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The relationship between crypto and traditional finance is shifting, and banking news follows how institutions are adapting to digital assets. While some banks integrate blockchain technology, others resist crypto due to regulatory concerns. From CBDCs to decentralized finance, the future of banking is being shaped by innovations in digital finance.
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Schwab starts phased Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for select U.S. retail clients, with Paxos execution and a 75 bps fee.
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Denis Beau urged immediate private-sector mobilisation to build euro stablecoins, breaking publicly with ECB president Christine Lagarde’s slower approach. Denis Beau, deputy governor of the Banque de France, called on May 12 for a “mobilization of all relevant European players,…
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Galaxy says seven Senate Democrats may decide the CLARITY Act’s path as the crypto market structure bill heads to markup this week.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled a CLARITY Act roundtable for May, bringing together SEC and CFTC officials with crypto industry representatives to debate digital asset market structure jurisdiction, one of the final regulatory steps before the Senate…
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Tether disclosed an 8.2% stake in Antalpha, a bitcoin mining finance firm, after the company’s May 2025 Nasdaq IPO.
Markets
Keeta price rallied nearly 40% over the past 24 hours to a 2-week high of $0.205 on Tuesday. A breakout from a falling wedge now positions the token for more upside in the coming weeks. According to data from crypto.news,…
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Australians are increasingly using cryptocurrency for day-to-day payments, even as banking restrictions continue to hamper access to the ecosystem. A recent survey by crypto exchange Independent Reserve, which polled 2,000 “everyday Australians” between Jan. 12 and Jan. 30, found that…
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A banking lobby group in the United States is considering legal action against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency over the agency granting national trust bank charters to crypto firms. An unnamed source familiar with “the lobby’s thinking”…
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Global cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to launch a federally regulated trust bank in the United States. With this approval, announced on Feb. 13, the company can move ahead…
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ING Germany now lets retail clients trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP crypto ETPs via securities accounts, partnering with 21Shares, VanEck and others. ING Deutschland, one of Germany’s largest retail brokerage firms, has launched cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP) trading services…
Opinion
For the unbanked, DeFi remains distant, abstract, and mostly inaccessible — not because the technology is bad, but because the rails are traditional finance.
Opinion
Until banks and financial service providers fully embrace blockchain-based settlement, the global economy will continue to pay for their laziness
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This update from the Comptroller's office could shake up how banks approach cryptocurrency
Opinion
The future of web3 is in trustless, P2P clearing layers that finally bring the principles of decentralization in sync with the speed and cost.
Opinion
What I advocate is not chaos for chaos’s sake. It is controlled chaos, a deliberate design of tension inside the system, an autonomy within alignment.
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The next phase of the CBDC journey calls for collaboration between central banks, commercial banks, and tech innovators.