China Onboards 26 Global Institutions to Its New Digital Yuan Cross-Border Payment Network
The 26 institutions are Chinese bank branches located in Brazil, Qatar, Thailand, Hong Kong, and…
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Celsius Founder Faces Permanent Trading Ban After Fraud Conviction
Nearly three years after Celsius unraveled, the CFTC has closed its civil enforcement case against…
Alchemy and Visa Give AI Agents Payment Power With New Agentcard Platform
Alchemy has launched Agentcard with Visa Intelligent Commerce, giving AI agents a way to make…
Fed Joins 4 Agencies to Demand ID Programs From Payment Stablecoin Operators
The U.S. Federal Reserve and four partner agencies moved Thursday to impose bank-grade customer identification…
2 Incorporated AI Agents Sign First Legal Deal That Executes Itself on Ethereum
Two artificial intelligence (AI) agents incorporated as legal entities negotiated, signed, and executed a binding…
CME’s Terrence Duffy Targets CFTC Perps Approval as Kalshi Volume Tops $3B
CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy announced plans to sue the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over…
IMF Warns Nigeria’s Stablecoin Boom Could Weaken Local Currency Demand
The IMF reports that Nigeria captured 60% of all stablecoin traffic in sub-Saharan Africa as…
Tether Trims Bitdeer Stake After AI Push Lifts Bitcoin Mining Stock
Tether has started trimming its Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) stake after reloading on the bitcoin mining…
Ghana and the UK Use Blockchain to Recover $15.1M From Cross-Border Scam
Law enforcement agencies from Ghana and the United Kingdom recently collaborated to seize $15.1 million…
Inveniam Capital Partners Pushes Mantra Acquisition After $20M Bet, Cementing RWA-AI Stack
Inveniam Capital Partners has agreed to fully acquire the blockchain project MANTRA and its affiliated…
Ripple’s Schwartz Highlights XRP Use Cases Ahead of Largest-Ever Swell Event
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz highlighted XRP use cases spanning payments, tokenization, decentralized finance, interoperability,…
Yield Basis Deposits Jump 120% in 2 Weeks as Investors Seek BTC Yield Without Selling
Yield Basis says deposits into its new Hybrid Vaults rose more than 120% in under…
Zimbabwe Central Bank Unit Unveils Regulatory Framework for Crypto Firms
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Zimbabwean central bank has mandated that all virtual…
HyperFund Promoter ‘Bitcoin Rodney’ Pleads Guilty in $1.8 Billion Crypto Scam
HyperFund drew $1.8 billion from investors worldwide through a crypto platform prosecutors described as a…
Crypto Investors Could Lose Key Tax Advantage Under New House Proposal
Proposed crypto tax changes could limit loss-harvesting strategies by extending wash sale and constructive sale…