Technology
Standard Chartered, Circle bring USDC minting onto banking rails
Standard Chartered and Circle launch bank-led USDC minting and redemption for institutions, starting in Dubai’s DIFC with planned global expansion.
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Regulation
OFAC sanctions 134 ISIS-K crypto wallet addresses as Tether freezes funds
OFAC added 134 crypto wallet addresses linked to ISIS-K to its sanctions list, including 131 Tron addresses that received more than $1.4 million in crypto donations, according to Chainalysis.
Technology
Robinhood Chain goes live on mainnet alongside 24/7 tokenized stocks, Lighter perps and planned crypto agentic trading
Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 built using Arbitrum's tech stack, went live on public mainnet, with partners including Uniswap from day one.
Exchange
Standard Chartered and LMAX Group Execute First Live Digital Asset Prime Brokerage Trades
Bitcoin Magazine Standard Chartered and LMAX Group Execute First Live Digital Asset Prime Brokerage Trades Standard Chartered executed its first digital asset prime brokerage trades with LMAX Group, using its own balance sheet to intermediate institutional Bitcoin trades in a move that advances bank
Macro
French banking giant Crédit Agricole launches EURXT euro stablecoin
Crédit Agricole’s CACEIS launches a euro-pegged stablecoin on Ethereum with 20.02 million tokens issued, targeting institutional flows and tokenized fund access.
Regulation
Taiwan passes key crypto law, clearing legal uncertainty for digital asset sector
The law requires crypto platforms to obtain licenses from the Financial Supervisory Commission before operating.
Macro
Trump Discloses Over $1.2 Billion in Crypto Earnings, $50M in Bitcoin Holdings
The president’s annual financial disclosure report was released on Tuesday.
Market
Visa, Mastercard, And Over 140 Companies Launch Stablecoin Open USD
Bitcoin Magazine Visa, Mastercard, And Over 140 Companies Launch Stablecoin Open USD Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and 140+ firms have launched Open USD (OUSD), a new yield-sharing stablecoin that aims to challenge Circle and reshape the economics of the $300 billion stablecoin market. This po
Market
Circle slides 8% as Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock back rival stablecoin network
Circle's stock dropped approximately 8% following reports that a coalition of major financial and crypto industry players — including Stripe, Coinbase, and BlackRock — are backing a rival stablecoin network. The development rattled investor confidence in Circle, the issuer of USDC, one of the largest stablecoins by market capitalization. Circle
Technology
New York Life makes tokenization debut with onchain high-yield bond fund with Centrifuge
New York Life, one of the largest mutual life insurance companies in the United States, has entered the tokenization space through a partnership with blockchain-based credit protocol Centrifuge. The collaboration involves the launch of an onchain high-yield bond fund, marking the insurer's first foray into tokenized real-world assets.
Regulation
UK to lower stablecoin capital buffers, undercutting EU's MiCA requirements
The United Kingdom is moving to establish stablecoin capital buffer requirements that fall below the thresholds set by the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, according to a report from CoinDesk. British regulators are proposing lower reserve and capital standards for stablecoin issuers operating within its jurisdiction, positioning
Regulation
UK sets final crypto rules as firms face 2027 FCA authorization deadline
The UK’s financial regulator has published its crypto regulatory framework, setting the authorization deadline for cryptocurrency firms for February 2027.