Bitcoin rose about 2% in Asian hours on Wednesday as regional shares edged greater, and merchants stored one eye on Thursday’s US inflation print for clues on how a lot room the Federal Reserve has to chop charges in 2026. Equity markets remained measured throughout the area after a combined US jobs report and gentle…
Crypto possession within the UK dropped noticeably in 2025, even because the traders who stayed out there continued to construct bigger holdings, in accordance to new figures from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The information from FCA’s Cryptoassets Consumer Research 2025 report shows that 8% of UK adults at the moment personal some type of…
RedotPay, a stablecoin cost fintech, has raised $107 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding spherical exhibiting investor confidence within the position of stablecoins in everyday payments. This newest funding increase brings RedotPay’s complete capital secured in 2025 to $194 million as the corporate continues to scale quickly. Thrilled to share that we’ve efficiently closed…
Tether introduced it has led an $8 million funding in Speed1, Inc., a funds infrastructure firm constructing international settlement rails utilizing the Bitcoin Lightning Network and stablecoins. Tether Leads $8M Strategic Investment in Speed to Advance Lightning-Native, Stablecoin-Powered PaymentsLearn extra: https://t.co/RyeiRAwCqY — Tether (@Tether_to) December 16, 2025 The funding spherical additionally included participation from Ego…
Wyoming-chartered crypto financial institution Custodia has filed a petition with the complete Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, searching for reconsideration of the Federal Reserve’s denial of its grasp account utility, escalating a five-year legal battle. The financial institution argues that the October panel determination misinterpreted federal regulation and raises constitutional considerations in regards to the…
An AI Agent whale has simply turned considered one of this yr’s loudest narratives into an costly lesson, unloading a basket of agent tokens purchased for $31.12M and getting again solely $2.57M, based on on-chain knowledge posted from Ember. The pockets constructed its positions at the beginning of the yr throughout the peak of the…
Texas’ function as a middle of U.S. crypto exercise is about to increase additional after Bitcoin Bancorp stated it plans to deploy as much as 200 licensed Bitcoin ATMs throughout the state starting within the first quarter of 2026. The state is including to an already dense community of crypto kiosks working below one of…
Payments large PayPal formally utilized for a Utah state-chartered industrial bank license on Monday, becoming a member of quite a few fintech and crypto companies looking for financial institution charters to develop their providers. The digital funds firm goals to create an industrial mortgage arm known as PayPal Bank to supply enterprise lending options to…
Grayscale says Bitcoin just isn’t executed with this cycle. In its 2026 outlook, the asset supervisor initiatives that BTC will set a contemporary all-time high within the first half of subsequent yr, arguing that the market is shifting into a extra mature, institution-led part. The agency expects 2026 to speed up what it calls structural…
Bitcoin dropped practically 4% to about $85,940 on Tuesday as Asian equities slipped on the open, with traders reducing threat earlier than a run of US financial knowledge that would form the following leg for rates of interest. Indexes in Japan dipped, whereas Australian shares edged greater, after the S&P 500 fell for a second…