News Archive
Browse retained market reporting from the past 30 days.
Crypto Briefing
Asia's regulatory advancements in stablecoins could reshape global financial systems, emphasizing bank-led frameworks and B2B applications. Asia races to establish stablecoin regulations for banks.
Crypto Economy
The president of the Polish Olympic Committee, Radosław Piesiewicz, was detained and formally charged as part of the investigation into Zondacrypto, the Polish cryptocurrency exchange that collapsed amid a liquidity crisis. Poland's Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Waldemar Żurek, confirmed the detention through his X account.
The Currency Analytics
Autonomous AI agents are breaking things. Literally.
AMBCrypto
OCC bank charter approvals, some tied to crypto firms, have increased during Trump's second term.
Crypto Briefing
Digital finance innovations, like stablecoins, could reinforce the dollar's global dominance by increasing demand for dollar-denominated assets. Circle economists argue digital finance could strengthen dollar dominance.
Crypto Briefing
BitGo's acquisition enhances its comprehensive service offerings, potentially solidifying its position as a key player in institutional crypto markets. BitGo acquires NYDIG's institutional trading business in bid to become crypto's one-stop shop.
Blockchain News
Fireblocks Flow streamlines stablecoin payments for PSPs, fintechs, and platforms, eliminating the need for rebuilding checkout systems.
Crypto Economy
Binance Futures launched perpetual contracts with up to 20x leverage on the shares of five major international companies. MARA Holdings leads the listing alongside Tempus AI, IonQ, PDD Holdings, and Merck, despite net losses of $611 million for the BTC miner. Tokenized assets on Binance total $581 million.
Crypto Economy
HM Revenue & Customs said August 27 that 240 people reported more than £1 million each in cryptoasset capital gains during the 2024 to 2025 tax year.
Forbes
Deep vacancies at SEC & CFTC, along with the absence of Democratic Commissioners, is yet another minefield for negotiators as time runs out for a crypto Clarity Act vote.
Tokenpost
U.S. banks are accelerating plans for tokenized deposits and onchain settlement even as the Senate delays the Clarity Act until September, leaving key digital asset market rules unresolved. Major financial institutions are already moving commercial bank money onto blockchain-based infrastructure.
Tokenpost
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings plans to invest $270 million in Indonesian online brokerage Ajaib Group as it accelerates its blockchain and stablecoin expansion across Southeast Asia. The transaction, expected to be completed before the end of August, is part of SBIs strategy to broaden the regional reach of JPYSC, its yen-denominated stablecoin, while developing blockchain-based infrastructure for cross-border settlements and digital assets.
The Currency Analytics
The Federal Reserve just did something it's never done in 48 years.
Crypto Briefing
A16z's focus on AI hardware could accelerate innovation but may also intensify competition and resource constraints in tech infrastructure. A16z launches $1.1B Machine Age Fund betting that AI's real bottleneck is hardware.
Crypto Economy
Base recorded $94.6M in tokenized stock trading volume just one week after its launch. The four available stocks are NVDAc, GOOGLc, AAPLc and METAc. Nvidia led trading with $53.7M of the total volume. Aerodrome, Base's leading DEX, concentrates a large share of the volume and its AERO token rose 11.
Crypto Briefing
RedStone's integration enhances Stellar's DeFi ecosystem, enabling broader asset utilization and reducing risks in the rapidly growing RWA market. RedStone powers onchain NAV data for savUSD on Stellar, unlocking DeFi collateral for a $3B RWA market.
Crypto Briefing
Bybit's 24/7 options trading on SpaceX and Nvidia highlights the growing trend of crypto platforms offering synthetic equity exposure, raising concerns about regulatory protections and amplified risks due to leverage. Bybit launches 24/7 options trading on SpaceX and Nvidia.
The Block
Beginning Sept. 17, Bybit users will be able to trade 24/7 options on SPCX and NVDA, with fractional lots and USDT settlement.
BeInCrypto
Chelsea have sold the front of their shirt for the first time in four years. The buyer is Circle, the American company behind the USDC stablecoin.
Blockonomi
Everything we knew a decade ago has changed. The way we communicate, work, shop, and manage our lives looks almost nothing like it did in 2014.