Kakao Pay, KakaoBank to explore stablecoin opportunities with Fireblocks
Kakao Pay and KakaoBank are exploring digital asset opportunities with Fireblocks, including infrastructure for stablecoins.South Korean financial companies Kakao Pay...
Day: September 21, 2026
Manhattan US Attorney leading probe into Binance’s Iran compliance: Bloomberg
The investigation is examining whether Binance knowingly allowed trading that violated US sanctions on Iran, months after reports first revealed...
Crypto PAC to spend $30M opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio, again
The digital asset-aligned PAC joined other groups to spend more than a combined $300 million in the 2024 Ohio Senate...
European Central Bank Connects Tokenized Assets to Central Bank Money
The European Central Bank has launched Pontes, giving banks a new route to settle tokenized assets in central bank money....
Hana Bank Put $100M on Blockchain and Skipped the 5-Day Wait
Hana Bank raised $100 million with a five-year foreign-currency digital bond and settled the entire transaction the same day, collapsing...
Circle Now Lets Institutional Clients Borrow USDC Against Their Bitcoin
Stablecoin issuer Circle is courting crypto-owning institutions, launching a lending service on Monday that lets them borrow USDC against their...
Bitcoin Price Rips to $87K, and Suddenly $90K Is Back in the Conversation
Bitcoin’s price ripped to an intraday high of $87,374 on Monday, Sept. 21, reaching its highest level since late January...
Saudi Arabia exits China-backed mBridge CBDC project: FT
Saudi Arabia has left mBridge, a cross-border CBDC platform that has drawn scrutiny from US policymakers, according to the Financial...
Ondo lets institutions convert stocks directly into tokenized shares
Ondo’s new in-kind conversion system allows approved institutions to mint and redeem tokenized stocks and ETFs using the underlying securities...
Crypto PAC to spend $30M opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio, again: NYT
The digital asset-aligned PAC joined other groups to spend more than a combined $300 million in the 2024 Ohio Senate...
Massive Short Squeeze Sends Bitcoin Price Above $86,000
Bitcoin’s price rallied past $86,000, achieving a 6% daily gain and pushing its market capitalization to $1.72 trillion. The move...
Trump Memecoin Team Sends 8.4M TRUMP to OKX as Bitcoin Price Nears $85K
Wallets tied to the Official Trump memecoin team have routed about 8.4 million TRUMP, worth roughly $18 million, into OKX...
X Files Lawsuit Targeting UK Crypto Influencers
Social media giant X has filed a lawsuit against crypto influencers Vivek Kumar Sen and Zamyang Sherpa, accusing them of...
Bitcoin ETFs Flip From $426M Outflow to $6M Weekly Inflow
U.S. crypto ETFs endured one of their most volatile weeks of September as policy shocks triggered heavy midweek selling before...
Circle launches Bitcoin-backed USDC borrowing for institutional clients
Circle is bringing Bitcoin-backed borrowing to institutional clients, allowing them to tap BTC holdings for USDC liquidity without selling their...
