On Wednesday, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle and xAI signed a non-binding White House pledge to cover the energy needs of their AI data centers without shifting costs to consumers. US President Donald Trump said data centers "need some PR help" and claimed the agreement aims to ease public concern that new facilities will raise electricity bills as AI-related power demand grows toward 2028.

On Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump criticized banks for blocking progress on the Senate’s crypto market structure legislation over restrictions on stablecoin yield payments. He warned that attempts to undermine the GENIUS Act and delay the CLARITY Act are unacceptable, and urged banks to reach an agreement with the crypto industry. Lawmakers and industry groups remain divided over whether the bill should ban all stablecoin yield, leaving the legislation stalled in the Senate.

On Monday, Core Scientific shares closed lower after the Bitcoin mining and AI compute firm reported fourth-quarter revenue of $79.8 million, a 16% year-over-year decline that fell short of the $90.4 million analyst estimate. The company posted net income of $216 million driven by a $330.3 million non-cash fair value gain, while adjusted EBITDA showed a $42.7 million loss and crypto mining revenue dropped to $42.2 million. Rival miner Riot Platforms also missed quarterly revenue expectations, reporting $152.8 million in Q4 sales, up 7% from the prior year.

On a Monday ruling, Manhattan federal judge Katherine Polk Failla dismissed with prejudice a class action that tried to hold Uniswap Labs and its founder Hayden Adams liable for scam tokens allegedly involved in rug pulls and pump-and-dump schemes on the protocol. The suit, originally filed in April 2022 and amended in May after an earlier dismissal, failed to show Uniswap knew of or substantially assisted fraud by third-party token issuers.

On Wednesday, ETHZilla announced it is rebranding to Forum Markets and will do business as Forum. Shares rose over 13% to $3.91 as the company pivots from a crypto treasury strategy to tokenization, with a ticker change to FRMM set for Monday at market open pending Nasdaq approval.

Crypto venture firm Framework Ventures has partnered with mortgage provider Better on a $500 million plan to connect its loans to the Sky decentralized finance protocol. The firm has reportedly agreed to buy 10% of Better's stock for about $45 million and will support the launch of mortgage-linked tokens initially aimed at accredited investors.

In a report published on Saturday, blockchain analytics firm Elliptic said five platforms—Bitpapa, ABCeX, Exmo, Rapira and Aifory Pro—are facilitating ruble-to-crypto conversions used by sanctioned Russian entities. Elliptic linked the network's rise to the March takedown of Garantex's website and highlighted flows including at least $11 billion at ABCeX, $19.5 million tied to Exmo, and $72 million involving Rapira.

At a Mar-a-Lago forum hosted by the Trump family's crypto platform, CEOs from Coinbase, Binance and Goldman Sachs joined U.S. market leaders and officials. World Liberty announced a partnership with Securitize to tokenize loan revenue interests tied to a Trump-branded Maldives resort, which the Trump Organization said in November is set to complete in 2030 with 100 villas.

The state of Nevada has filed a civil enforcement lawsuit against prediction market firm Kalshi in state court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Kalshi's request to block state regulatory action. Kalshi is seeking to move the case to federal court, arguing it falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, while Nevada's gaming regulator claims the firm offers unlicensed sports wagering in violation of state law. The dispute follows a cease-and-desist order issued last year that led to earlier federal court proceedings over Kalshi's sports event contracts.