Digital asset payments firm Ripple plans to acquire BC Payments Australia to secure financial services licensing in a key regional market. The transaction underscores Ripple’s…

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As the window narrows to pass a crypto market structure bill this year, lawmakers told bankers at a Washington summit that the final bill won’t…

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The French banking group’s digital asset arm expanded its MiCA-compliant euro-backed stablecoin as part of a multichain strategy for regulated digital asset infrastructure. Read Full…

Bitcoin Magazine Bhutan Keeps Selling Its Bitcoin, Reserves Sold by Over Half Bhutan is steadily selling portions of the country’s Bitcoin reserves, moving about $42.5…

Tron has joined the Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation to collaborate on building open infrastructure for agentic AI, joining Circle and JPMorgan. Read Full Story…

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America may reject the name “CBDC” while still building the conditions for CBDC-like control through private dollar infrastructure. Washington has ruled out a retail Federal…

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