JPMorgan said actions by U.S. regulators partly offset the Clarity Act setback, but longer-lasting rules are still needed.
Fireblocks denied an Axios report that Visa is in talks to acquire the crypto custody firm for around $2.5 billion.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's first long-term bitcoin forecast projects a 10% annual return but flags 55% volatility as a barrier to portfolio adoption.
Mastercard opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines after pilots with Coinbase, Base, Cloudflare, and other partners.
One of the world's largest investment managers, BlackRock has filed for another bitcoin fund, marking its third tied to the asset.
Mesh and Visa will let users spend crypto and stablecoin balances from wallet apps, with no need to sell or transfer assets first.
The expanded partnership builds on Marqeta’s work powering Coinbase’s U.S. debit card offering in 2020.
DriveWealth will use Ripple's RLUSD on the XRP Ledger for stablecoin settlement, collateral funding and custody, starting in Europe.
Interactive Brokers now lets eligible clients stake ETH through its Client Portal, with zerohash providing the service.
NY AG Letitia James secured up to $35M from ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky and a permanent ban from the securities and crypto industries.
JPMorgan analysts estimate around $50 billion has flowed into digital assets this year, equal to an annualized pace of $66 billion.
Conduit is suing Tether in NY federal court, alleging the USDT issuer froze $2.76 million of its funds for over a year without explanation.
The ECB outlined three models for bringing central bank money onchain as financial institutions explore settlement infrastructure.
Lloyds used USDC to settle $750,000 of payment obligations with Visa during a seven-day live cross-border pilot.
Coinbase is expanding partnership with Citi to provide businesses with infrastructure connecting traditional fiat payments and stablecoins.
JPMorgan analysts said bitcoin's move above its estimated $85,000 production cost could ease miner selling if sustained.
Ondo has launched three onchain portfolio tokens based on model portfolio strategies developed by BlackRock.
Global crypto activity fell 1.6% to $9.4 trillion despite a massive $2.1 trillion market cap contraction, Chainalysis says.
A Visa study shows U.S. stablecoin adoption intent jumps to 56% when paired with hypothetical bank-level consumer protections.
Bitcoin could get more support than gold if investors reduce their ETF hedges, according to JPMorgan analysts.
The self-custody app also plugs into Stripe, Kalshi, and Morpho, with World ID verification unlocking boosted rewards.
The Clarity Act is "not fully dead," but the window for passing the crypto bill this year is now "extremely narrow," JPMorgan said.
Deutsche Bank plans to launch European digital asset custody this year, initially supporting bitcoin, ether, and select stablecoins.
The integration will use Coinbase's Payments API and custodial wallets to embed stablecoin rails into Moov's existing payments platform.
Citadel Securities urges SEC oversight of equity-linked event contracts, challenging CFTC self-certification.
Visa’s stablecoin settlement volume tops a $20 billion annualized run rate as payment volume grows nearly 200% year over year.
DBS and Citi completed the first weekend cross-border USD settlement between Singapore and the U.S. using tokenized deposits.
OpenReserve Holdings received preliminary OCC approval for a national bank focused on onchain settlement, following a $25 million seed round.
Diameter Pay has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round co-led by CMT Digital and Lightspeed Faction.
SoFi Technologies partnered with Payward to connect its banking settlement network with Kraken's digital-asset infrastructure.