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Bitcoin is holding near $79,100 as institutional inflows and derivatives positioning strengthen, but Glassnode’s latest data shows that spot-market momentum remains comparatively weak. The combination creates a market in which bullish capital flows are building while direct buying has yet to fully confirm the move. Glassnode’s BTC Market Pulse: Week 37, published September 8, shows […]
Zebec Network and MoneyGram are expanding enterprise payroll infrastructure on the Stellar blockchain, giving employees and contractors a route from stablecoin-denominated earnings to local-currency cash through MoneyGram’s international retail network. The partnership connects Zebec’s enterprise payroll platform on Stellar with MoneyGram Ramps, which supports USDC cash-in and cash-out through participating MoneyGram locations. According to MoneyGram’s […]
Conflict, currency instability and financial fragmentation are changing how digital assets are used across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to a September 4 analysis from the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI). The report argues that the region is developing two distinct crypto models: defensive adoption in economies facing monetary and geopolitical stress, and […]
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has tested the XRP Ledger as part of a blockchain-based proof of concept designed to make official statistics independently verifiable. The development was documented in BIS Working Paper No. 1374, titled “Verifiable official statistics: a blockchain-based approach,” published on September 2, 2026. The paper describes a system that creates […]
U.S. household portfolios are becoming increasingly dependent on corporate equities, while stock valuations are pricing in unusually strong future earnings growth. In a new analysis published Sept. 1, Grayscale argues that this backdrop could strengthen the case for adding digital assets as a diversifying component rather than treating crypto as a replacement for stocks. The […]
Bitfinex Securities has listed five tokenized Bitcoin treasury notes linked to publicly traded companies that have made Bitcoin a significant part of their corporate strategies. The new products provide eligible investors with economic exposure to Strategy, Metaplanet, H100 Group and Capital B, as well as Strategy’s variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, STRC. The securities began trading […]
Binance is expanding further into traditional finance with the launch of U.S. stock options on more than 1,000 selected U.S.-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds. The new product is available to eligible users outside the United States and is being offered through Nest Trading Limited, Binance’s Abu Dhabi Global Market-regulated broker-dealer. Orders are routed to Alpaca […]
Ripple and SettleMint have announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping financial institutions across Asia Pacific issue, custody, manage and service tokenized assets through a more integrated digital infrastructure stack. The partnership combines Ripple Custody, Ripple’s institutional custody infrastructure, with SettleMint’s Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform (DALP). The companies say the integration is designed to reduce […]
Strategy has formally asked MSCI to withdraw a proposed eligibility screen that could remove the Bitcoin treasury company from MSCI’s Global Investable Market Indexes. In an August 31 response signed by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le, Strategy argued that MSCI’s new “non-operating company” methodology is arbitrary, lacks a clear accounting basis and […]
Two senior members of the House Financial Services Committee have put the SEC on notice: the autonomous AI trading revolution has arrived in retail investing, and Washington wants to know who is responsible when the algorithm gets it wrong. On June 24, 2026, Representatives Bill Foster (D-IL) and Brad Sherman (D-CA) formally called on SEC […]
In a move signaling a significant expansion of institutional-grade cryptocurrency investment opportunities in Europe, BlackRock, the world’s leading asset manager with an impressive portfolio exceeding $10 trillion, has officially launched its inaugural iShares Bitcoin ETP on the continent. This landmark event marks BlackRock’s first foray into the Bitcoin ETP landscape outside of North America, building […]
The XRP Ledger XRPL is close to launching a financial market protocol as part of its ongoing development of a native lending protocol for the blockchain. This was confirmed by Panos Mekras, co-founder of Anodos Finance. Mekras referred to the presentation by Luc Bocahut, Product Director and Solutions Architect at XRP Ledger Commons. Bocahut’s presentation focused on the history […]
Is this the beginning of the end for the Wild West days of the crypto world? Google, the giant US tech company, has upended its Crypto Advertising Policies. But what is really behind these profound changes? Google Changes Crypto Advertising Policies: What Does It Mean? From January 29, 2024, new rules will apply, which primarily […]
Cardano GPT is public. The project offers users artificial intelligence based on the ADA blockchain. Users can reach them via a chatbot, get answers to questions and generate images via text input. Cardano GPT: Artificial Intelligence on ADA is now public An artificial intelligence on ADA called Cardano GPT is now public and is available to users via a […]