Robinhood has spent the previous few years attempting to outgrow its meme-stock fame, and the clearest signal that it is considering in another way now sits removed from Menlo Park. In early December, the firm stated it will buy PT Buana Capital Sekuritas, a small Indonesian brokerage, and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto, a licensed digital…
Stablecoin adoption in Venezuela is predicted to speed up as the nation’s financial pressures deepen and the bolívar continues to lose worth, according to a new report from blockchain intelligence agency TRM Labs. Key Takeaways: Venezuela’s worsening financial system and a weakening bolívar are driving wider stablecoin adoption, TRM Labs says. Stablecoins are more and…
On Dec. 9, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency put out a press launch with a very direct message for US banks: you’re allowed to sit in the center of crypto trades. In the memorably titled News Release 2025-121, the OCC published the one way or the other even worse-titled Interpretive Letter 1188…
Tether has launched an all-cash bid to purchase Italy’s Juventus Football Club, a suggestion that was reportedly swiftly turned down. Key Takeaways: Tether made a $1.1 billion all-cash bid to purchase Juventus, but Exor swiftly rejected the supply. Tether signaled it stays and is keen to make investments €1 billion to develop the workforce. The…
YouTube has added PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin as a payout choice for U.S. creators. The alternative routes via PayPal’s payout infrastructure relatively than requiring YouTube to custody or switch crypto straight. According to Fortune, PayPal crypto chief May Zabaneh confirmed the association. Google and YouTube additionally confirmed PYUSD was added as a payout choice for eligible…
More Bitcoin now sits exterior exchanges, and courts cannot transfer these cash with out keys. That custody shift is colliding with household regulation. Exchange balances hover close to multi-year lows at roughly 14–15% of circulating provide, about 2.7–2.8 million BTC. The relaxation sits with establishments in vaulted custody or in private wallets the place a…
PNC Bank, a US banking large with greater than $569 billion in assets underneath administration (AUM), has embedded spot Bitcoin buying and selling into its non-public banking platform, marking a definite pivot within the institutional adoption cycle. This makes it the primary top-10 US lender to permit purchasers to purchase, promote, and maintain digital assets…
A key on-chain indicator generally known as Bitcoin “liveliness” is climbing once more, a sample traditionally related to bull market exercise, elevating the risk that the present cycle nonetheless has room to run, in keeping with analysts monitoring long-term blockchain metrics. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin’s “liveliness” metric is rising regardless of stagnant costs, signaling renewed underlying…
The euro stablecoin market has staged a pointy rebound within the yr for the reason that EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) took impact, doubling in dimension as new guidelines for issuers got here on-line. Key Takeaways: The euro stablecoin market has doubled since MiCA’s rollout, reaching roughly $680 million in market cap. Growth is…
Woori Bank has begun displaying Bitcoin costs inside its most important buying and selling room in Seoul, inserting the cryptocurrency alongside core monetary indicators such because the received–greenback alternate charge and inventory market information. Key Takeaways: Woori Bank is the primary Korean business financial institution to show Bitcoin costs in its most important buying and…