South Africa’s FNB Launches Crypto Trading With Five Assets
South Africa’s FNB now offers five crypto assets from R10 through its investment platform with VALR, but customers cannot transfer tokens in or out.
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The DeFi & FinTech section explores the expanding world of decentralized finance and next-generation financial technology. From lending protocols, staking platforms, and liquidity ecosystems to digital banking, payments innovation, and emerging fintech models, this category covers the tools reshaping how value moves across the digital economy. Readers get clear insights into major developments, integrations, and trends transforming both DeFi and traditional financial technology.
Latest DeFi & FinTech News
Ripple Prime Expands Brevan Howard’s Access to Crypto and Traditional Markets
Ripple Prime will provide Brevan Howard funds with prime brokerage, clearing and financing across digital assets and traditional markets.
Ether.fi Introduces USD Stablecoin Powered by Ethena
Ether.fi USD will use Ethena Whitelabel for reserves, minting and redemption, building on more than $300 million in existing stablecoin balances.
Ripple Builds Türkiye Footprint With Bank Custody and RLUSD
Ripple’s Turkish strategy combines Garanti BBVA’s crypto custody platform with RLUSD access through BiLira, Bitexen and Bitlo.
Fiserv Launches Roughrider Coin on Solana for North Dakota Banks
Bank of North Dakota’s Roughrider Coin is the first live deployment on Fiserv’s digital asset platform, with VersaBank handling issuance and reserves.
Open USD Launches With 200+ Partners, Including Visa, Mastercard and Stripe
Visa, Mastercard and Stripe are among more than 200 Open Standard partners backing OUSD, whose model shares reserve income with participating businesses.
Robinhood Unveils AI Agents and 10x Crypto Perpetuals for US Customers
Robinhood brings AI agents into its app and announces US crypto perpetuals, with phased access and recurring automation still to come.
HSBC Names Its Hong Kong Stablecoin RedCoin, Plans 2026 Launch
HSBC RedCoin is planned for Hong Kong dollar payments through PayMe and the bank’s app, with issuance still to begin.
Standard Chartered Forecasts Ethena’s ENA at $2 by End-2028
Standard Chartered sees ENA reaching $2 by end-2028 as USDe supply expands, institutional lending diversifies returns and revenue-funded buybacks support the token.
ECB Explores AI-Driven Digital Euro Payments and Autonomous Machine Interactions
The European Central Bank is opening its innovation platform to explore AI-driven digital euro payments, machine-to-machine interactions, and conditional transactions, with testing set to begin in…
Tether Coordinates with US Authorities to Freeze $550 Million in Iran-Linked USDT
Tether has disclosed assisting US authorities in freezing nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, backing broader Treasury sanctions against illicit digital asset networks.
Bitget Begins Phased Withdrawal Restoration Following Revised $387.5M Exploit
Bitget has initiated a phased rollout to restore withdrawal services following a $387.5 million exploit, confirming that its $464 million Protection Fund will absorb all financial…