Satoshi Nakamoto statue lands on NYSE in sign of changing times
There are five other Satoshi statues made by Valentina Picozzi located around the world in Switzerland, El Salvador, Japan, Vietnam,...
Year: 2025
Australian regulator eases rules for stablecoins and wrapped tokens
Australia’s securities regulator has removed licensing requirements for stablecoin intermediaries and approved omnibus accounts, reducing compliance costs. Australia’s securities regulator...
GOP hardliners vexed as defense bill advances without CBDC ban
Conservatives in the Republican Party are frustrated that a promised ban on central bank digital currencies didn’t make it into...
Galaxy expands into UAE as part of Middle East push
The digital assets company is one of many to seek regulatory approval from UAE authorities or attempt to expand their...
A16z Crypto opens office in South Korea as it bets on Asia
A16z Crypto has opened its first Asian office in Seoul, South Korea, led by former Polygon Labs executive SungMo Park,...
MSCI’s Bitcoin snub is like penalizing Chevron for oil: Strategy CEO
The MSCI Index is consulting on whether to exclude Bitcoin and other digital asset treasury companies that have a balance...
Binance Collaboration With Botim Money Advances Regulated Crypto Services
Binance’s new pact with Botim Money signals a major push to widen secure digital-asset access in the UAE, spotlighting the...
Debanking Practices Exposed: Major US Banks Cited for Bias Concerns
Federal regulators revealed early evidence that major U.S. banks used internal policies to restrict lawful customers, exposing widespread debanking practices...
Bitwise Eyes Massive 2026—CEO Says ‘People Are Not Bullish Enough’
Bitwise signals a stunning setup for 2026 as accelerating institutional flows and widening bank access drive mainstream demand and a...
Crypto Holds Firm Ahead of Key Central Bank Decisions
Crypto markets look stable on the surface, but traders remain uneasy as the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan (BOJ)...
CFTC Innovation Council adds prediction market, exchange CEOs
The CFTC's new CEO Innovation Council includes leaders from crypto exchanges like Kraken and traditional stock exchanges such as Nasdaq...
Payments giant Stripe acquires team from crypto wallet app Valora
Stripe has hired Valora’s builders to work on its crypto initiatives, as the wallet’s app shifts ownership back to Celo’s...
Gemini soars 14% as new license opens door to US prediction markets
An affiliate of the crypto exchange Gemini received a designated contract market license, and it now plans to offer prediction...
Crypto among sectors ‘debanked’ by 9 major banks: US regulator
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said crypto was one of many industries that banks had denied services...
Survey finds 6 in 10 of Asia’s rich plan to ramp up crypto buying
Sygnum’s APAC HNWI Report 2025 found that 87% of Asia’s high-net-worth individuals are already exposed to crypto, with an average...
