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Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors fell 2-3% on the day; BTC falls below $90k ZEC fell 19% after news that the developer team resigned, plan to start new co Polymarket announced an exclusive partnership with WSJ and DowJones World Liberty Fi filed for a US national trust bank charter MoonPay partnered with Rumble to launch Rumble Wallet, creators to start accepting Bitcoin ? The Institutions Aren’t Coming – They’re HereFour…

Dow Jones announced an exclusive partnership to distribute Polymarket prediction data across The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and MarketWatch on the same day Kalshi claimed it had hit $100 billion in annualized trading volume.The juxtaposition captures where prediction markets sit at the start of 2026: simultaneously legitimized as a financial data product and mired in methodological disputes, oracle controversies, and insider trading optics that would sink most consumer finance products before they reach distribution.The difference is that institutions are not validating the integrity of prediction markets, but their utility as an information layer. ICE, the owner of the New York…

In brief Moody’s 2026 Digital Finance Outlook report has concluded that blockchain-based tech could provide a “foundational infrastructure layer” for the finance industry this year. The ratings agency emphasizes that digital asset technology will allow for a greater degree of interoperability and efficiency. The firm’s analysts also warn that regulatory harmonisation may be required in order for adoption to spread globally. The technology underlying digital assets will evolve into a “foundational infrastructure layer” for the financial services industry in 2026, according to a new report from rating agency Moody’s.Writing in its 2026 Digital Finance Outlook, Moody’s predicts that blockchain-based tech…

Florida lawmakers have revived a push to put bitcoin on the state’s balance sheet, filing new legislation for the 2026 session that would create a state-run cryptocurrency reserve after a similar effort stalled last year. House Bill 1039, filed Jan. 7 by Republican Rep. John Snyder, would establish a Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Fund that sits outside Florida’s main treasury.  The proposal authorizes the state’s chief financial officer to invest public funds in digital assets under a set of guardrails that include audits, reporting requirements, and advisory oversight. The bill marks a reset rather than a clean break. Florida lawmakers floated…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Data shows the Bitcoin transfer volume has been following a long-term decline, suggesting network activity has been shrinking despite price growth. Bitcoin Total Transfer Volume Has Been Going Down As explained by CryptoQuant author Axel Adler Jr in a new post on X, the Total Transfer Volume has steadily been declining for Bitcoin since January 2023. This metric measures, as its name suggests, the total amount of the cryptocurrency that’s becoming involved in transactions on the blockchain every day. When the value of this metric rises, it…

In brief Bitcoin’s drop below $90,000 has wiped out $478 million in leveraged positions, with longs contributing over 90% to the total liquidations. Major altcoins like Dogecoin, Bonk, Pepe, and ZCash, which posted double-digit gains in the first week, have followed top crypto’s lead and tanked. Analysts attribute the decline to fading early-year momentum, a risk-off macro mood ahead of U.S. jobs data, and short-term headwinds from Bitcoin ETF outflows. The new year enthusiasm has all but vanished as Bitcoin continued its sustained downtrend, undoing most of the year-to-date gains noted in the first week.Bitcoin is down 2.4% over 24…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Cambodia has detained and extradited Chen Zhi, the alleged operator of a sprawling “pig-butchering” and online fraud network, to China, creating a new question for crypto markets and law enforcement: what happens to the Bitcoin still linked to him on-chain. The arrest and handover were announced by Cambodian authorities this week after what officials described as months of joint investigative cooperation with Beijing. Chen’s Cambodian citizenship had been revoked by royal decree in December 2025, according to reporting from regional and international outlets. Reuters reported on Tuesday…

Wyoming launched a state-backed stablecoin on Solana, and Morgan Stanley filed for a Solana trust product this week. Last month, Visa expanded USDC settlement to run on Solana rails, and JPMorgan tokenized commercial paper using Solana for part of the settlement stack.These are not rumors or roadmap promises. They happened over 60 days, and they force a cleaner question than the old binary: institutions are no longer asking whether to engage with Solana, but how much exposure and on which layer.The “institutions won’t embrace Solana” claim survived as long as it did because it conflated two different bets: buying SOL…

In brief Blockchain infrastructure firm Fireblocks is buying TRES Finance to add accounting and reconciliation to its platform. The move targets enterprises running stablecoin and treasury flows on-chain at scale. The acquisition reflects growing demand for audit-ready crypto operations. Fireblocks, a blockchain infrastructure company focused on digital asset custody and transaction services, has agreed to acquire TRES Finance, a crypto accounting platform that produces standardized financial records from on-chain activity.While Fireblocks has built its business around custody and transaction infrastructure for exchanges, banks, asset managers, and fintech firms, acquiring TRES appears to address a gap between on-chain transaction data and…