The Citi and Coinbase partnership focuses on digital-asset payment capabilities for institutional clients at a global bank that connects more than 300 payment clearing networks across 94 markets. The initial phase centers on fiat pay-ins and payouts with tighter orchestration…
Kyrgyzstan launches national stablecoin with Binance 2025
Kyrgyzstan announced a national stablecoin and a central bank digital currency, saying both will support real transactions rather than remain pilot ideas, with the stablecoin live on BNB Chain and the “digital som” prepared for government payments in a country…
Spot Ether ETFs record 2 weeks of outflows as demand cools
Spot Ether ETFs experienced sustained pressure this week as investor sentiment toward Ethereum softened while institutional capital gravitated back to Bitcoin products. The latest fund flow data revealed a second consecutive week of outflows from Ether-based exchange-traded funds, contrasting sharply…
Ripple buys Hidden Road for $1.25 Billion reports 3x growth
Ripple completed the acquisition of Hidden Road and folded the non-bank prime broker into a new unit called Ripple Prime. The company now runs a multi-asset prime broker that handles clearing, financing, and brokerage across digital assets, derivatives, swaps, foreign…
Polymarket token and airdrop after US relaunch from 2025
Polymarket confirmed a token and an airdrop after it restarts service for U.S. users. The company plans a phased approach that places the domestic relaunch ahead of any token event. Leadership set expectations on timing and order during a Thursday…
Bitcoin and Ethereum Options $6 Billion Expire pre Sept CPI
Bitcoin and Ethereum Options take center stage today as about $5.86 billion in expiring contracts meet an already watchful market at 8:00 UTC on Deribit. Open interest runs heavy into the event, with $5.1 billion tied to Bitcoin and $754…
Trump pardons CZ after 4 months and $4.3B Binance settlement
Trump pardons CZ on October 23, 2025, after a late-2023 guilty plea tied to anti-money-laundering failures at Binance and a four-month prison sentence, with a White House note declaring that the “war on crypto” is over and signaling a reset…
Crypto money laundering did Canada issue a record $126M fine?
Crypto money laundering stands at the center of a major compliance case in Canada. FINTRAC imposed a C$176.9 million ($126.14 million) penalty on Xeltox Enterprises Limited. The agency described it as its largest penalty to date. Investigators cited missed suspicious…
SEC & CFTC set 2025 crypto oversight goals despite shutdown?
Federal regulators, the SEC & CFTC, are setting firm goals to complete key crypto initiatives by the end of 2025, focusing on listed spot crypto trading and tokenized collateral. Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham stated on X that these priorities…
Hong Kong Approves First Solana ETF When Does Trading Start?
Hong Kong has taken another decisive step in its digital-asset journey by approving the first Solana spot exchange-traded fund. The product, managed by China Asset Management (Hong Kong), strengthens the city’s position as a regulated hub for virtual assets in…