The cryptocurrency market’s familiar boom-and-bust cycle has entered another pronounced downswing. Capital is leaving digital assets at a pace not seen since the depths of...
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)...
Crypto’s Wild West used to have a cowboy problem. For much of the sector’s nascent history there were too many gunslingers and not enough sheriffs,...
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...
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...
Fipto, a provider of regulated payment infrastructure for stablecoins, now has both a Payment Institution (PI) license and a full Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license....
The cryptocurrency industry’s teenage years were tumultuous, to say the least. Crypto-native investors, builders and in-crowd stakeholders cycled through booms and busts, chased speculative manias and...
OKX has launched a crypto card in the European Economic Area (EEA) that enables direct stablecoins payments anywhere in the world Mastercard is accepted. The OKX Card also has...
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.,...