Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
KB Kookmin Card has joined forces with Japanese and South Korean partners to examine how AI agents could verify identities and enable stablecoin spending by travelers crossing the border
Morgan Stanley has shifted its timeline for enabling tokenized equities on its alternative trading system, citing the need for greater product availability and institutional interest
SWI Group has raised approximately $894 million to convert former Bitcoin mining sites, including those tied to a major FTX-backed investment, into AI and high-performance computing infrastructure
Payward FZCO has obtained full market approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, enabling direct deposits and withdrawals in UAE dirhams for Kraken customers at launch
Adena Friedman argues blockchain representations of Treasuries, stocks and money market funds would make collateral more fluid while supporting longer trading hours
The European Securities and Markets Authority seeks industry evidence on whether blockchain-based assets can be accessed and liquidated safely during market stress or member defaults
Fidelity executive Matthew Horne told a Singapore panel that true institutions’ push toward an onchain future over the past 18 months cannot be undone, while UBS pointed to custody infrastructure as the path to scale
Luxembourg venture firm fully funds the seed round as the startup scales its chain-agnostic privacy layer for banks, payments and tokenization platforms
New York-based Formation unites trading and credit infrastructure to serve emerging industries, with ORCA as its sole token and plans for regulated market access
Standard Chartered plans to offer institutional custody for selected cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets in Singapore, building on its existing global footprint and regulatory frameworks
