MasterCard and J.P. Morgan have come together to create a new B2B payment protocol that could simplify and speed up cross-border transactions. This partnership is meant...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has made an important recommendation to allow more use of digital technologies, like blockchain, to handle collateral in trading. Collateral...
The Blockchain Association, a major organization representing cryptocurrency businesses in the United States, recently wrote a letter to former President Donald Trump and members of Congress....
South Korean authorities have officially confirmed that the 2019 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, involving 342,000 Ethereum (then valued at 58 billion won, approximately $41.5...
The SEC has taken steps to repay investors affected by the BitClave ICO. BitClave agreed to make this payment in 2020 as part of a settlement...
Avik Roy, head of a nonprofit think tank, described Senator Cynthia Lummis’ suggestion that Bitcoin could erase federal debt as an unrealistic portrayal of its power....
The United Kingdom (UK) is set to introduce a unified regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and related financial services by early 2025. This move represents a...
A fraudster using Coinbase claims weekly profits of five figures by exploiting high-profile executives in the crypto sector. “We’re hitting CEOs, CFOs, software engineers,” a brazen...
WisdomTree has introduced its newest cryptocurrency investment product, the WisdomTree Physical XRP (XRPW), on key European stock exchanges. These include Deutsche Börse Xetra, Six Swiss Exchange,...
Former U.S. and current President-elect Donald Trump proposed establishing a crypto advisory council as part of his plans for the cryptocurrency sector if re-elected in 2024....
The provision of liquidity in DeFi is not decentralized, despite its technical implementation, as researchers at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) concluded. Although decentralized finance...
BlackRock’s tokenized money fund holders can now explore DeFi opportunities while also earning interest from U.S. Treasury bills, according to Securitize. Securitize and Elixir announced on...
A government advisory group urges the U.S. to adopt a Manhattan Project-level effort to maintain its edge over China in AI technology. As part of its...
Paxos has announced plans to acquire Membrane Finance, a Finnish Electronic Money Institution (EMI). This acquisition, pending regulatory approval, will make Paxos a fully licensed EMI...
Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), recently filed a trademark application for TruthFi, a proposed cryptocurrency payment platform. TruthFi aims to support...
PayPal has announced the expansion of its cross-border payments via Xoom. With this, its partners can use PayPal USD (PYUSD) for international money transfers. Xoom is...
With Coinbase’s wrapped Bitcoin cbBTC now live, the US-based cryptocurrency exchange has moved to delist Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) citing the need to maintain the platform’s integrity....
Bitfinex Securities, a subsidiary of the global crypto exchange Bitfinex, has officially introduced tokenized U.S. Treasury bills (T-bills) through its platform in El Salvador. This development...
Chainlink, Microsoft, and Banco Inter are working together in the second phase of Brazil’s digital currency project, Drex. Together, they want to improve the country’s digital...
