A cross-party parliamentary committee in the UK has urged the government to immediately halt cryptocurrency donations to political parties through a binding moratorium added to the Representation of the People Bill. Lawmakers argue that crypto contributions pose an unacceptably high risk to electoral integrity, especially through mixers, privacy tools and AI-driven micro-donations below the £500 disclosure threshold. The proposals emerge as UK political donations reportedly approached £65 million in 2025, including a £3 million contribution from crypto investor Christopher Harborne.

PayPal announced on Tuesday that access to its U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin PYUSD has been extended to 70 markets, up from a focus on the U.S. and UK. Users in newly added regions such as Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Singapore can now buy, hold, send, and receive PYUSD through their PayPal accounts, with eligible users outside Singapore and the UK able to earn rewards on holdings. The expansion follows PYUSD's 2023 launch and coincides with the token's market capitalization climbing to $4.12 billion.

Cango Inc. reported a $452.8 million net loss for 2025, its first full year as a bitcoin miner, on $688.1 million in total revenue and $1.1 billion in operating costs and expenses. The company mined 6,594.6 BTC in 2025 and ended December 2025 with 7,528.4 BTC produced since late 2024, then sold about $305 million of bitcoin in February 2026 to reduce debt and fund an AI infrastructure pivot under EcoHash.

In a statement on Monday, the U.S. Secret Service said it is leading Operation Atlantic with UK and Canadian agencies to target criminal groups behind crypto approval-phishing scams. The campaign focuses on identifying victims, recovering funds and educating the public, after such scams caused $83.85 million in losses across 106,106 victims in 2025, down sharply from $494 million in 2024.

Metaplanet has arranged a financing package of about $255 million from institutional investors, with attached warrants that could boost the total to roughly $531 million for its long-term bitcoin strategy. The Tokyo-listed firm plans to use up to 56.9 billion yen for BTC purchases while targeting 100,000 BTC by the end of 2026 and 210,000 BTC by the end of 2027.

A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accuses JPMorgan Chase of providing the core banking services for an alleged $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme tied to Goliath Ventures. The complaint, brought by investor Robby Alan Steele, claims more than 2,000 investors were affected between 2023 and 2025, with around $253 million routed through one Chase account and $123 million sent on to Coinbase wallets.

Pump.fun has become the first platform on the Solana blockchain to exceed $1 billion in cumulative revenue since its launch in early 2024. The memecoin launchpad has generated about $1.08 billion in total earnings across 2024, 2025 and 2026, and has been running an aggressive PUMP token buyback program funded by protocol revenue. Recent domain records also show subdomains referencing Ethereum, Base, BSC and Monad, coinciding with the removal of Solana as the location on its X profile and hinting at possible cross-chain expansion.

On Wednesday, Mastercard launched a global Crypto Partner Program that brings together more than 85 crypto-native companies, payment providers, and financial institutions to collaborate on enterprise-focused digital asset products. The initiative involves firms such as Binance, Circle, Ripple, Gemini, PayPal, and Paxos, and builds on Mastercard's existing blockchain and crypto card infrastructure while expanding work on use cases like cross-border remittances, B2B transfers, payouts, and settlement.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have transferred $130 million in bitcoin into hot wallets tied to their Gemini exchange over the past week, which Arkham described as likely preparation to sell. The brothers still hold $764 million worth of BTC, with Arkham estimating their lifetime bitcoin gains at around $1.8 billion, while their activity comes alongside sizable moves by Bhutan and South Korean authorities.