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News/crypto
Hong Kong's financial regulator has stated that the first stablecoin licences will not be issued this year despite the fact its stablecoin legislation has taken effect as of today.
01 August 2025
Visa is expanding its backing for stablecoins, adding settlement support for three more coins as well two new blockchains.
News/startups
Due, a payment startup founded by Revolut alumni, has extended its Seed round to €6.3 million to launch a new API platform encompassing stablecoin payments.
31 July 2025
News/cloud
Trading venue CME Group has revealed more about its plan to introduce tokenisation services via its link up with Google Cloud
25 July 2025
News/wealth
Investment funds processing network Calastone has been bought by US-based funds servicing firm and software vendor SS&C Technologies in a deal worth £776m ($1.03bn).
Crypto platform Coinbase has rebranded its Wallet app as Base, consolidating payments, trading, chat and social features into a single, blockchain-based 'superapp'.
18 July 2025
This week, the US House of Representatives also passed the Clarity Act and Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act.
Paris-based fintech Spiko has pulled in $22m after completing a series A funding round.
17 July 2025
News/wholesale
US Bank has completed its first trade finance collection transaction using the WaveBL electronic trade documentation platform.
Two of the biggest names on Wall Street are seemingly about to enter the stablecoin market based on comments made by their senior executives.
16 July 2025
Axiology, a Lithuania-based tech firm operating in the digital assets space, has been granted a licence from the Bank of Lithuania to carry out digital bond issuance via the blockchain.
15 July 2025
News/markets
In a UK-first, Lloyds Banking Group and Aberdeen Investments have used tokenised real-world assets as collateral for foreign exchange trades.
News/inclusion
Global blockchain platform Binance has launched a Sharia-compliant multi-token in alignment with Islamic principles to promote inclusivity in crypto-trading.
11 July 2025
News/payments
The uptake of tokenised bank liabilities and shared ledgers in transaction banking services could lower cross-border currency costs by 12.5%, saving businesses more than US$50 billion by 2030, according to a report by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and Ant International.
03 July 2025
AllUnity, a joint venture between asset manager DWS, market maker Flow Traders, and blockchain firm Galaxy, has been granted an E-Money Institution (EMI) licence by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
The European Central Bank has agreed to a dual-track strategy for integrating distributeed ledger technology with Target settlement services in the wholesale market.
01 July 2025
Crypto exchange Kraken has become the first company to be awarded a Markets in Crypto Assets (Mica) licence from Ireland's central bank.
27 June 2025
US fintech SoFi is taking advantage of the changing regulatory landscape under the Trump administration to reintroduce crypto services.
26 June 2025
They may be the current darling of the financial services world, but stablecoins fall short as a form of sound money and at best may "eventually play a subsidiary role in the hinterland of the financial system," according to the Bank for International Settlement.
25 June 2025
Major players from crypto and traditional finance have joined in a $135 million funding round in Digital Asset, the firm behind the Canton Network blockchain platform for tokenised assets.
24 June 2025
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