Nearly 40% of UK bank transfers to crypto exchanges are blocked or delayed, according to a new industry survey that raises concerns over debanking and the UK’s digital asset ambitions.
xAI’s Grok 4 is leading a live stock market trading experiment, outperforming seven rival AI models under real-money conditions with a 7 percent return.
Binance is considering bringing back tokenized stock trading as interest in blockchain-based equities grows across both crypto-native platforms and traditional financial institutions.
Changpeng Zhao-backed YZi Labs invests in BitGo as the crypto custodian debuts on the NYSE, supporting regulated infrastructure for institutional digital assets.
Mercuryo teams up with Visa to enable near real-time crypto-to-fiat conversion, reducing settlement times and costs for cross-border payments.
UBS is reportedly considering allowing its wealthiest clients to trade Bitcoin and Ether, signaling a potential expansion of crypto offerings in private banking.
PwC predicts 2026 will mark a turning point for crypto regulation, as jurisdictions worldwide move from draft frameworks to enforceable laws, reshaping stablecoins, compliance, and institutional adoption.
Superstate raised $82.5 million in a Series B round to expand its onchain platform for issuing and trading SEC-registered equities, signaling growing institutional confidence in blockchain-based capital markets.
Large transfers of Bitcoin and Ether from BlackRock to Coinbase Prime, combined with ETF outflows and pending US inflation data, are heightening expectations of near-term crypto market volatility.
Coinbase has formed an independent advisory board of cryptography and quantum experts to evaluate long-term risks that quantum computing could pose to Bitcoin and blockchain security.
Debates at the World Economic Forum highlighted growing tensions between private-sector tokenization, Bitcoin-based monetary visions, and central bank control through CBDCs.
Vietnam has launched a pilot licensing regime for cryptocurrency exchanges, bringing the sector under formal oversight as banks and securities firms prepare to enter the market.
Argentine exchange Ripio is expanding peso-backed stablecoins and tokenized bonds as it anticipates a flat crypto market in 2026 but sustained long-term growth in tokenized money.
Bitpanda will roll out stock and ETF trading next week, accelerating a shift among crypto platforms toward full-stack, multi-asset financial services.
Architect Financial Technologies plans to introduce perpetual futures tied to AI compute pricing, extending crypto-style derivatives into emerging infrastructure markets.