This is what you need to know before going to sleep 😴
1- According to Axios, Consensys, the parent company of MetaMask, has selected JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs as lead underwriters for its IPO.
2- According to Fortune, Mastercard is in talks to acquire the cryptocurrency infrastructure startup Zerohash for between 1.500 and 2.000 million dollars.
3- The Federal Reserve reduced the upper limit of the federal funds rate to 4.00%, 25 basis points lower than the previous 4.25%, in line with expectations.
4- At Blockchain Life 2025, Pavel Durov announced Cocoon, an open and confidential computing network built on the TON and Telegram ecosystems.
5- Ondo Finance has launched its global platform, Ondo Global Markets, on BNB Chain.
6- Grayscale has announced the launch of the Solana Trust ETF (ticker: GSOL), which offers investors exposure to Solana along with staking rewards.
7- According to researcher ZachXBT, the true co-founder of BlockDAG would be Gurhan Kiziloz, accused of diverting millions of dollars from presale funds through Middle Eastern OTC brokers.
8- Visa's CEO, Ryan McInerney, stated during the fourth quarter earnings presentation that the company plans to add compatibility with four stablecoins.
9- South Korea agrees to pay 350 billion dollars to the United States to reduce tariffs.
10- 300 million dollars have been liquidated from the cryptocurrency market in the last 15 minutes while the Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, was giving his speech before the FOMC.