Iranians are increasingly withdrawing bitcoin to personal wallets as protests intensify and the rial continues to collapse amid economic stress.
Uniswap has launched on OKX’s X Layer, becoming the preferred decentralized exchange as the crypto platform expands its layer-2 DeFi strategy.
State Street has unveiled a new digital asset platform designed to help institutional clients develop tokenized funds, deposits, and stablecoin-based products.
Interactive Brokers will allow clients to fund brokerage accounts using stablecoins, with USDC deposits automatically converted into US dollars.
BitMine Immersion Technologies announces a $200 million equity investment in MrBeast’s Beast Industries, expanding its institutional crypto strategy into media and consumer products.
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan warned that trillions of dollars in US bank deposits could shift to stablecoins if interest payments are permitted under future legislation.
Societe Generale-FORGE and Swift have completed a pilot settling tokenized bonds using stablecoins and fiat currencies, highlighting interoperability between blockchain and traditional finance.
London Stock Exchange Group has launched Digital Settlement House, a new platform using tokenized commercial bank deposits for real-time settlement across blockchain and traditional networks.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their strongest inflows of 2026 as Bitcoin rallied above $97,000, reversing earlier monthly outflows.
Crypto exchange Lemon has launched a Bitcoin-backed Visa credit card in Argentina, allowing users to access peso credit lines without selling their BTC holdings.
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes argues Bitcoin could regain momentum as US dollar liquidity expands, even as gold and tech stocks dominated investor attention in 2025.
Chinese authorities accuse former digital yuan architect Yao Qian of accepting more than $8 million in cryptocurrency bribes, exposing governance risks at the intersection of blockchain and regulation.
Solana Mobile has confirmed a 1.8 billion SKR token airdrop for Seeker smartphone users and developers, marking a major step in expanding its onchain mobile ecosystem.
Germany’s DZ Bank has received regulatory approval under the EU’s MiCA framework to roll out a retail crypto trading platform across its cooperative banking network.
Crypto exchange Backpack has launched an invite-only beta of its Unified Prediction Portfolio, aiming to integrate prediction markets with broader trading activity under a single margin system.