In a recent SlateCast episode, Fantium CEO and co-founder Jonathan Ludwig discussed his move back into company building and detailed Fantium's approach to tokenizing athlete prize money as a transparent financing tool. He contrasted this utility-first model with earlier fan tokens, highlighted the $BANK poker bankroll token, and explained why Fantium chose to build on Solana to align with existing liquidity.

$BANK, issued by FANtium AG, will complete its Token Generation Event on March 4, 2026 at 15:00 UTC with a fixed supply of 1,000,000,000. Public distribution runs via Metaplex Spotlight and liquidity uses Raydium CPMM, with vesting starting March 6, 2026 at 15:00 UTC. Payment is in SOL and no KYC is required, excluding restricted jurisdictions.

On Feb. 6, Monero and Zcash recorded week‑over‑week drops of 28.9% and 33.4%, trading at $311.40 and $221.61, while ZANO slipped just 1.4%. The Fear & Greed Index fell to 9 on Feb. 6 and total crypto liquidations reached $2.60 billion in 24 hours, with $2.13 billion from longs.

OpenEden, FalconX and Monarq unveiled PRISM, a tokenized, institutional-grade yield portfolio slated for launch in February 2026. Managed by Monarq and tokenized by OpenEden, it blends cash-and-carry arbitrage, overcollateralized institutional lending, DeFi yield venues, and regulated RWA exposure to target risk-adjusted returns; staking issues xPRISM on Ethereum, with a limited pre-deposit phase offering early access.

On January 19 (SGT), SUN.io, the flagship DeFi platform on TRON, announced a Chinese rebrand to "Sun Wukong" with a new visual system, unifying products such as SunSwap, SUN DAO, SunPump, and SunX under one identity. The platform reports over $490 million in TVL on SunSwap, more than 23.94 billion USDT in cumulative trading volume on SunX, and a burn of over 650 million SUN tokens through protocol revenues and fees.

Analysts say two Bitcoin wallets tied to Silk Road-era activity moved 3,421 BTC in May 2025. On-chain data indicates the funds were consolidated into new SegWit custody rather than sent to exchanges. On Dec. 10, more than 300 Silk Road-labeled wallets carried out over $3 million in additional consolidation. The pattern points to housekeeping moves that differ from past U.S. government transfers routed to Coinbase Prime.

Seoul-based Bitplanet Inc. acquired 93 BTC and launched a daily Bitcoin buying program, marking what the company describes as Korea's first fully regulated BTC purchase by a publicly listed firm. The KOSDAQ-listed company plans to build a 10,000 BTC treasury using $40 million raised last month.