BNY Mellon considers tokenized deposits and blockchain payments
Key Takeaways BNY Mellon is exploring tokenized deposits and blockchain payments to advance its digital asset strategy. The bank is...
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NYSE Parent Invests $2B In Polymarket At 9B Valuation
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has invested $2 billion in cryptocurrency-based prediction...
Vaneck-Backed AI Raises $5M, After Harvard, MIT Cancer Breakthrough
Crunch Lab, the core contributor behind CrunchDAO, raised $5 million in a strategic funding round to advance its decentralized artificial...
NYSE owner close to $2B investment in Polymarket
Key Takeaways Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange, is close to investing $2 billion in Polymarket....
‘Party Like It’s ’99’: Billionaire Hedge Fund Investor Paul Tudor Jones Anticipates Explosive Bull Run
Paul Tudor Jones, a billionaire investor and hedge fund founder, predicted that the financial markets are poised for an explosive...
Fasset Approved to Launch Stablecoin-Powered Islamic Digital Bank
Fasset received a provisional license from Malaysia’s Labuan Financial Services Authority (FSA) to launch what the company said is the...
Elon Musk’s xAI names former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as new CFO: FT
Key Takeaways xAI, led by Elon Musk, has appointed Anthony Armstrong as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The appointment...
A7A5 under fire as EU weighs sanctions on ruble-pegged stablecoin
The European Union is reportedly considering sanctions against A7A5, a Russian ruble-backed stablecoin and the world’s largest non-US-dollar pegged stablecoin.The...
Polygon Proposal Seeks to End POL Inflation, Add Buybacks
A new proposal to overhaul Polygon’s tokenomics is gaining momentum on the project’s governance forum and across social media, as...
Tether to Propose Board Candidates for Juventus Football Club: Report
Stablecoin issuer Tether will reportedly pitch its own list of board candidates and “governance changes” for Juventus, a football club...
Senator Ted Cruz Blocks Two Bipartisan Privacy Bills
US Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has blocked a privacy bill that seeks to protect all Americans from having their...
Stablecoin and CBDC Can Work Together: Kazakh National Bank
Kazakhstan is moving forward with a dual-track approach to digital assets, piloting its central bank digital currency (CBDC) while also...
What to Expect as the US Government Shutdown Enters Week Two
Many US federal employees have been furloughed, and others continue to work without pay, since lawmakers failed to pass a...
Plume Network Registers with SEC as Transfer Agent
Plume Network, a layer-2 blockchain designed to host real-world assets (RWAs), has registered as a transfer agent with the US...
UK’s New iCloud Backdoor Order Risks Mobile Wallet Keys
Update (Oct. 3, at 2:00 pm UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by Slava Demchuk, the CEO...
Strategy reports $3.9 billion Bitcoin value appreciation in Q3 2025
Key Takeaways Strategy reported $3.9 billion in Bitcoin value appreciation in Q3 2025 across its investment vehicles. The firm focuses...
EU Eyes Central Crypto Oversight as MiCA Faces Tensions
The European Union’s markets regulator is preparing to expand its authority to cover cryptocurrency exchanges and other operators, a move...
Anthony Pompliano’s ProCap BTC appoints former US House Financial Services Chair as senior advisor
Key Takeaways ProCap BTC has appointed Jeb Hensarling, former Chairman of the US House Financial Services Committee, as a senior...
A7A5 Becomes Top Non-Dollar Stablecoin Amid Sanctions
A7A5, a Russian ruble-backed stablecoin issued in Kyrgyzstan, has become the world’s biggest non-US dollar stablecoin despite facing multiple sanctions.A7A5’s...
Robinhood experiences outage affecting many users
Key Takeaways Robinhood experienced a platform outage affecting many users on Oct. 6. Recently, Robinhood has expanded crypto offerings, adding...
Crypto’s Meteoric Rise Could Make Or Break Africa
Opinion by: Ure Utah, technical advisor to Nigeria’s minister of innovationWith the value of digital currencies surging close to $4...
Standard Chartered Predicts $1T Bank Outflows to Stablecoins
Multinational bank Standard Chartered predicted that more than $1 trillion may exit emerging market banks and flow into stablecoins by...
