Blockchain News
Circle named BlackRock, Visa, DTCC, Mastercard and peers as Arc founding validators ahead of a September 16, 2026 public mainnet, with BUIDL and DTCC tokenization still on the…
Blockchain News
Wells Fargo will launch tokenized deposits this fall for select corporate USD-GBP flows, keeping commercial bank money on-chain as banks push back against stablecoin settlement rails.
Blockchain News
Mastercard completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK on Aug. 3, 2026. The desk's read: treat the close as a rails story, not a finished volume story,…
Blockchain News
BlackRock launched BRSRV and BSTBL OnChain Shares for stablecoin reserve managers under GENIUS. SEC prospectus details, Solana and Ethereum rails, and our falsifiable adoption claim.
Crypto News
Bitget is ending services for Japan residents on a staged calendar through Dec. 31, 2026. Our read: this is venue compliance under Japan’s new financial-instrument rules, not a…
Bitcoin News
The SEC granted CME's petition to review Nasdaq PHLX bitcoin index options. The May staff approval stays frozen, with public statements due August 24, 2026.
Crypto News
Tether’s Q2 2026 attestation shows about $1.5 billion in operating profit while the excess reserve cushion thinned to roughly $4.11 billion as of June 30. Here is our…
Crypto News
Coinbase Global Q2 2026: about $1.2B revenue and a $359M net loss as spot fees cooled, while trading share hit a record 10.3%.
Blockchain News
BIS Project Agorá completed July 2026 real-value testing with about CHF 800,000 in tokenized reserves and deposits across six currencies. Samira Okonkwo reads the bank-rails milestone against stablecoin…
Crypto News
Robinhood's Q2 crypto revenue fell 38% to $100M while event contracts hit $156M. Samira Okonkwo on the retail mix shift and what to watch next.