Circle and JCB have signed an MOU to explore USDC settlement and merchant payments, putting a 72 million-merchant network at the center of the stablecoin adoption race.
SBI Holdings and the Solana Foundation will turn SBI R3 Japan into SBI Solana Global to support JPYSC, tokenized assets and cross-border settlement on Solana.
Thailand's central bank is working with the SEC to examine unusually large USDT trades after flagging flows that may bypass disclosure and remittance rules.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a $197.4 million weekly net inflow after eight losing weeks, led by $291.9 million into BlackRock's IBIT.
BNB Chain is developing a new layer 1 for high-frequency trading and AI agents, with a 100,000 TPS target and an early-2027 mainnet goal.
Empery Digital sold 1,400 BTC for $87.1 million, cutting debt and directing cash toward a $65 million Midwest AI data-center investment.
Goldman Sachs has prohibited staff from trading finance and political event contracts, while Wall Street rivals add controls around Kalshi and Polymarket.
B3 has launched regulated call and put options on Bitcoin, Ether and Solana futures, giving Brazilian investors a local exchange venue for crypto hedging and volatility trades.
A new Cambridge assessment puts Ethereum's annual electricity use at 7.87 GWh, years after the Merge replaced proof-of-work mining with proof-of-stake.
Dinari and tZERO are building a single-integration framework for broker-dealers to launch, trade, custody, clear and settle tokenized U.S. equities.