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Some of the world's biggest and most powerful banks, including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Citi, are considering joining forces to issue a stablecoin — even if they're not calling it that.In a statement from Friday, BNP Paribas and other banks are "jointly exploring the issuance of a 1:1 res…
Coinbase is making another push into traditional finance. The U.S.’s largest crypto exchange has applied for a National Trust Company Charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The license could give Coinbase more control over custody and payments, but the company is keen to s…
Deutsche Bank predicts that by 2030, central banks might hold Bitcoin alongside gold, signaling its rise as a recognized store of value.
Three Swiss banks, including UBS , have carried out a binding payment using bank deposits and a public blockchain for the first time, the Swiss Bankers Association said on Tuesday.The payment was carried out as part of a feasibility study on use of deposit tokens by PostFinance, Sygnum Bank and …
Brazil is finally moving ahead with long-awaited crypto regulations, with the Central Bank setting 2026 as the year when rules for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) will officially come into force. The decision follows years of delays and pressure from regulators, prosecutors, and law enforcem…
Russia needs its own crypto-enabled bank that could help combat illicit transactions and support miners by providing infrastructure for them to cash out their earnings, a member of the country’s government oversight body says.Evgeny Masharov, a member of the Russian Civic Chamber, which examines dra…
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…