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Stablecoin issuer Tether and web browser provider Opera have partnered to expand financial access in emerging markets through the MiniPay stablecoin wallet app. Tether announced on Monday that it was expanding support for its stablecoin USDt (USDT) and Tether Gold XAUT (XAUT) within MiniPay, Opera’s self-custodial wallet built on the Celo blockchain.Tether said the initiative is aimed at helping people in emerging markets such as Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia to access dollar-denominated stablecoins for savings and transfers. “Tether’s mission has always been to provide simple, reliable access to stable value for people who need it most,” said Tether CEO Paolo…

HYPE gained double digits on Monday after the team behind HyperCore, the core infrastructure powering Hyperliquid’s layer-1 network, said it will support the HIP-4 proposal to expand into prediction markets.The integration would allow fully collateralized contracts on Hyperliquid, the largest decentralized perpetual futures crypto platform, enabling traders to wager on political elections, sports and other markets.In an X post on Monday, Hyperliquid said the support was driven by “extensive user demand” for prediction markets and bounded options-like instruments, while adding that HIP-4 could allow other novel applications to be built on Hyperliquid. Source: HyperliquidHIP-4 outcomes would function like a betting…

Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies bounced in the past 24 hours after a brutal weekend sell-off that pushed prices to multi-month lows and triggered billions of dollars in liquidations across derivatives markets.Bitcoin was trading just under $79,000 during Asian morning hours, according to CoinDesk market data, recovering from weekend lows near $74,000. Ether climbed above $2,340, while Solana, BNB, XRP and Cardano posted gains of between 3% and 6% over the past 24 hours, according to market data. Despite the rebound, most large-cap tokens remain down sharply on a seven-day basis with losses upto 20%.The move follows a broad capitulation that…

Joerg Hiller Feb 02, 2026 20:36 Legal AI startup Harvey expands from 6 to 60+ jurisdictions using autonomous agents, processing 400+ legal databases as enterprise AI adoption accelerates. Legal AI company Harvey has built an autonomous pipeline that expanded its jurisdictional coverage from six to over 60 countries since August 2025, demonstrating how AI agents are moving from experimental tools to production-grade infrastructure in enterprise settings.The company’s “Data Factory” system now ingests more than 400 legal data sources—up from 20—using a multi-agent architecture that discovers, validates, and deploys new legal databases with minimal human intervention.How the Pipeline Actually WorksHarvey’s approach…

Key NotesMiniPay has processed 350 million transactions since late 2023 and serves over 12.6 million activated wallets with strong December momentum.Opera’s Q4 2025 revenue exceeded guidance at $170 million, driving full-year revenue above $608 million with 26% growth versus 2024.The stock rallied to $14.87 with analysts setting a $23.50 price target, representing 62% upside from current levels. Opera Limited’s shares climbed nearly 17% on February 2 after the browser company announced it would give deeper support to Tether’s stablecoin and gold tokens to its MiniPay mobile wallet. The expansion of the partnership brings greater use of USDT and the addition…

Recently, trading volume in the Bitcoin spot market has decreased significantly. Tight liquidity and heightened market uncertainty have directly led to a substantial price decline. Weak buying in the spot market and increased short-term selling pressure have subjected the entire cryptocurrency market to greater volatility. However, even amidst market turmoil and eroded confidence, the mining industry has demonstrated remarkable stability. Mining companies like Anchor Mining, achieving a stable daily return of $3,656, have attracted widespread attention and become a new focal point in the market downturn. Spot market contraction and tightening liquidity amplify volatility. Spot trading volume is a crucial…

The quantum computing threat to Bitcoin has been moving from “distant” and “eventually” to “possibly within a planning horizon.” The real question here is, could cryptography timelines compress faster than the industry expects? Analysts and market commentary continues to frame the issue as one of preparedness rather than panic obviously. But it is safe to say that the work to mitigate any Q-day risks need to start right away.  Speaking of which, qLabs is set to launch its token qONE in a week with presale going live on Thursday, 5 February 2026, 2pm UTC. The launch is coming at a…

As January 2026 rattles crypto markets, fear is thick, but opportunity is thicker. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) ETFs just logged notable outflows, including -$19.64M for BTC, shaking short-term confidence as macro uncertainty bites. Yet behind the volatility, something big is brewing. On January 29, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee advanced a long-awaited crypto market structure bill, pushing CFTC oversight forward and aligning with White House talks and the SEC–CFTC “Project Crypto.” Translation? Regulatory fog is lifting, and historically, clarity is the spark that ignites the next explosive cycle. While bitcoin price prediction analysts debate resilience and XRP quietly builds…

My $49k Bitcoin bear thesis, a January check-in, the plumbing is flashing while price bleedsI wrote my medium-term $49,000 bear thesis in late November with one simple idea, Bitcoin still moves in cycles, and the next real “this is the low” moment tends to arrive when miner economics and flows line up at the same time.It is now Jan. 30, 2026, and the honest update is this, the variables I care about look more stressed than they did when I published, and the tape has not delivered the kind of panic price print that makes those variables matter to everyone…

What lies ahead for the PI token next week, according to Gemini. It was a painful week for most of the cryptocurrency market, but Pi Network’s native token found a way to dig another (actually several) hole. In the span of just 72 hours or so, the asset plummeted to numerous consecutive all-time lows. The latest anti-record came on January 29 at $0.1589 (CoinGecko data), which means that PI has lost 94.5% of its value since late February 2025, when it charted an all-time high at $2.99. Given its spectacular demise and most recent correction, we decided to ask Gemini…