digital assets

Kraken Reports Criminal Extortion Attempt Involving Insider Recruitment

Kraken Reports Criminal Extortion Attempt Involving Insider Recruitment
Kraken Reports Criminal Extortion Attempt Involving Insider Recruitment
April 13, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Global digital asset exchange Kraken is being extorted by a criminal group that is threatening to release videos of the company’s internal systems with client data shown...

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Circle CEO Defends Company’s Response to Stablecoin Hacks
Circle CEO Defends Company’s Response to Stablecoin Hacks
April 13, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Circle’s CEO has reportedly responded to criticism over how his company handles illicit funds. During a press conference in Seoul, Jeremy Allaire said the stablecoin...

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ClearBank Secures MiCA License to Support Digital Asset Push
ClearBank Secures MiCA License to Support Digital Asset Push
April 13, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

Real-time clearing and embedded banking provider ClearBank has become a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). ClearBank received regulatory confirmation from the...

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Japan Prepares to Regulate Crypto as a Financial Product
Japan Prepares to Regulate Crypto as a Financial Product
April 12, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Japan is reportedly moving closer to classifying cryptocurrencies as financial products. According to a report Friday (April 10) from Nikkei, a draft amendment before the...

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Fed Finds Stablecoins Idle, Confirms PYMNTS Usage Gap
Fed Finds Stablecoins Idle, Confirms PYMNTS Usage Gap
April 10, 2026  |  Blockchain

Stablecoins were supposed to change payments. They haven’t. New Federal Reserve research shows the vast majority of stablecoins aren’t flowing through the real economy. They’re...

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The US Operationalized Stablecoins This Week, But Who’s Using Them?
The US Operationalized Stablecoins This Week, But Who’s Using Them?
April 10, 2026  |  Blockchain

The era of legal ambiguity surrounding stablecoins officially appears to be ending. In the United States, federal banking agencies released implementation rules under the GENIUS...

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New Stablecoin Rules Push Banks Into the Crypto Front Line
New Stablecoin Rules Push Banks Into the Crypto Front Line
April 09, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Rules governing stablecoins are taking concrete form, and the details suggest that banks and FinTechs will face a more exacting set of responsibilities than some...

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PODCAST: Stablecoins Are Moving Real Money, Just Not That Much of It Yet
PODCAST: Stablecoins Are Moving Real Money, Just Not That Much of It Yet
April 09, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The headlines would have you believe stablecoins are already eating the payments world. Hundreds of billions in market cap. Transaction volumes that allegedly rival Visa....

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