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Two years ago, the defining feature of U.S. crypto regulation was its uncertainty. Regulators relied heavily on enforcement rather than formal rulemaking, leaving companies to interpret legal boundaries retroactively through lawsuits and settlements. For CFOs, that uncertainty translated directly into risk. Treasury teams considering stablecoin...
Crypto payments company MoonPay is now live in ChatGPT’s App Store. “We are officially the first and only crypto onramp integrated in ChatGPT,” the company said in a Friday (May 22) post on X. With this integration, ChatGPT users can search “MoonPay” in Apps, connect, and buy any token, according to the post....
The EU’s landmark crypto framework is entering its first recalibration phase, barely two years after implementation began. On Wednesday (May 20) the European Commission officially opened up to public and institutional comment whether the 2024 Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) policy framework is still “fit for...
European regulators want to know if their 2024 cryptocurrency regulations still apply to the 2026 crypto landscape. With that in mind, the European Commission announced Wednesday (May 20) that it has launched a consultation to get feedback from stakeholders and the general public on the...
Tether has purchased SoftBank’s stake in their shared venture, crypto investment company Twenty One Capital. “This transaction reflects the continued development of XXI as the company builds on its foundation and advances its long-term bitcoin strategy,” the stablecoin issuer said in a Wednesday (May 20)...
A decade into the crypto experiment, digital assets today still function primarily as an investment vehicle, not as money. The Federal Reserve’s May 2026 “Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2025” report found that only 2% of U.S. households used cryptocurrency to buy something or...
For credit unions and financial institutions in general, cryptocurrency and stablecoin strategies may be hatched in the executive suite, but success might hinge at the branch counter and in the online chat. A member asks whether they can move money into a stablecoin wallet. Another...
Euro-pegged stablecoin project Qivalis has reportedly picked up the support of 25 new banks. That brings the total number of lenders backing the effort to 37, the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (May 20). As the report points out, this is happening as executives and...
The payments industry has become remarkably good at masking complexity from consumers. But merchants do not operate on the front end. Their concerns live in the back office. And with Revolut on Monday (May 18) unveiling its first physical cryptocurrency debit card, crypto’s next adoption phase...