UK Revolut Nears US Bank Launch as Bitcoin Services Could Follow
Revolut has secured conditional OCC approval for a U.S. national bank charter, clearing a major regulatory hurdle in just six months. If final approvals arrive,...
Geyser Rejects Cuba Bitcoin Initiative Over US Sanction Compliance
Cuba Bitcoin, a Bitcoin community, reported that an application to launch an initiative on Geyser, a crowdfunding platform, was rejected because the wallet used was...
Coinbase Brings 24/7 Stock Perpetuals to the US
Coinbase has filed two notices with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer single-stock perpetual futures to U.S. traders, and its policy chief says...
Surprise nonfarm payrolls print sends Bitcoin back below 80K
The US economy added far more jobs than expected in August, pressuring Bitcoin lower as traders repriced the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut...
OpenAI’s Astra Hits Critical Cybersecurity Threshold With Strict Safeguards
OpenAI’s Astra becomes the first AI model to meet Critical cybersecurity capability under the Preparedness Framework, prompting stringent safeguards. (Read More)...
IMF Reveals Donations Fund El Salvador Bitcoin Accumulation
After the second and third reviews of a $1.4 billion ongoing extended fund facility, the IMF reported that it had reviewed documentation linking El Salvador’s...
Pineapple Financial puts $1B in mortgage records on Injective
The mortgage lender plans to bring more than $10 billion in historical loans onchain, turning thousands of mortgage files into blockchain-based records....
FinCEN ties $13B in crypto scams to non-US operations
The agency reported that “transnational criminal organizations” based in compounds in Southeast Asia were largely behind digital asset scams targeting US residents....
Binance Partners With Kazakhstan on Digital Finance Initiatives
Binance inks three agreements with Kazakhstan to advance digital finance infrastructure, aligning with its global strategy. (Read More)...
Circle’s cirBTC Brings Transparent Wrapped Bitcoin to Ethereum
Circle launches cirBTC on Ethereum, offering 1:1 BTC backing, segregated custody, and onchain reserve verification with Chainlink. (Read More)...