How Speed is Replacing Card Payments with Lightning for 10,000+ Global Businesses
For payment ops teams and developers: how Lightning-powered settlement infrastructure is changing the economics of business payments.
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Best OKX Alternatives for 2026
OKX is one of the most complete exchanges in crypto, pairing deep spot and derivatives markets with a self-custody Web3 wallet in a single account. But that all-in-one design does not suit everyone, and traders look elsewhere for plenty of reasons: OKX requires full identity verification upfront, it restricts derivatives in a number of regions, […]
The Next Billion Stablecoin Users May Not Be Human
The race to win stablecoins is aimed at consumers. The customer that matters most is a machine. By Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget
Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank Partner With Fireblocks to Explore Stablecoins in Korea
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 Launches RooRooEx Digital Asset Trading Platform
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.
Which Countries Run National Digital Currencies?
… and why they have nothing to do with crypto
Saudi Arabia Ends mBridge Participation After Completing CBDC Payment Trial
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.
ECB Launches Pontes to Settle Tokenised Assets in Central Bank Money
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.
Coinbase and Kalshi File for US Stock Perpetuals: How Crypto-Style Trading Moves Into Equities
Popular crypto exchange Coinbase and prediction market Kalshi have both filed proposals to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks.
Circle Onboards Over 100 Institutions for Arc Mainnet Launch
Circle has launched Layer 1 blockchain Arc for stablecoin payments and other financial transactions. More than hundred institutions are already testing the new network.
Clarity Act Collapse Discourages Crypto Industry
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 Partners With Stablecore on Cross-Asset Financial Crime Detection
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.
ECB Opens Digital Euro Pilot to Online and Mobile Merchants
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.
Velocity Raises $10M From Visa, Circle, and Ripple
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.
CoinEx to Shut Down in December: What Users Should Know
Hong Kong-native cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx is winding up operations. Users have till December 22, 2026 to transfer their funds elsewhere.
Bitcoin Rebounds as Treasury Buybacks Ease Rate Pressure, But Security Cracks Widen 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 […]
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