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iGaming Weekly | Jan. 26, 2026

iGaming Weekly | Jan. 26, 2026

Smokey Lisa
January 26, 2026

Momentum is building across gaming, finance, and compliance as the industry sharpens its edge.

Partnerships pushed further into the mainstream this week, while faster payment flows and renewed focus on player responsibility highlighted a more mature operating landscape. At the same time, stronger enforcement actions and institutional moves into digital assets point to a market balancing innovation with increased oversight, as new content and major events keep the pipeline busy.

Let’s dive into this week’s iGaming Weekly!

Industry Overview

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Crypto Casino

Stake has continued their run of partnerships, this time with extreme sports series X Games.
Whale and Meshpay have partnered to integrate express deposits right from your wallet to site.

Traditional Gaming

FanDuel has introduced “Play with a Plan”, a new initiative across all FanDuel products to empower customers to make their own informed decisions about their play.
BetMGM and the St. Louis Blues of the NHL have announced a partnership to make BetMGM to Blues’ official sports betting partner.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime commended Cambodian authorities for stepping up enforcement against online scams, money laundering and related crimes that generate an estimated $40 billion a year globally.

Aggregators & Providers

Relax has expanded their Powered By Relax platform once more, this time adding blaze gaming to their programme.

Miscellaneous

UBS reportedly plans to start rolling out crypto services and let select clients trade Bitcoin and Ethereum, according to Bloomberg.
Grayscale has filed with the SEC for a spot BNB ETF, the Grayscale BNB Trust, that would trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker GBNB.
Capital One will acquire stablecoin fintech Brex for $5.15 billion in a stock and cash transaction that some speculate will bring native USDC payment capabilities to the major US bank.