Russia’s largest bank Sberbank secures approval to trade crypto
Sberbank plans to open crypto trading to all clients Dec. 1 and is already testing BTC, ETH and USDT trades...
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Tom Lee sees $2 trillion wealth transfer fueling crypto demand as Bitmine buys more ether
The Bitmine chairman said he expects younger investors to drive demand for digital assets as his ether treasury company inches...
Tokenized catastrophe bonds target the disaster-insurance gap
A planned Bermuda issuance would put legal ownership onchain and seek capital for disaster risks that remain costly to insure.Oct...
Standard Chartered offers RLUSD custody in Dubai and plans LMAX collateral link
Standard Chartered offers RLUSD custody in Dubai and plans LMAX collateral linkRipple previously gave LMAX $150 million in financing to...
South Korea just got its first traditional bank loans backed by bitcoin
Loans use third-party custodians for bitcoin holdings and rely on court-ordered sales if borrowers default.Oct 12, 2026, 6:57 a.m. EDT(Daniel...
SWI raises $894 million to repurpose former FTX bitcoin miner Genesis Digital to AI
SWI Group raised 800 million euros ($894 million) from institutional investors, valuing the company at 6.1 billion euros, to expand...
IMF finds demand for tokenized stocks, says the market is still volatile, illiquid
IMF finds demand for tokenized stocks, says the market is still volatile, illiquidInvestors are using blockchain-based shares for smaller and...
Tokenized commodities look beyond gold as lending and oil open new markets
Tokenized commodities look beyond gold as lending and oil open new marketsPaxos Labs, Theo and Energy Substantiation execs see growth...
Visa survey says nearly half of APAC consumers open to using stablecoins by 2031
Visa survey says nearly half of APAC consumers open to using stablecoins by 2031Visa’s survey of 14,250 people found interest...
Robinhood Chain considers technology that gives paying traders priority
Robinhood Chain considers technology that gives paying traders priorityArbitrum recently replaced its Time Boost transaction-ordering system with a new model...