Digital Tokens news and trends

Fed, BIS See Smart Contracts Transforming Central Bank Liquidity Management
Banking // May 22, 2025

The digitization of money, and the movement to decentralized finance, begs the question: What happens to financial institutions, central banks and central banking policy? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Got Digital Assets? The Weird, the Wild and the Whatever Coins
Cryptocurrency // February 01, 2025

Everyone seems to have their own digital asset these days — from Elon Musk’s favorite meme token, Dogecoin, to the newly “minted” Trump Coin. If there’s an inside joke or an influencer obsession in play, odds are someone’s slapping a blockchain on it en route...

NYDFS Issues Rules for Virtual Currency Listing and Delisting
Cryptocurrency // November 15, 2023

New York State’s financial watchdog has updated its rules for listing/delisting virtual currency.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

From Beanie Babies to Beeple, Are NFTs Just Another Fad? 
NFTs // December 01, 2021

Although some reports trace their origins back five or even 10 years, the actual non-fungible token, or NFT, craze is really a “2021 thing”  meaning the explosive growth in prices and players and the general availability of these digital assets is less than a year...

Interviews & Exclusives
JPMC Embraces Crypto For Real-Time Payments — Ripple Says It’s Not Worried

February 15, 2019
There was a time when JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) CEO Jamie Dimon didn’t have much in the way of positive things to say about bitcoin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By […]

Quick Reads
Solana Mobile to Launch Token to Support Open Mobile Platform

January 07, 2026
Solana Mobile will reportedly launch its SKR token, which is designed to serve as the governance and incentive layer for the company’s ecosystem, on Jan. 21. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily […]

NYDFS Issues Rules for Virtual Currency Listing and Delisting

November 15, 2023
New York State’s financial watchdog has updated its rules for listing/delisting virtual currency.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Bitcoin Daily: Balancer Reports $500K Token Theft Attack

June 29, 2020
Balancer Pool suffered a complicated attack that took advantage of a technicality in its system, Coindesk reported. The identity of the attacker is still reportedly not known, and the hacker...

SEC Proposal Would Allow Token Sales Under Current Securities Laws

February 06, 2020
Hester Peirce, a financial regulator at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said that tech startups may be able to raise money using digital tokens under current law, but...