Cryptocurrency
Polygon Eyes $100 Million Equity Raise for New Stablecoin Payment Venture
Wednesday 8th April - 2:39 pm
Blockchain developer Polygon Labs is looking to raise between $50 million and $100 million to ...White House Says Stablecoin Rewards Won’t Impact Community Banks
Wednesday 8th April - 9:07 am
White House economists say a stablecoin rewards ban would not meaningfully impact community banks. In a report issued Wednesday ...IMF Warns Crypto Risks Could Trigger Financial Instability
Tuesday 7th April - 9:10 pm
Financial systems have typically evolved through a combination of innovation and crisis. It tends to ...Binance Bets on Prediction Markets to Launch US Reentry
Tuesday 7th April - 2:33 pm
Binance.US is reportedly looking to move past basic trading as it reenters the American cryptocurrency ...SEC Sends ‘Regulation Crypto’ Proposal to White House
Tuesday 7th April - 11:25 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly ready to propose a “regulation crypto.” That’s according to a report Monday (April ...Critics: Circle Failed to Block Drift Hack Transfer
Friday 3rd April - 8:12 pm
Stablecoin issuer Circle is under fire from critics who say the company could have moved faster to ...Why Fortune 500 Firms Are Becoming Blockchain Validators
Friday 3rd April - 11:37 am
Crypto going corporate is shining a spotlight on the sector’s more technical components. The growing institutional ...Tether Sets 2-Week Deadline for $500 Billion Valuation Deal
Friday 3rd April - 10:15 am
Stablecoin issuer Tether will likely postpone its current fundraising effort if too few investors commit ...Drift Crypto Exchange Remains Frozen as Cyberattack Continues
Thursday 2nd April - 8:25 pm
The attack on Drift, a crypto exchange that offers perpetual futures on the Solana blockchain, ...Google’s Quantum Warning Exposes a Big Problem for Crypto
Thursday 2nd April - 4:35 pm
Today’s operating landscape is full of pitfalls for businesses, particularly crypto-native ones. Companies that spent years ...Coinbase Nabs Conditional OCC Nod for National Trust Company
Thursday 2nd April - 2:56 pm
Coinbase is a step closer to becoming a national trust company. The cryptocurrency exchange said in a Thursday (April 2) blog ...Businesses Shed Bitcoin Treasuries Amid Market Downturn
Thursday 2nd April - 9:22 am
Companies that spent years building up bitcoin treasuries are now reportedly exiting the market. As Coindesk reported Thursday ...Solana-Based DeFi Exchange Suffers $285 Million Hack
Thursday 2nd April - 6:49 am
Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Drift has suffered an exploit that drained $285 million in digital assets. According ...Treasury Opens a State Path for Smaller Stablecoin Issuers
Wednesday 1st April - 4:55 pm
The Treasury Department proposed its first regulation to implement the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act. The notice of ...Stablecoins’ Shadow FX Market Is Becoming a Corporate Treasury Issue
Wednesday 1st April - 2:25 pm
Stablecoins are increasingly being viewed by corporate finance teams as less a disruption than an ...EDX Becomes Latest Crypto Firm Seeking Banking Status
Wednesday 1st April - 1:31 pm
EDX Market is the latest cryptocurrency exchange aiming to become a national trust bank. In an application with the Office ...Ripple Debuts Digital Asset-Centric Treasury Management System
Wednesday 1st April - 12:30 pm
Ripple has introduced what it calls the first treasury management system with native digital asset ...Franklin Templeton Aims to Strengthen Digital Asset Capabilities With 250 Digital Acquisition
Wednesday 1st April - 10:54 am
Global investment firm Franklin Templeton plans to strengthen its digital asset capabilities by acquiring 250 ...Chainalysis Launches AI Agents for Crypto Crime Investigations
Tuesday 31st March - 3:10 pm
In the escalating arms race of financial innovation and financial crime, the advantage between attackers ...ECB Blockchain Report Challenges DeFi’s Decentralization Claims
Tuesday 31st March - 2:08 pm
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has, since its inception, sold itself on one premise: a financial system ...Labor Department Aims to Lower Barriers to Alternative Investments for 401(k) Plans
Monday 30th March - 6:45 pm
The Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued a proposed regulation Monday (March 30) ...Singapore’s StraitsX Sees Surge in Stablecoin Payment Volume
Monday 30th March - 9:17 am
Singapore-based stablecoin payment infrastructure company StraitsX is reportedly seeing a surge in card transaction volume. Between the fourth ...CFOs Are Using Stablecoins More Like ACH Than Digital Assets
Monday 30th March - 4:00 am
Innovative technologies often rarely succeed in the way their earliest advocates predicted. And findings in “Waiting for ...Coinbase Resolves Customer Complaints About Prediction Markets Push Notifications
Friday 27th March - 6:40 pm
Coinbase has resolved an issue that sent push notifications about the company’s prediction markets offerings ...David Sacks Transitions From AI/Crypto Czar to Technology Advisory Committee Co-Chair
Friday 27th March - 11:46 am
David Sacks has left his role as White House special advisor for AI and crypto and ...Lawmakers Press Bank Regulators on Tech Rules and Delays
Thursday 26th March - 7:42 pm
A House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on financial technology and regulation explored how much supervisory ...Coinbase Enables Homebuyers to Borrow Against Their Bitcoin or USDC
Thursday 26th March - 10:45 amCoinbase and Better have partnered to enable borrowers to pledge their bitcoin or USDC holdings ...X Hires Coinbase Design Chief Ahead of X Money Launch
Thursday 26th March - 9:00 am
X has hired a new design lead with a background in the cryptocurrency space. Benji Taylor, formerly ...New CLARITY Draft Puts Stablecoin Yield in the Crosshairs
Wednesday 25th March - 1:56 pm
What’s a crypto market without volatility, anyway? On Tuesday (March 24), the alleged contents of a ...Tether Taps Big Four Accounting Firm for Inaugural Audit
Wednesday 25th March - 9:48 amStablecoin issuer Tether says it has engaged a “Big Four” accounting firm for its inaugural audit. The company’s ...CFTC Launches Task Force to Facilitate Innovation in Derivatives Markets
Tuesday 24th March - 5:54 pm
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched a task force dedicated to advancing “clear ...Circle and Sasai Explore USDC Stablecoin Applications Across Africa
Tuesday 24th March - 10:24 am
Circle Internet Group and Sasai Fintech, a pan-African digital payments solution provider, have partnered to ...Bitcoin Dips Under $69K Amid War and Regulatory Worries
Sunday 22nd March - 7:55 pm
The war in Iran and policy battles in Washington continue to hinder cryptocurrency prices. Bitcoin, the ...Crypto.com’s AI Campaign Triggers 12% Cut to Staff
Thursday 19th March - 11:45 am
Crypto.com is cutting around 12% of its workforce as it concentrates more on AI. The job cuts ...Coinbase Bets on AI Agents to Power Payments Growth
Wednesday 18th March - 8:21 pm
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is looking to build the infrastructure for artificial intelligence agent payments at ...Kraken Pauses IPO Plans Amid Slumping Crypto Markets
Wednesday 18th March - 1:56 pm
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has paused its initial public offering (IPO) plans until market conditions improve, ...Stripe-Backed Protocol Lets AI Agents Transact Autonomously
Wednesday 18th March - 1:18 pm
Tempo, a payment-focused blockchain incubated by Stripe and cryptocurrency venture firm Paradigm, launched its mainnet ...Bitcoin Stays Below $75K Despite New Guidance From Regulators
Wednesday 18th March - 10:33 am
New regulatory guidance on cryptocurrency has not been enough to lift bitcoin above $75,000. That’s according ...PayPal Scales PYUSD Stablecoin to Reach 70 Countries
Tuesday 17th March - 3:27 pm
PayPal said it has expanded the availability of its dollar-backed stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD) and ...Mastercard Buys BVNK in $1.8 Billion Bet on Stablecoin Settlement
Tuesday 17th March - 1:48 pm
There’s a fundamental flaw in how many observers view the stablecoin boom. There’s an assumption that ...Citi Downgrades Crypto Outlook as Digital Asset Legislation Slows
Tuesday 17th March - 10:25 am
Citigroup has reportedly reduced its 12-month forecast for bitcoin and ethereum. The downgrade is due in part ...Crypto Firm BlockFills Files for Bankruptcy After Suspending Transactions
Monday 16th March - 10:00 am
Cryptocurrency platform BlockFills says it is seeking bankruptcy protection after suspending client accounts last month. “After extensive discussions ...Polymarket Enjoys Boom in Five-Minute Crypto Bets
Sunday 15th March - 9:47 pm
Cryptocurrency traders have reportedly made five-minute bets a big business for prediction market platform Polymarket. As ...Wizz Financial and BitGo Team on X-Border Stablecoin Payments
Thursday 12th March - 10:24 am
FinTech Wizz Financial achieved a company milestone for cross-border transactions, according to a Thursday (March ...Mastercard Moves to Normalize Crypto Inside Its Payments Ecosystem
Wednesday 11th March - 5:32 pmThe blockchain technology underpinning cryptocurrency is increasingly becoming divorced from the volatility and speculation of ...The New FinTech Scorecard Starts With a Bank Charter
Wednesday 11th March - 4:02 pm
Digital assets are reshaping U.S. financial services, and their impact can be traced by the ...Mastercard Teams With Crypto Giants on Blockchain Payment Program
Wednesday 11th March - 11:54 am
Mastercard has launched an initiative aimed at exploring the future of cryptocurrency payments. The company’s Crypto Partner ...Aon May Have Found Stablecoins’ First Serious Office Job
Tuesday 10th March - 4:56 pm
Stablecoins have struggled to gain traction in everyday corporate finance. The obstacle is not the ...Judge Clears Binance and Zhao of Terror Financing Claims
Tuesday 10th March - 11:50 am
A civil lawsuit alleging that cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, facilitated the ...BPI Weighs Lawsuit Against OCC Over Licensing of Crypto and FinTech Firms
Monday 9th March - 8:53 pm
The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) is considering suing the Office of the Comptroller of the ...How the Financial Sector Views Kraken’s ‘We’re the Bankers Now’ Claim
Monday 9th March - 5:02 pmThe financial industry in the United States rests in part on an architecture of trust ...Ex-CFTC Chair Says Clarity Act Will Help Banks
Monday 9th March - 9:02 am
A former top banking regulator says the cryptocurrency-focused Clarity Act will help the banking sector. “The banks need ...Can LayerZero Make 168 Blockchains Talk to Each Other?
Monday 9th March - 4:03 am
In the early days of the internet, networks did not naturally speak to one another. Standards ...Alchemy Pay Scales Fiat-Crypto Compliance Platform With Delaware License
Friday 6th March - 4:25 pm
Alchemy Pay, a payment gateway that connects cryptocurrency with traditional fiat currencies, announced Tuesday (March ...FinTech and Big Finance Fight to Own the Stablecoin Stack
Friday 6th March - 1:33 pmStablecoins can no longer be viewed as a single product category. Recent developments point to ...Tokenized Securities Move Closer to Mainstream Finance After New Guidance
Friday 6th March - 11:01 am
Innovation versus regulation is no longer the defining framework of the blockchain finance space. Instead, as ...Crypto Bill Talks Stall as Banks Reject White House Stablecoin Compromise
Thursday 5th March - 6:50 am
Negotiations over a major U.S. crypto bill have hit an impasse. Large banks say they ...Google Warns Spyware Steals Crypto From Older iPhones
Wednesday 4th March - 11:44 am
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is recommending that users of Apple iPhone models running some ...Crypto Meets the Fed’s Core Payments System
Wednesday 4th March - 11:24 am
The financial system in the United States can be separated into two periods. One period, the ...Kraken First Digital Asset Bank to Gain Fed Payment Rail Access
Wednesday 4th March - 10:52 am
Kraken says its digital asset bank has been granted a Federal Reserve master account. This approval, announced by the crypto exchange ...Coinbase CEO Wins Trump’s Support in Crypto Bill Battle
Wednesday 4th March - 6:46 am
Coinbase has reportedly gotten the White House’s backing in a battle over pending cryptocurrency legislation. President ...NY Fed: Banks Holding Stablecoin Deposits Are Lending Less
Tuesday 3rd March - 11:00 am
As digital dollars move onto blockchains, what happens to the banks that still sit at ...Visa and Bridge Aim to Bring Stablecoin Cards to Over 100 Countries
Tuesday 3rd March - 7:00 am
Visa is expanding its partnership with Stripe-owned stablecoin infrastructure platform Bridge. The new collaboration will see ...Crypto Investors Cautious as Iran Conflict Continues
Monday 2nd March - 10:32 am
Conflict in the Middle East is making digital assets traders more cautious, Bloomberg News reported ...Morgan Stanley Wants to Build the Back Office of Tokenized Real-World Assets
Friday 27th February - 5:43 pm
Digital assets have gotten boring enough that their growth is now buried in procedural filings, ...OCC Proposes Reserve and Risk Rules for Stablecoins
Thursday 26th February - 2:15 pm
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued a proposed rulemaking to ...Mastercard Brings MetaMask Crypto Payments to US Shoppers
Thursday 26th February - 1:07 pm
Consensys made its cryptocurrency card, MetaMask Card, generally available in the United States, enabling users ...Truist Offers Crypto Trading to Private Wealth Clients
Wednesday 25th February - 12:55 pm
Truist’s private wealth business is expanding into cryptocurrency investments, according to a Wednesday (Feb. 25) ...Circle Bets on 2026 Growth After Stablecoin Transactions Skyrocket 247%
Wednesday 25th February - 10:46 am
Could the world be shifting from an “information era” to a “value era” in which ...Binance Teams With Ondo to Offer Tokenized Securities
Tuesday 24th February - 1:56 pmCryptocurrency exchange Binance is offering tokenized securities on its Binance Alpha platform, according to a ...Meta Hopes to Launch Stablecoin Payments Project This Year
Tuesday 24th February - 1:10 pm
Meta is hoping to enter the stablecoin payment space sometime this year, CoinDesk reported Tuesday ...Payoneer Aims to Launch Stablecoin-Focused Digital Bank
Tuesday 24th February - 11:49 am
Cross-border payment FinTech Payoneer applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to ...Stripe Reaches $159B Valuation as Global Volume Hits $1.9 Trillion
Tuesday 24th February - 10:41 am
Stripe was valued at $159 billion in a tender offer designed to provide liquidity to ...RedotPay Seeks IPO for Stablecoin Payments Firm
Tuesday 24th February - 8:23 am
Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm RedotPay is reportedly planning to go public. The company is weighing a ...NEAR Unveils Super App to Centralize Crypto Activities
Monday 23rd February - 10:02 pm
Blockchain infrastructure company NEAR has introduced a super app designed to help users operate their ...
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