An internal research AI agent from OpenAI independently located a third-party cryptocurrency wallet on the Ethereum Sepolia test network and used its funds to pay transaction fees for deploying smart contracts.
Mastercard and BVNK have announced the launch of the Mastercard Global Money Platform. A unified infrastructure combines Mastercard’s global payments capabilities with BVNK’s stablecoin technology through a single API.
More than 5,000 attendees, 150+ exhibitors and 120+ speakers came together at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, turning two days of industry discussions into new opportunities across trading, fintech and financial services.
ChainUp announces its exclusive executive mixer in Las Vegas, focusing on institutional digital asset infrastructure and direct dealmaking.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has classified the USDC stablecoin as the first significant e-money token (EMT) in the European Union under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).
Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has agreed to acquire Finnish holding company Saldo Finance Oy, which owns the digital bank Saldo Bank licensed in Lithuania. The deal will give Payward a full European Union banking license.
JPMorgan Chase has barred third-party artificial intelligence agents from directly accessing retail customer accounts. CEO Jamie Dimon made the announcement during the bank’s third-quarter earnings call.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok that the rise in cyberattacks could seriously undermine trust in the financial system.
Lydian has announced the launch of its Lydian Pay app on the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Rain, a global stablecoin payments platform, has introduced its own embedded wallets. Partners can now offer them to users directly inside their apps.
Ecommpay has successfully integrated Klarna into its payment systems, enabling merchants to access this popular buy now pay later solution and its deferred payment service through a single connection.
Mastercard is introducing new requirements across its European network that will allow cards to keep working even when power or network connections fail.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced a fine of more than $1.2 billion against Bank of America.
Ripple has announced a strategic partnership with Meritz Securities, one of the top securities companies in Korea.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has completed two pilot issuances of tokenized bills, settled using wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC).
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a five-year temporary “Innovation Exemption” that allows tokenized shares of publicly traded companies to be traded on public blockchains.
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