has signed definitive agreements to acquire a pair of US-regulated crypto payments firms. Polygon says it’s buying the digital asset payments platform Coinme and wallet infrastructure provider Sequence for more than $250 million. The deal aims to build the Polygon Open Money Stack to enable compliant stablecoin payments at global scale.

More than $182 million worth of USDT stablecoins have been frozen on the Tron blockchain amid suspected scam activity. In a series of alerts fshared on X by Whale Alert, blockchain trackers reported that multiple Tron-based addresses holding large USDT balances were frozen, totaling roughly $182 million. The largest single address held more than 50

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says a nascent crypto sector could mirror the explosive growth of stablecoins, calling the opportunity “huge” as blockchain technology continues to reduce friction in global markets. In a new discussion hosted by Goldman Sachs, Armstrong points to the rise of stablecoins as a case study. He notes that while early critics questioned

Institutional investors are once again selling Bitcoin and crypto investment projects. After an opening week of inflows, digital asset products saw $454 million in outflows for the week ending January 10th, according to CoinShares. This reversed much of the $1.5 billion gains from early January, driven by fears over delayed Federal Reserve rate cuts. Bitcoin

Story traded at lows of around $2.12 on Monday but has since staged a sharp recovery. IP rose to above $2.65, with trading volume spiking over 400% to $198 million. Buyers may ride bullish sentiment to target $3 or higher. IP, the native token of the Story Protocol, has outperformed top altcoins in the past