PANews reported on January 21 that Circle has announced that its cross-chain solution, Circle Gateway, now supports the Solana network. Developers can use this tool to integrate USDC, a non-custodial, cross-chain abstraction, enabling instant liquidity access in DeFi, payments, and fund management scenarios. Currently, Circle Gateway supports 12 blockchains, including Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Polygon, and Solana, with plans to expand to more networks in the future.

BitGo’s move creates further competition in a burgeoning European crypto market that is expected to generate $26 billion revenue this year, according to one estimate. BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company with more than $100 billion in assets under custody, has received an extension of its license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), enabling it to offer crypto services to European investors. The company said its local subsidiary, BitGo Europe, can now provide custody, staking, transfer, and trading services. Institutional clients will also have access to an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk and multiple liquidity venues.The extension builds on BitGo’s previous Markets-in-Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license, also issued by BaFIN, and adds trading to the existing custody, transfer and staking services. BitGo acquired its initial MiCA license in May 2025, which allowed it to offer certain services to traditional institutions and crypto native companies in the European Union.Read more

