Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with digital asset infrastructure provider Fireblocks to explore opportunities for digital assets, mainly stablecoins, in South Korea.
CloudTech Group has launched RooRooEx, a digital asset trading platform for professional investors, high-net-worth individuals and retail customers. Its initial target markets are Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.
… and why they have nothing to do with crypto
Saudi Arabia has ended its participation in mBridge, a China-led cross-border payments project using central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), after completing a proof of concept in May 2025.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched Pontes, a new service designed to allow wholesale transactions in tokenised assets to be settled using central bank money.
Popular crypto exchange Coinbase and prediction market Kalshi have both filed proposals to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks.
Circle has launched Layer 1 blockchain Arc for stablecoin payments and other financial transactions. More than hundred institutions are already testing the new network.
As US Senate vote on the crypto regulation bill known as Clarity Act failed this week, bitcoin’s price declined along with the share prices of crypto-linked companies, including Coinbase and Circle. Vote hold for an uncertain period also affects crypto service developers in less visible ways.
Nasdaq Verafin and Stablecore announced a partnership that unifies digital asset and traditional banking data, giving financial institutions a combined view of financial crime risk across fiat and digital asset channels.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has opened its digital euro pilot to online and mobile commerce merchants across the euro area, giving businesses an opportunity to test how the proposed central bank digital currency could work in real payment environments.
UK stablecoin infrastructure startup Velocity has raised $10 million in an extension of its Series A funding round, bringing the total value of the round to $48 million.
Hong Kong-native cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx is winding up operations. Users have till December 22, 2026 to transfer their funds elsewhere.
Bitcoin recently staged a sharp comeback, now hovering around $80K for several weeks. The late August surge was extremely notable after the prolonged $60-65K summer lull. At the same time, two separate incidents involving a hardware wallet and a mid-cap blockchain have reopened debate on how much the industry can actually trust its own custody […]
Altcoin means “alternative to Bitcoin,” and it is a name given to all cryptocurrencies except Bitcoin.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to open its new cryptoasset authorisation gateway on 30 September 2026. It will require crypto firms seeking permission under the upcoming regulatory regime to demonstrate how their systems and controls manage risks including financial crime and identity fraud.
A company that moves more than $16 trillion a year through the world’s banking pipes has plugged itself into blockchain rails. The Bottomline Chainlink partnership, announced this week, is more than another crypto integration for the correspondent-banking world.
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