The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency says companies engaged in lawful digital-asset activities should be able to pursue national bank charters, putting crypto firms directly inside Washington’s broader push to revive new-bank formation.
US inflation cooled again in July, easing one of crypto’s biggest macro risks, but the report weakens the case for another hike more clearly than it opens the door to cuts.
The Bank of England is testing a trade-finance model where private stablecoins and central bank money handle different parts of the same transaction. For SMEs, faster payment is only useful if verification and financing can move just as quickly.
Crypto.com now packages roughly 1,500 U.S. stocks and ETFs into blockchain-based products, pairing $1 entry points with extended trading hours and a very different legal structure from ordinary shares.
A stronger yen is usually bad news for leveraged markets, but Arthur Hayes sees a route that could strengthen Japan’s currency while adding dollar liquidity.
UK lawmakers are pressing major banks over crypto account access as Britain prepares a full FCA regime that still will not guarantee firms banking services.
MoneyGram Ramps is now live on Solana, allowing wallets, exchanges and apps to connect digital assets with MoneyGram's existing fiat infrastructure through a single API.
BRICS countries are discussing whether their fast-payment networks and central bank digital currencies can be linked across borders, with lower transaction costs as the immediate goal.
Washington's next crypto-policy move will come from the SEC, with Congress following in September.
Ethereum's latest roadmap comparison shows more than a reshuffling of upgrades. Some of the assumptions that shaped the network's development only three years ago are now being reconsidered.
Michael Saylor's Strategy has sold another 1,690 Bitcoin, extending a recent break from the company's long-standing pattern of almost exclusively accumulating BTC.
A small group of altcoins has separated from the broader crypto market, with Jito, Worldcoin and Pump.fun all posting double-digit gains over the past 24 hours.


