April 13, 2026 @ 2:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With the recent Royal Assent of Bill C-15, Canada is now said to be moving forward on a proper framework for stablecoins. The nation’s Department of Finance has started the development of applicable regulations to support safe, reliable digital payment options for Canadian consumers. As… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 1:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank has backed a major European Union initiative designed to streamline and unify oversight of cryptocurrency activities. Under the proposal, supervisory responsibilities for the digital asset sector would be concentrated within a single pan-European authority: the European Securities and Markets Authority, headquartered… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 12:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has provided what it claims is a more realistic assessment of stablecoins’ actual role in today’s financial ecosystem. Somewhat far from the innovative payment tool many promoters have claimed over the years, stablecoins remain… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 11:01 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong’s push to turn stablecoins from a regulatory concept into everyday financial plumbing is beginning to draw in the companies that handle money at the checkout counter. Digital asset trading platform EX.IO said it signed a memorandum of understanding with payment firm Payment Asia to… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors has now approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that may implement certain requirements as well as applicable standards under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The suggested rule may help… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 9:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The early effects of the ceasefire and an interesting take on tokenization highlight our Web3 Thoughts of the Week. CLARITY Act – tokenization legislation “While the US Congress debates how to fit tokenization into existing securities law, and European leaders build legal frameworks around third-party… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 9:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca noted in a blog post that Azerbaijan’s retail investors have long struggled to tap into international financial markets. Issues such as geographic distance, underdeveloped local capital markets (though now developing quite fast in recent years), inefficient account-opening procedures, and scarce investment choices have kept… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 9:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NYDIG researchers have noted in an extensive update that Bitcoin endured a tough first quarter, falling 22.6 percent—one of its weakest openings in 16 years of data. The rather pronounced BTC price decline was front-loaded in January and February, driven by delays in key legislation,… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 9:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) highlighted just this past week the significant growth of online scams fueled by cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, revealing that these sophisticated schemes drained nearly $21 billion from US victims last year alone. The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Complaint Center… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthropic has entered a long-term partnership with cloud infrastructure service provider CoreWeave. The collab aims to boost the company’s processing capabilities, enabling the enhanced development and rollout of its flagship Claude suite of AI models. This arrangement grants Anthropic access to an array of Nvidia… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 6:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The QVAC team within Tether announced the release of QVAC SDK, an open-source software development kit engineered as a so-called universal foundation for artificial intelligence. In a future environment (by 2100-2150 or so) expected to include 10 billion people living alongside 10 billion autonomous machines… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 4:56 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore-based cross-border payments firm Thunes is expanding its stablecoin settlement capabilities through a new collaboration with Circle, as payment infrastructure providers step up efforts to connect blockchain-based rails with traditional financial systems. Thunes said it had joined Circle Payments Network Managed Payments, enabling its customers… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinGecko’s research and analysis team has recently released their latest Spot Centralized Exchanges Report for 2026, offering a nuanced perspective on how major platforms are evolving amid growing market sophistication. Released recently this month, the CoinGecko research study primarily focuses on the top 12 centralized… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management has recently taken another step forward in its effort to bring a spot exchange-traded fund tied to Hyperliquid’s native HYPE token to market. In the latest amendment to its US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration statement, the firm named prominent digital-asset… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has released a working paper that has attempted to examine who exactly adopts crypto-assets across the Eurozone and why their everyday use remains limited (or so the ECB study claims). Authored by economist Alejandro Zamora-Pérez, the questionable analysis reportedly draws… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 11:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thredd—the AI-powered issuer processing platform—has joined forces with Cross River Bank, a provider of embedded financial infrastructure. The strategic partnership, unveiled on March 11, 2026, aims to simplify and accelerate how overseas fintech innovators establish operations in the United States, blending technology with regulatory know-how… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VC activity across the Latin America region showed renewed strength in the first quarter of 2026, driven largely by a considerable surge in late-stage and growth-equity investments from international firms. According to the latest Crunchbase data shared with CI, startups in the region secured $1.03… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 6:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has noted that the United Kingdom’s government has rolled out its updated Fraud Strategy for 2026–2029, marking the first key update since the previous plan was introduced three years ago under the earlier Sunak administration. With fraud now said to be representing roughly… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 5:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK has provided an extensive analysis of the Bank of England’s Q1 2026 Credit Conditions Survey, cautioning industry participants that the UK lending market is showing clear signs of mounting stress despite some areas of stability. KPMG’s researchers emphasized that rising default rates by… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 4:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The NatWest Accelerator has unveiled fresh initiatives aimed at fostering a more inclusive landscape for entrepreneurship across the United Kingdom. The program, part of NatWest Group, is intensifying efforts to dismantle obstacles that prevent talented business professionals from thriving, with a target of expanding its… Read More