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[Update June 16, 07:05 am UTC. Adds response from Bitbank spokesperson in the third paragraph.] Bitbank, one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, warned users that transactions linked
$MGUSD is MoneyGram's own U.S. dollar stablecoin, launched on June 2 and issued natively on the Stellar blockchain, the public network behind the $XLM token. It is pegged 1:1 to the dollar an
Anchorage Digital and Real Finance have formed a strategic partnership aimed at solving a persistent problem in tokenized finance: the institutional infrastructure fragmentation. The two firm
Sui (@SuiNetwork) is not becoming a privacy blockchain, but it just shipped a privacy feature. On June 8, the network launched confidential transfers in public beta on its Devnet, letting tok
Real Finance has disclosed further details of its securities tokenization agreement with Factori AD, an EU-regulated investment broker, in a deal that activates a committed pipeline of more t
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, ticker IBIT, is a spot Bitcoin ETF that lets investors gain direct exposure to Bitcoin's price through a standard brokerage account, without holding cryptoc
Terra Classic (LUNC) and Terra (LUNA) are two separate blockchains that share a common origin. LUNC is the original Terra blockchain that collapsed in May 2022 when its algorithmic stablecoin
Yes, Stellar (@StellarOrg) is going quantum-resistant, but it is not there yet. The Stellar Development Foundation published its Quantum Preparedness Plan on June 9, 2026, a three-stage roadm
Digital Asset (@digitalasset), the company behind the Canton Network (@CantonNetwork), has closed a $355 million funding round led by a16z crypto, valuing the firm at roughly $2 billion. The
Spain EU Crypto Regulation MiCA Deadline July 2026 CNMV Investor Warns Only 3 crypto service providers in Spain hold full MiCA authorization — out of a market that once registered over 1,200
The @SECGov has put forward a proposal that Wall Street is treating as an equities story. For crypto, it could be something larger. On June 11, 2026, the SEC submitted an official proposal to
Latin American payments platform El Dorado has secured $9 million in Series A funding led by Paradigm, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Verda Ventures, as investors increasingly