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
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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
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.
How to Evaluate Neo-Banking and DeFi Hybrid Tokens
Crypto platforms now offer a familiar bundle: an account, a card, transfers, sometimes FX. Behind that front end sit lending markets, staking and liquidity pools. Many of these projects also have a native token, and that is where investors often get confused. In practice, a neo-banking and DeFi hybrid token is the governance or utility […]
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.
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 […]
Bottomline Partners With Chainlink to Bring Its Bank Network On-Chain
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.
Citi Processes Live Dollar Payments on Swift Blockchain Ledger
Correspondent banking has run the same way for decades. Money typically moves between banks through a chain of intermediaries, and payments pause on weekends and holidays. That is finally starting to change, and Citi’s Swift blockchain ledger transactions this week are a bright illustration.
SBC Summit 2026 Expands Agenda With Prediction Markets, Compliance Tech and Marketing Focus
SBC Summit 2026 is expanding its agenda to address some of the fastest-changing issues facing the betting and gaming industry, with new dedicated tracks covering prediction markets, compliance technology and marketing and customer experience.
How Will Blockchain Change Retail Business: Top 5 Options
Blockchain will change retail in five ways
Cronos Blockchain Halts After Tectonic Exploit Strands Funds
For a few hours on Sunday, an entire Cronos blockchain simply stopped. No transactions, no transfers, no trading, just frozen mid-motion across every wallet and app built on it. The trigger was a single exploit on one lending platform. Here’s what happened and how crypto industry handled a crisis caused by Tectonic exploit.
