In a Tuesday press conference, Spain’s Banco Sabadell announced that it will join Qivalis, the European banking consortium developing a regulated euro-pegged stablecoin. The release comes from outgoing CEO Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno. Bankinter is also in advanced talks to follow, alongside unlisted Spanish institutions Abanca, Kutxabank, and Cecabank. “It is primarily designed to make transactions more
Cryptocurrency custody firm Taurus has been granted a MiFID II investment license in Cyprus under the regulatory ambit of Mediterranean island’s regulator, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). The license enables Taurus to offer MiFID-regulated investment services for tokenized financial instruments to banks and asset managers across the European Union (EU), as well as
The line separating crypto derivatives from traditional finance has all but dissolved, and the two markets are now so intertwined that perpetuals, once a purely crypto instrument, could soon be as much a stock trading product as a crypto one. That’s the core takeaway from the panel “Digital Asset Derivatives: Building Ecosystems and Establishing Opportunities”
A Fairshake poll finds 45% of Americans call crypto too risky as industry PACs deploy over $100 million into midterms. A Politico poll conducted by Public First in April 2026 found that 45% of Americans say investing in cryptocurrency is not worth the risk, even if potential returns are high. The survey of 2,035 adults
SoFi is launching its SoFiUSD stablecoin on Solana, expanding the bank’s crypto payments strategy as it pushes stablecoin infrastructure into faster and lower cost settlement networks. Ben Reynolds, SoFi’s head of business banking, announced the move during a fireside chat at Solana Accelerate Miami 2026, where SoFi was listed on the agenda alongside payments, stablecoin,
Wall Street executives warned at Consensus 2026 that legacy markets built for slower trading are breaking under 24/7 crypto pressure. Wall Street executives gathering at Consensus 2026 in Miami on May 5 warned that traditional financial infrastructure was not built to absorb round-the-clock, machine-driven trading. As crypto markets operate continuously and algorithmic activity accelerates, legacy
The path to mainstream crypto adoption runs through more visible, controllable product design, executives from PayPal, Robinhood, Public.com and 248 Ventures told CoinDesk’s Consensus Miami conference Tuesday. “It’s important to tell users with AI products what the underlying system is not doing in addition to what it is doing,” Public.com CFO Sruthi Lanka said. Public
Miami Beach, FL — Morgan Stanley’s newly launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (MSBT) has attracted over $200 million in early demand, and it’s largely without help from its own advisors. “Almost all of that first week or two of activity was self-directed, meaning it was not our advisors that were selling this,” Amy Oldenburg, the
Demand for U.S. equities is rising globally, pushing investors to look beyond domestic markets, Robinhood senior VP and general manager in charge of crypto, Johann Kerbrat said during a Fireside chat at Consensus 2026 in Miami. “We are seeing a lot of demand for U.S. stocks from overseas investors, particularly tied to AI-related companies,” Kerbrat
Miami Beach, FL — After years of experimentation, crypto today is boiling down to two core uses: trading and payments. Speaking at a fireside chat at Consensus 2026 in Miami, Tempo’s go-to-market lead, Dan Romero, said the industry is settling into a “barbell” shape, with speculative trading like Hyperliquid’s marketplace on one end and stablecoin-based