Robinhood to Enter Middle East Through Dubai License in 2027
Regional retail investing platform launch is expected next year, as Robinhood secured authorisation from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
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Crypto Ignite: Vegas Executive Night
Crypto Ignite: Vegas Executive Night is an invitation-only executive networking event hosted by ChainUp during Money20/20 USA 2026. The gathering will take place on October 19, from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM PDT, at Bottled Blonde Las Vegas, bringing together C-suite executives, commercial banking leaders, digital asset founders, and other industry decision-makers for focused business […]
ChainUp Brings Flagship Executive Gathering to Money20/20 USA as TradFi and Digital Assets Align
ChainUp announces its exclusive executive mixer in Las Vegas, focusing on institutional digital asset infrastructure and direct dealmaking.
USDC Becomes the First Significant E-Money Token under MiCA
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).
Lydian Pay Turns iPhone and Android Smartphones into Crypto Payment Terminals
Lydian has announced the launch of its Lydian Pay app on the Apple App Store and Google Play.
How to Read a Cryptocurrency White Paper
One of the main criteria for the viability of a white paper is its ability to answer four questions
The Technology Powering Modern Crypto Exchanges
From the viewpoint of the user, a contemporary cryptocurrency exchange may seem rather straightforward. A trader chooses the necessary coin, specifies the amount and places the order. In reality, a large number of technical systems must work simultaneously in the background to process transactions, update prices, manage liquidity, and protect user accounts.
People Want Exposure, Not Infrastructure: Vanessa Grellet on Tokenization, Cash On-Chain and Next Wave of Institutional Capital
When Bitcoin gained about 23% in a single week in late August, the biggest weekly move in more than three years, the driver wasn’t a protocol upgrade or a token narrative. It was a Treasury bond buyback, falling long-term yields and a short squeeze. Vanessa Grellet, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arche Capital, explains why […]
Morph Joins Mastercard Crypto Partner Program to Expand Stablecoin Payments
L2 blockchain network Morph has joined the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program. The blockchain company looks to simplify stablecoin payments for Web3 businesses, agencies and creators working with clients across borders.
Bitcoin After CLARITY Act Setback: HashKey’s Tim Sun on Price, Regulation & $400K Target
Bitcoin fell to $75,000 after the U.S. Senate vote on the CLARITY Act failed. It then climbed back to the $80,000 to $85,000 range. The market absorbed the news quickly. However, longer-term BTC prospects are harder to assess for retail investors, so here’s expert opinion.
Aave Launches on OKX X Layer
OKX announced the launch of Aave, a decentralized lending protocol, on X Layer. Now its users can earn passive income on idle crypto assets.
Why Cross-Border Payments Became Crypto’s Clearest Use Case
Of all the uses proposed for crypto over the past decade, cross-border payments have proved the most durable. The reason is straightforward. Moving money between countries is still slow, opaque and expensive, and a technology that settles value directly, without a chain of intermediaries, speaks to that problem head on. As stablecoins mature and regulation […]
Bitcoin Dice: The Payments Experiment That Ran Ahead of the Payments Industry
Long before stablecoins, payment channels or tokenized deposits, Bitcoin had a killer app. It was not remittances or online shopping. It was a dice game.
Safello Launches Crypto Checkout Pilot for Businesses
Swedish crypto brokerage Safello launched a pilot version of its crypto checkout solution. It allows businesses to offer their end customers the ability to buy and transfer crypto-assets without leaving an existing customer flow.
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.
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, […]
