Blockchain & Digital Assets

December 12, 2025 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Virtual accounts in the World App, initially piloted in the US, are now reportedly available in more nations such as Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and across Latin America. World App users are now able to access a new capability: personal virtual account numbers that… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zodia Custody has been granted a Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) license by Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This approval will enable Zodia Custody Europe to provide regulated digital asset custody services across EU Member States. Sophie Bowler, Chief Risk and Compliance… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 1:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

R3 says it will launch a Corda protocol to support a Solana, curated yield vault offering managed RWA yield. The protocol is expected to be available in the first half of 2026. R3 explains the mission as supporting their vision of connecting TradFi and DeFi… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is expected to enter the hot prediction markets. Currently exemplified by Kalshi and Polymarket, just this past week,  Gemini Space Station (NASDAQ:GEMI) just received approval for a DCM license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate its own prediction marketplace. While Coinbase has… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MassPay, a global payout orchestration platform, and Plasma, a company building vertically integrated stablecoin-powered products and infrastructure, today announced an integration that enables MassPay customers to send USD₮ payouts on Plasma across more than 230 countries. The addition of USD₮ expands MassPay’s payout stack beyond… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Do Kwon, the disgraced founder of Terraform Labs, has reportedly been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for his alleged role in the spectacular collapse of the Luna tokens, a catastrophic incident that erased a massive $40 billion in capital back in 2022. Kwon… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is making a big move into tokenization. Currently, DTCC is a vital part of the securities trading and tracking ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at US$3.7 quadrillion, and its depository subsidiary provided custody and… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Valora has noted that they are starting their next chapter of business growth and product development. The Valora team will be joining Stripe, marking a key milestone in their stated mission to effectively unlock access to financial opportunity for consumers across the… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

During the Biden Administration, policy was aligned against Fintech innovation, including digital assets. Banks were effectively warned not to engage in the crypto sector, something that led to some being debanked – a nefarious action of cutting out firms and individuals from the financial sector…. Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital will partner with OSL to issue a new dollar-based stablecoin – USDGO. OSL Group (HKEX: 863) is a Hong Kong-based stablecoin trading and payment platform for financial institutions and individuals. The company offers crypto trading, custody, payments, and tokenization services. Anchorage Digital and… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini Space Station, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEMI) announced that Gemini Titan, LLC (Titan), an affiliate, reportedly received a Designated Contract Market (DCM) license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which will enable Gemini to start offering prediction markets to U.S. customers. Gemini had first applied for… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As major jurisdictions across the globe continue exploring the feasibility and effectiveness of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), 2025 has seen a notable shift in emphasis from relatively early retail-payment pilots toward broader infrastructure, cross-border initiatives as well as strategic policy objectives. For the United… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 7:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tempo, a payment-focused L1, is now supported by Blockaid to provide security across its network. By supporting the chain, Blockaid explains in a blog post that it helps create a “safer” environment for payment processors, stablecoin issuers, and other partners building on Tempo’s ecosystem. Blockaid… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 2:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinGecko has noted that meme coins have again emerged as the most popular crypto narrative this year, capturing a total of 25.02% of global investor interest across the main meme coin category as well as 35 meme coin trends. According to the report from CoinGecko,… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 12:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper has announced the next phase of its multi-exchange strategy in partnership with FalconX, expanding ClearLoop’s integration ​​within​​​​ ​​ FalconX’s Prime Connect solution via the addition of Deribit, one of the world’s crypto options exchanges. Via this integration, FalconX DMA clients are reportedly able to… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moca Network, a project by Animoca Brands to build the world’s largest chain-agnostic decentralized digital identity network, announced the beta launch of MocaProof, a so-called gamified digital identity verification and reward platform that leverages blockchain in order to simplify and advance data privacy and self-sovereignty…. Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Blockchain Association and Ava Labs recently visited with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force to discuss the topic of two types of “protocol tokens,” as the Commission works toward creating a regulatory approach toward tokenization. Regulation PT These digital assets break down… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Surf, an AI platform for digital assets that aims to help institutions and individual investors analyze projects, better understand markets, and make better investing decisions, has raised $15 million, according to a release. The funding round was led by Pantera Capital, with Coinbase Ventures and… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Investments has recently announced an investment in Generative Bionics, the spinoff of IIT (the Italian Institute of Technology) and one of the largest research spinoffs in Europe, in order to support the development of intelligent humanoid robots built for industrial scale performance, human-centric interaction… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) says that it is committed and focused on building the infrastructure that enables institutions as well as their clients to access and engage with digital assets. Coinbase announced that it is now expanding its partnership with PNC Bank in order to launch direct… Read More