Crypto

Why collaboration will be key to digital asset adoption

Bringing digital assets further into the financial mainstream will require payment providers, insurers, brokers and regulators to understand how their respective roles fit together...

FCA continues crypto trading crackdown

The Financial Conduct Authority has carried out further enforcement action against suspected illegal crypto trading operations in London. Working alongside HM Revenue & Customs and...

Visa brings on-chain lending to payments

Visa has unveiled a new on-chain lending model designed to help stablecoin-linked card programmes and fintech firms access working capital, marking another step in...

Standard Chartered launches UAE crypto trading

Standard Chartered has become the first Global Systemically Important Bank to offer institutional Bitcoin and Ether spot trading in the UAE, expanding its regulated...

Zodia flags digital asset production gap

Banks are increasingly investing in digital assets, but many are still struggling to turn that ambition into live, revenue-generating services, according to a new...

Blockchain.com joins TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets platform

Blockchain.com has joined TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets as a liquidity partner, becoming one of the first firms to trade through the platform’s new...

Parliamentary group probes crypto banking barriers

The UK Parliament’s Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has written to the chief executives of major UK banks seeking answers over...

Robinhood launches crypto trading for UK investors

Robinhood is expanding its UK offering into crypto, launching direct digital asset trading through Bitstamp UK within its all-in-one investment app. The rollout, which begins...

BlackRock stablecoin fund receives ‘AAAm’ rating

BlackRock’s new tokenised money market fund has received an ‘AAAm’ principal stability fund rating from S&P Global Ratings, recognising the fund’s focus on capital...

MiFinity launches stablecoin payout service with BVNK 

MiFinity has launched PayAnyCoin, a new enterprise payout service designed to help merchants send global payments using stablecoins as a faster and more efficient cross-border settlement option. The...

Galaxy expands institutional digital asset offering

Galaxy has launched Galaxy Curator, a new institutional vault curation service designed to help organisations generate yield on stablecoin holdings through curated onchain strategies. Built on Morpho and...

Arqitech enables Canton cross-chain swaps

Arqitech has deployed Canton Token Standard V2 within its Atomic Swap Protocol, enabling institutions to exchange Canton Coin directly with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and...

DLA Piper advises on Standard Chartered digital asset trades

DLA Piper has advised Standard Chartered on its first live digital asset prime brokerage trades, supporting the bank's pilot transactions with LMAX Digital. The law firm provided legal advice...

Morgan Stanley launches Ethereum and Solana ETPs

Morgan Stanley Investment Management has expanded its digital asset offering with the launch of two new exchange-traded products providing exposure to Ethereum and Solana. The...

Crypto groups urge US Senate to advance CLARITY Act

Three leading US digital asset industry bodies have called on the US Senate to bring the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act to the Senate floor, arguing that the...

IMF calls for crypto oversight in Brazil

The International Monetary Fund has called for stronger oversight of Brazil’s digital asset market, warning that growing crypto activity and stablecoin adoption are creating...