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The Russian finance ministry says it wants to make it easier for citizens to access the crypto market, calling for a reduction in Moscow’s income threshold for crypto traders.The Russian news outlets and reported that the comments came from Alexey Yakovlev, the Director of the Financial Policy Depar…
Assessing the correlation between Bitcoin and macroeconomic data is a key step in identifying long-term trends. A recent analysis suggests that monitoring central bank balance sheets can provide deeper insights instead of focusing solely on global M2 money supply.However, the macro picture is more c…
Japan Post Bank plans to roll out a digital yen by the end of fiscal 2026, aiming to give its depositors easier access to digital transactions. The bank, which manages about ¥190 trillion ($1.29 trillion) in deposits and is partly owned by the Japanese government, will introduce DCJPY, a blockchain-…
Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook sued President Donald Trump after he tried to fire her from the central bank, according to news reports.Cook filed that lawsuit in Washington, D.C., and named Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the Board of Governors as defendants, multiple news outlets reported on …
An anti-central bank digital currency provision has been added to what is viewed as must-pass defense funding legislation.That measure was added in the latest version of the House's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), first reported by Bloomberg Law on Thursday.The new title in the bill is ca…
DBS, the largest retail and commercial bank in Singapore, is set to tokenize structured notes on Ethereum, the bank announced Thursday. The offerings will be distributed through partnering digital investment platforms, starting with ADDX, DigiFT, and HydraX.Structured notes are financial instruments…
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has boosted its bet on Bitcoin treasury company Strategy Inc. (MSTR).According to a new filing with the SEC, Canada's largest bank by market capitalization held 188,657 MSTR shares worth over $76 million during the second quarter, up about 16% from the 162,909 shares it he…
Wall Street giant Citigroup is weighing plans to offer cryptocurrency custody and payment services, aiming to capitalize on a market bolstered by Trump-era regulatory approvals and pro-industry legislation.Biswarup Chatterjee, a Citigroup executive, told Reuters that the bank’s initial focus would l…
The US Treasury Department has re-designated Moscow-based cryptocurrency exchange Garantex and sanctioned its successor, Grinex, along with three executives and six associated companies in Russia and the Kyrgyz Republic. Officials say Garantex processed more than $100 million in illicit transactions…
Bolivia’s top bank called crypto a “viable and reliable alternative” to fiat currencies while signing a memorandum of understanding with El Salvador to accelerate crypto adoption.The agreement, which will see the two countries collaborate on policy development and share crypto intelligence tools, ai…
Coinbase said Wednesday it is partnering with JPMorgan Chase to make it easier for the bank’s more than 80 million customers to access crypto, including the ability to fund Coinbase accounts with Chase credit cards starting this fall, redeem Chase Ultimate Rewards points for Circle's stablecoin USDC…
By Mark CopelovitchAbout the author: Mark Copelovitch is a professor of political science and public affairs and director of the Center for European Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the co-author of Banks on the Bank: Global Capital, Securities Markets, and the Political Roots o…