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Authorities in Bangkok detained a man accused of running a crypto exchange linked to a 500 million yuan laundering network. Thai authorities have arrested a Chinese national in Bangkok on sus
A stablecoin is meant to be worth the same thing at all times: one euro, one dollar, no movement. A depeg is the moment when that stops being true: the market price of the token comes loose f
A new working paper from the Bank for International Settlements finds that stablecoins and bank deposits behave as partial substitutes, with higher deposit rates associated with slower reserv
VanEck Digital Assets, LLC filed a Form RW with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2026, requesting the voluntary withdrawal of its proposed Lido Staked Ethereum ETF r
Nine companies have formally objected to plans by OKXICE to offer tokenized versions of their shares, preventing the proposed trading platform from listing those securities under a new U.S. r
A slight increase in interest rates on bank deposits could slow the growth of stablecoins. This is the finding of a study by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which highlights com
Bitget has announced plans to close selected cryptocurrency accounts following an October 16 update to its terms of use that lists Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan among countries where custome
Blockchain analytics firm reports the three countries dominate a market that has grown 125% over the past year Chainalysis has identified a sharp geographic concentration in the market for to
AIsa, a San Francisco-based startup building infrastructure for enterprise AI agents, has completed its seed extension fundraising round, adding Tether and HIVEN as strategic investors. The c
The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has withdrawn two proposed rules targeting unhosted crypto wallets and cryptocurrency mixing. The agency announced the decision on Octob
AIsa said it had completed its seed extension round, with Tether and HIVEN joining as strategic investors. The round brings AIsa’s total funding to more than $9 million. The two new investors
It was a packed week for Ripple and XRP, with Evernorth making its long-anticipated Nasdaq debut after a major merger, Standard Chartered and Cross River expanding RLUSD access, and Ripple Pr
