Kakao Pay, KakaoBank to explore stablecoin opportunities with Fireblocks
Kakao Pay and KakaoBank are exploring digital asset opportunities with Fireblocks, including infrastructure for stablecoins.
Month: September 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,…
Anthropic taps Accenture as embedded evaluator to help with AI slowdown proposal
The partnership is non-exclusive, and Anthropic expects to announce other evaluators in forthcoming weeks with…
Kalshi joins Coinbase with own filing for US stock perpetual futures
Kalshi’s proposal would bring perpetual futures tied to individual stocks to US traders, as Coinbase…
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…
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…
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…
Kraken Boss Blasts Hostile US Political Stance on Crypto Rules
David Ripley, co-head of Kraken, a leading U.S. crypto exchange, commented that Europe has taken…
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…
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…
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…
Hong Kong jails ex-banker over $1.6B false credit, cryptocurrency bribes: Report
Former banking official gets four years in prison over false letters of credit and accepting…
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…
Bitcoin price tags $86K as analysis sees crypto in ‘new bull market’
Bitcoin crossed the $86,000 mark for the first time since late January as falling oil…
Crypto Biz: CLARITY Act setback puts Coinbase in the spotlight
Coinbase draws scrutiny after the CLARITY Act stalls, while the SEC moves ahead with tokenized…