- Jeonbuk Bank Starts Bitcoin-Backed Business Loans in South Korea
Jeonbuk Bank has begun limited won loans backed by Bitcoin for corporate operating funds, with a specialist custodian holding the collateral
- HSBC and Ant Digital Test AI-Agent Payments With Tokenized Deposits
HSBC and Ant Digital tested AI agents paying for digital services with tokenized bank deposits, linking service access, settlement and risk
- Circle Lets Institutions Borrow USDC Against Bitcoin Without Selling
Circle's new Digital Asset-Backed Borrowing lets Circle Mint clients post BTC as collateral and draw USDC through Morpho markets on Arc and
- Grab Buys 60% of Atome for $1.49B to Build Southeast Asia BNPL Giant
Grab will pay $1.49 billion in cash for a 60 percent stake in Atome Financial, uniting two of Southeast Asia's biggest pay-later brands as M
- BlackRock Says AI Agents Will Run on Stablecoins in Machine-Native Economy Push
BlackRock's new 'Machine-Native Economy' paper argues autonomous AI agents will need stablecoins and tokenised compute to transact, but on-c
- Polymarket Takes $77K in Bets on HSBC, Lloyds Failing — UK Urged to Act
Polymarket took $77,507 in bets on HSBC and Lloyds failing in 2026. UK urged to act as FCA eyes insider-trading risks.
- Coinbase Tokenized Stocks Go Live as Aave Collateral: Borrow USDC Against Apple, Nvidia, Tesla
Seven Coinbase tokenized US stocks are now collateral on Aave V4, letting users outside the US borrow USDC against Apple, Nvidia and Tesla w
- Regulators Stop Waiting for Congress on Crypto
After the Senate blocked the Clarity Act, the CFTC sent its own crypto rules to the White House while the Fed proposed stablecoin reserve re
- Non-Dollar Stablecoins Up 5x as Asia Takes 51% of Global Stablecoin Payments
Non-dollar stablecoins pegged to the yen and Singapore dollar are up fivefold to $64.4M as Asia-Pacific takes 51.2% of global stablecoin pay
- NYSE Taps Blockchain.com for 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading Push
NYSE Group and Blockchain.com signed an MOU to offer round-the-clock trading of tokenized US stocks and ETFs on a planned digital ATS, pendi
- FundingPips Faces Backlash Over Mandatory Prime Account Transfers
FundingPips is facing trader complaints after some profitable users were moved into its Prime program under mandatory invitation terms, conv
- CFTC Flags ‘Mention Markets’ as High-Risk for Manipulation
CFTC staff have warned that prediction-market contracts tied to what a person says, attends or does may carry heightened manipulation risk,
- Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu V900 AI Chip as Shares Jump
Alibaba has unveiled its new Zhenwu V900 AI chip, claiming three times the performance of its predecessor as the Chinese tech giant expands