In a landmark move for traditional finance, Standard Chartered announced plans on March 15, 2025, to launch a cryptocurrency prime brokerage service through its innovation subsidiary SC Ventures, fundamentally reshaping institutional access to digital assets and marking one of the most significant banking entries into crypto infrastructure to date. Standard Chartered Crypto Prime Brokerage: Institutional
Crypto investment products posted significant outflows last week, with a four-day run of withdrawals erasing part of the $1.5 billion in inflows seen during the first two trading days of 2026. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $454 million in outflows last week, European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday. “This turnaround in sentiment appears
More than 60 economists warned EU lawmakers that Europe could lose control of its money if the digital euro project fails, according to an open letter sent to Members of European Parliament before a scheduled hearing next week. The letter was signed by economists from universities and policy institutions across Europe, including French academic Thomas
PhotonPay raised a Series B round led by IDG to expand stablecoin-native payment rails. Funding targets U.S. and emerging markets as stablecoins shift toward real-world payments. PhotonPay processes over $30B annually as investors back stablecoin payment infrastructure. PhotonPay has raised a Series B funding round as investors increase bets on stablecoin payment infrastructure becoming a
President Donald Trump threatened credit card companies with a serious legal action, which may be taken against them in case they do not reduce the interest rates to 10% by January 20, 2026. Trump accuses in a brief video recording of major issuers preying on consumers with extremely large APRs, up to nearly 30 percent.
A plot of empty land on Zanzibar’s coast will soon become home to a new kind of settlement, according to entrepreneurs who secured government approval to build what they’re calling a Cyber City. The project sits on 71 hectares near the Fumba Peninsula on the western shore of Zanzibar Island. Florian Fournier, who started OurWorld
Bitcoin ended 2025 in the red, but mining stocks surged. A>BitcoinMiningStock.io, a public markets intelligence platform delivering data on companies exposed to Bitcoin mining and crypto treasury strategies. Originally published on Jan. 9, 2026, by Cindy Feng. As people review their portfolio performance from the previous year and consider necessary adjustments for 2026, a familiar
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says that tokenized stocks will bring “so many opportunities,” predicting a similar adoption curve to stablecoins. Armstrong Says There’s ‘Lots Of People In The World Who Would Love To Buy Tesla and Nvidia’ In a discussion with Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Armstrong, head of the largest crypto exchange in the
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission is considering a rule that would cap corporate cryptocurrency investments at 5% of a company’s equity capital, according to local media reports, as the country moves toward easing its long-standing restrictions on institutional crypto trading. Seoul Economic Daily reported that the FSC has drafted trading guidelines for listed companies and