Adding crypto into the finance stack has traditionally had the flair of a younger business. On Tuesday (Feb. 3), the startup incubator Y Combinator (YC) codified that impression, announcing that its latest class of startups can now choose to receive their seed funding of $500,000...
Ripple, a provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions for the finance sector, received Monday (Feb. 2) full approval for an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). The announcement marks a significant expansion of the company’s...
Even as policymakers continue to refine the rules of the road for stablecoins, earnings season offered a clearer view of how the payment networks are already moving from concept to execution. That shift was evident in this week’s results from Visa and Mastercard, where management...
Few sectors may have as much to look forward to in 2026 as blockchain does. This year, five predictions dominate the digital asset conversation, including digital assets becoming a standard part of institutional portfolios; tokenization of real-world assets finally breaking through; decentralized finance going enterprise;...
The world of digital finance has a physics deadline coming up. And few places could be harder hit than crypto. Q Day, the moment quantum computers can practically break elliptic curve cryptography, promises to render redundant the computational codes that secure modern finance, putting banks,...
Tether has launched USAT, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin developed to operate within the federal stablecoin framework established by the GENIUS Act. USAT is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A., a federally regulated stablecoin issuer, and the stablecoin’s designated reserve custodian and preferred primary dealer is Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether said in a Tuesday (Jan....
Mastercard has reportedly shifted from looking to acquire blockchain infrastructure company zerohash to considering an investment in the firm. The company changed its plans after zerohash chose to remain independent, and the acquisition talks collapsed, CoinDesk reported Tuesday (Jan. 20), citing unnamed sources. The two...
For much of blockchain’s commercial life, regulation functioned as a question mark rather than a framework. Financial institutions monitored developments, commissioned pilot projects and waited for clarity that rarely arrived in usable form. Early blockchain governance was often aspirational, relying on loosely defined communities and...
Financial services and banking firm State Street has introduced an infrastructure platform for tokenized assets. The company says the platform, announced Thursday (Jan. 15), is designed to help State Street serve as a bridge between digital and traditional finance. “We are moving beyond experimentation and...