Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 6, 2025 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

SIX, the operator of the Swiss Stock Exchange, will bring its digital asset group SDX in-house as it moves closer to becoming a marketplace based on blockchain technology. In May, it was announced that digital bonds issued on SDX would be traded exclusively on SIX… Read More

October 6, 2025 @ 6:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the intelligent finance platform, announced the upcoming launch of native stablecoin payments. This will make Brex the global corporate card provider that enables instant balance payments with stablecoins. With this launch, customers with a Brex business account “will be able to accept stablecoins with… Read More

October 6, 2025 @ 3:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Sidney Powell, Co-founder and CEO at Maple Finance, an on-chain asset manager with experience in traditional finance and the crypto sector. During our conversation, Powell explained that Maple Finance combines capital markets expertise with DeFi tech in order to power a… Read More

October 6, 2025 @ 2:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to available data, Regtech firm SlowMist noted that the MistTrack Team received a total of 317 stolen fund reports during the third quarter of this year, which reportedly includes 245 local submissions as well as 72 different international submissions. The team has now provided… Read More

October 5, 2025 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets exchange Coinbase  (NASDAQ:COIN) announced it’s bringing more seamless, global peer-to-peer payments to its customers. Coinbase users will now be able to send stablecoin USDC instantly, anywhere in the world, without incurring any fees. According to the update from the crypto exchange, all users… Read More

October 5, 2025 @ 4:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

RAAC, a decentralized real-world asset (RWA) lending and borrowing ecosystem, is partnering with I-ON Digital Corp. to make $200 million of tokenized gold available for innovative, on-chain investment opportunities. The deal positions RAAC, a nascent project, among the top 15 RWA protocols in decentralized finance… Read More

October 5, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from RedStone finds that Solana is now home to more than $13.5 billion in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), including stablecoins. Contributing factors include institutional-grade performance, compliance-first tooling, and deeply integrated DeFi infrastructure. The data, previewed in RedStone’s upcoming Internet Capital Markets on… Read More

October 5, 2025 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an increasingly uncertain socioeconomic environment including growing tensions in the Middle East due to the Israeli conflict as well as the recent US government shutdown, global financial markets including Bitcoin have rallied to yet another all-time high of $125K right after the global stablecoins… Read More

October 5, 2025 @ 3:40 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Thailand has the ingredients to develop into a regional centre for digital assets, according to Binance, which cited regulatory clarity, relatively high public awareness and supportive macroeconomic conditions as the key pillars for growth. S. B. Seker, the exchange’s newly appointed Asia-Pacific head, told local… Read More

October 5, 2025 @ 7:34 am By Michael Wong  |  

The United Arab Emirates’ drive to modernise its monetary system, including the rollout of a Digital Dirham and new rules for stablecoins, is improving policy transmission and supporting financial resilience, the International Monetary Fund said at the end of its 2025 Article IV mission. “Enhancements… Read More

October 5, 2025 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, is now increasingly focused on the nascent digital assets industry. The  rise of DeFi and its convergence with TradFi is now pushing platforms and service providers to develop… Read More

October 4, 2025 @ 6:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Mesta, a fiat and stablecoin payment network, has raised a $5.5 million seed round. Village Global led the deal, with participation from Circle Ventures, Paxos, and WTI – Western Technology Investment. Existing backers, including Garuda Ventures, Canonical Crypto, Everywhere Ventures, and Inventum Ventures, also reaffirmed their support. Mesta will deploy this capital… Read More

October 4, 2025 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US must seriously look into diversifying its national balance sheet and that should, ideally, include Bitcoin (BTC),  according to recent statements made by Representative Nick Begich, who is one of the US lawmakers interested in supporting a bill that may see the nation acquiring… Read More

October 4, 2025 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer in terms of USDT market cap and overall scope of operations, and a partner are reportedly planning to secure around $200 million for a digital asset treasury (DAT) company that may acquire Tether’s XAUT token. As first reported by Bloomberg,… Read More

October 4, 2025 @ 2:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is taking a step forward in further expanding its business capabilities and regulatory oversight beyond the current framework, as part of an effort to pave the way for tech advancements and growth in building a financial system enabled by digital assets. By seeking… Read More

October 4, 2025 @ 2:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has concluded a framework agreement in ranking with Feedzai, a RiskOps platform for financial crime prevention, as the first-ranked tenderer, to provide the central fraud detection and prevention mechanism for the digital euro. Representing 440 million citizens and more than $17 trillion in… Read More

October 4, 2025 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil based digital assets firm OranjeBTC is set to begin trading via the local stock exchange B3 this coming week as it attempts to challenge the current dominance of Meliuz, which is said to be the first listed company to have incorporated a bitcoin-focused treasury… Read More

October 4, 2025 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital euro, which is to be issued and backed by the Eurosystem, will  aim to complement cash, improve financial inclusion, and focus on strengthening European monetary sovereignty. The Eurosystem is the official monetary authority of the eurozone, which is described as the collective of… Read More

October 3, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Reacting to comments from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey that stablecoins could cut reliance on bank lending, a CryptoUK spokesperson said that the organization now welcomes these seemingly positive views from Bailey on the role of stablecoins and crypto-assets more broadly within the United… Read More

October 3, 2025 @ 11:54 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

BTCS, a company that claims to be the largest European Digital Asset Treasury Company (DAT), seeks to raise $100 million through a Series G fundraise, coming immediately on the heels of its recently closed Series F. Proceeds from the Series G will be deployed to… Read More