Bitcoin Magazine Russia’s Largest Private Bank Alfa-Bank To Test Bitcoin and Crypto Trading Russia’s largest private lender, Alfa-Bank, plans to launch Bitcoin and crypto trading,…

Sony Bank received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a US stablecoin issuance business, with $40 million in…

The lender’s new US subsidiary, Connectia Trust, would issue a dollar-pegged stablecoin once it clears the regulator’s final conditions. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →

These options settle into underlying futures contracts rather than spot cryptoassets, involving no custody, transfer, or administration of tokens. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →

The $400 billion wealth fund plans to expand AI holdings to 15% of its portfolio by 2031 from the current 6%. Read Full Story at…

Perpetual futures and Hyperliquid’s blockchain infrastructure are expanding into traditional asset classes with around-the-clock trading, according to Pantera Capital. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →

The investment firm said its fourth fund will back AI, robotics, and crypto startups as it broadens beyond digital assets. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co…

EDX Markets, an institutional-only crypto trading venue with its own central clearinghouse, closed a $76 million Series C funding round led by SBI Holdings, the…

EDX Markets, an institutional-only crypto trading venue with its own central clearinghouse, closed a $76 million Series C funding round led by SBI Holdings, the…

The Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company and Cantor Equity Partners I announced that they were looking into amending the terms of a 2025 merger deal that…