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BitcoinWorld Kraken Reportedly Pursues European Banking License in Lithuania Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is reportedly seeking a full European banking license, with Lithuania emerging as t
A Ripple executive declared that Washington can no longer afford to ignore the cryptocurrency industry, cheering the advancement of crypto-focused legislation through the U.S. Senate Banking
Vanguard, the asset management giant long known for its skepticism toward cryptocurrency, has made a move significant enough to draw a "semi-shock" reaction from a Bloomberg analyst, signalin
Vanguard has posted a new role aimed squarely at digital-asset strategy, appointing a “head of digital assets” to shape how the asset manager approaches tokenization, stablecoins, blockchain
BitcoinWorld PBoC Deepens Hong Kong Yuan Hub with New Cross-Border Measures, Says BNY The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is accelerating efforts to cement Hong Kong’s role as the premier offsh
BitcoinWorld Kraken Parent Company Wins $22 Million Arbitration Award Against Former Auditor Mazars Kraken’s parent company, Payward, has secured a $22 million arbitration award against its f
Tether Backs Mercado Bitcoin With $20 Million @Tether has led a $20 million strategic financing round in Mercado Bitcoin, the São Paulo-based digital asset platform, to accelerate the build-o
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has made crypto a headline item in its 2026 regulatory agenda. @SECPaulSAtkins announced the agenda on July 7, putting digital assets front and cen
Manufacturers across the US industrial heartland are taking up record electricity costs as AI data centers crowd onto the same regional grid, with one Ohio brickmaker watching a single monthl
Russia's largest state-owned bank is preparing to launch a crypto wallet service, creating a regulated fiat-to-crypto on-ramp that would mark one of the most significant steps yet in Moscow's
Alderoty: Crypto Ownership Is No Longer a Niche Issue Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty is pushing back against what he sees as Washington's tendency to treat crypto users as a narro
Polymarket and its CEO Shayne Coplan are facing a lawsuit in New York state court over the settlement of a prediction market tied to whether Strategy sold any of its Bitcoin holdings before M
