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How Stellar became part of DTCC's tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain
Wall Street's clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Deve…
The institutional edge: moomoo targets Wall Street-grade trading tools for retail crypto investors
The brokerage giant says the future of investing won’t be defined by asset access alone but by the quality of tools…
SEC sues Texas man over $12.3 million alleged crypto scheme built on fake AI trading bots
Fuller allegedly diverted $6.2 million for personal use and $5.5M for Ponzi-like payments; only 3% of funds went to c…
U.S. says it seized about $1 billion in Iranian crypto as pressure campaign expands
The seizure, falling under "Operation Economic Fury," aims to restrict Iran's access to overseas revenue, banking net…
Wall Street’s trillion-dollar dilemma: Why AI-powered hackers are keeping big banks off the blockchain
CertiK CEO and co-founder Ronghui Gu says April was the worst month for DeFi in four years with exploits on 27 out of…
When the market is bad, we build: Inside Binance’s bold 2030 master plan
Established crypto firms will merge with traditional finance, but neither Wall Street bankers nor corporate giants wi…
Hyperliquid could become a ‘financial services juggernaut’ as DeFi expands, says Grayscale
The digital asset manager says Hyperliquid is emerging as a blockchain-based financial infrastructure platform with t…
Crypto trading firm FalconX confidentially files with SEC for IPO, hires bankers
FalconX has hired Cantor and other bankers to advise on a potential IPO and confidentially filed draft paperwork with…
Tether's U.S.-focused stablecoin grows over 500% in a month, but still lags main rivals
USAT's market cap jumped above $140 million in April, though it remains well behind Circle's USDC, PayPal's PYUSD and…
UniCredit warns Europe may struggle to contain crypto-bank crisis under MiCA rules
EU deposit insurance (up to €100,000) may not absorb stress from large stablecoin reserve accounts, unlike the full…
Toddlers learn by falling: Why DeFi's $20 billion TVL drop is just a market stress-test
DeFi Technologies president Andrew Forson says the stablecoin layer is thriving, with more than $150 billion in U.S. …
Asset manager Grayscale delays IPO plans as crypto listing boom loses steam
Grayscale’s decision to delay its IPO highlights the growing caution across the crypto industry as volatile markets…
VanEck launches first U.S. spot BNB ETF on Nasdaq
The ETF offers investors BNB exposure through traditional brokerage accounts without requiring them to directly buy o…
Bit Digital bought $20 million ETH for first time since October before 15% plunge
The firm said it purchased 8,568 ether on May 11 at an average price of $2,334. Since then, ETH broke below $2,000, l…
VanEck's tokenized fund lands on Euler as DeFi courts Wall Street institutions
DeFi protocols are increasingly adapting to host regulated, tokenized assets as tokenization is projected to bring tr…
Samsung units to buy $408 million stake in South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange
Samsung Securities is set to take a 2% stake in Dunamu, worth over $200 million, from affiliates of technology conglo…
BIS project finds tokenization could make cross-border payments faster, safer
Project Agorá, backed by major central banks, will now move toward "real-value" testing to settle tokenized central …
Block kicks off Cash App’s phased stablecoin roll out to its nearly 60 million users
An individual familiar with the matter told CoinDesk the stablecoin feature was rolled out to 25% of users already an…
DTCC plans to bring tokenized assets to Stellar in latest Wall Street blockchain push
The U.S. market infrastructure giant targets connecting tokenized stocks, ETFs and Treasuries to Stellar in the first…
Banca Sella gets green light to provide crypto services to customers in Italian first
The fintech-forward private bank said it is the first Italian lender to get Bank of Italy approval under MiCA to offe…
Major crypto exchanges increase transfer scrutiny with HTX over UK sanctions
The UK sanctioned crypto exchange HTX due to alleged ties to Russian sanctions evasion networks and illicit financial…
Mastercard secures New York BitLicense to support stablecoin and digital payment infrastructure
The payments giant said the approval supports its push into stablecoins and blockchain-based settlement infrastructure.
Solana DEX Orca launches new marketplace for tokenized real-world assets
The launch comes as crypto companies increasingly focus on tokenizing traditional financial assets, a market many in …
SoFi brings bank-issued stablecoin to 15 million users in crypto push
The fintech platform says its dollar-backed stablecoin will let members trade, transfer and eventually earn yield thr…
Joe Lubin-backed Ethereum treasury firm SharpLink to join the Russel indexes
The inclusion could attract fresh passive inflows from index-tracking funds, while the firm's stock tanked 95% from i…
UK sanctions Huobi and ruble stablecoin issuer in crackdown on Russia crypto networks
Britain applied banking-style sanctions to crypto exchanges for the first time, requiring U.K. financial firms to fre…
Bermuda, the small island nation with huge crypto ambitions
The government recently announced it would become the world’s first economy to go fully onchain, a move officials b…
Bitmine made its largest ETH purchase this year despite Tom Lee's slowdown suggestion
The company bought 111,942 ether last week worth $237 million, ramping up purchases to take advantage of ETH's drop b…
Prometheum bets Wall Street distribution is the missing link for tokenized securities
Crypto has solved tokenization, but not distribution and Prometheum says broker-dealers and RIAs are the key to bring…
Coinbase does not fear competition from Wall Street, says exchange executive
A Coinbase executive called on regulators to implement sensible crypto regulation, while announcing the Stand With Cr…