Circle and Nomura are reportedly partnering to enable stablecoin-based foreign exchange settlement for Japanese companies as the country’s regulated blockchain-based financial infrastructure expands. Read Full…

Japan’s financial regulator cleared the U.S. dollar-backed token as a new category of payment instrument, letting SBI VC Trade offer it to institutions and retail.…

Sharplink, Bitmine and Joe Lubin are backing Ethlabs as the Ethereum Foundation cuts its budget 40%, but no one will say how much money is…

Daya, a stablecoin-native payments startup focused on African businesses, has raised $2.4 million in pre-seed funding, the company told Unchained on Wednesday. The round was…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the gift from Christopher Harborne a “private matter” amid a standards investigation. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →

OpenPayd, which provides infrastructure to companies including Kraken crypto exchange, can now offer regulated crypto services across Europe under MiCA. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…

Both chambers of Congress have passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency…

Bitcoin’s slump to its lowest level since late 2024 reflects a hawkish Federal Reserve, exchange-traded fund outflows and a shift of capital into AI, the…

Ripple is pursuing a coordinated expansion of its stablecoin infrastructure across Europe and Africa, combining a strategic investment in payments company Flutterwave with preliminary regulatory…

Strategy raised $335 million through common stock sales to rebuild its USD reserve to $1.4 billion, its third straight week prioritizing cash over bitcoin accumulation…