Standard Chartered CEO predicts the end of cash: ‘All money will be digital’
Standard Chartered’s Bill Winters predicts a blockchain-driven future where every transaction settles digitally, calling it a total rewiring of finance....
Month: November 2025
Crypto powerhouse Animoca Brands sets sights on Nasdaq via reverse merger
The crypto VC giant plans a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed fintech Currenc, giving Animoca shareholders majority control of the new...
‘Not good’ for price: Bitcoin ETF demand starts to lag newly mined BTC
The slowdown in institutional demand may be a factor in the cooling of Bitcoin's bull run, adding further downward pressure...
HKMA Unveils “Fintech 2030” With Tokenization‑First Roadmap
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority launches Fintech 2030 to accelerate tokenization, AI adoption, payments and resilience. The Hong Kong Monetary...
AMINA Bank Achieves First MiCA Crypto‑Asset Service Provider License Via Austrian Subsidiary
Swiss crypto-banking group AMINA’s Austrian unit secured a MiCAR crypto-asset service provider license from the Austrian regulator. AMINA Bank AG...
Euroclear Sidesteps OFAC as New Procedure Unfreezes Over $200 Billion in Russian Assets
Euroclear, one of Europe’s leading clearinghouses, has implemented a procedure allowing Russian investors to unfreeze their assets without an OFAC...
Digital Ruble Push: Bank of Russia Reinforces That Crypto Can’t Be Used for Domestic Payments
While Russia prepares for a nationwide launch of the digital ruble, the Russian CBDC, it has also rejected crypto for...
Balancer hit by ongoing exploit, more than $116M in outflows so far
DeFi protocol Balancer is the target of an ongoing exploit, with more than $116 million in staked Ether transferred to...
Retail investor ‘retreat’ to $98.5K: 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin dropped another 2% to start November as network data warned of a potential BTC price dip below the $100,000...
Bitcoin is having its IPO moment, says Wall Street veteran
Bitcoin might be moving sideways, but Jordi Visser says there is still faith in the underlying asset, as shown through...
Zerohash lands MiCA license amid $2B Mastercard acquisition rumors
The license positions Zerohash as one of the first MiCA-approved stablecoin infrastructure firms, strengthening its appeal to institutions. Stablecoin company...
Trump defends CZ pardon, says he ‘doesn’t know’ Binance co-founder
Trump again denied ties to Binance co-founder CZ amid reports that the exchange helped facilitate a $2 billion stablecoin deal...
Balancer hit by suspected $70M exploit as staked Ether tokens sent to new wallet
Balancer may have suffered a $70 million DeFi exploit, as millions in staked Ether were transferred to a new wallet,...
CZ denies he’s behind a proposal for a crypto private bank in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov claims that Changpeng “CZ” Zhao proposed establishing a private bank that also deals in cryptocurrency. Binance...
French MPs advance measure to tax crypto as ‘unproductive wealth’
Lawmakers in France’s National Assembly have passed an amendment that would consider larger crypto holdings “unproductive wealth” and subject them...
