Bank of America (BofA) is preparing to enter the stablecoin market, CEO Brian Moynihan said Wednesday, adding that the bank has already laid the groundwork and expects to act when the time is right. “We feel both the industry and ourselves will have responses,” Moynihan said during the lender’s second quarter investor call. “We’ve done
Crypto asset manager Bitwise said it is improving transparency for its spot bitcoin BTC$119,111.73 and ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds, rolling out third-party proof-of-reserves verifications through U.S. accounting company The Network Firm. The process, which is already live, replaces Bitwise’s prior practice of publicly listing nearly 90 wallet addresses on its websites. Instead, The Network Firm
The U.K. government on Tuesday said it intends to enable the wholesale market to identify the best distributed ledger technology (DLT) use cases as well as roll out tokenization solutions. The country wants DLT – the blockchain technology that underpins crypto – to be utilized across different sectors in wholesale financial markets and create cross
The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, wrote a letter to the G20 yesterday stating that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) — the forum’s financial overseer, which Bailey was appointed to head in April — is assessing the role of stablecoins in payments and settlements as a top priority. To the point: an
With the expected passage of the GENIUS Act this week, the $260‑billion stablecoin market is on the cusp of becoming a formally regulated part of the U.S. financial system. The next step is institutional, bringing the time‑tested model of clearinghouses into the world of tokenized money. Why clearing matters Traditional clearinghouses, formally called central clearing
U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric toward Fed Chair Jerome Powell appeared to stoke volatility in the crypto market on Wednesday, as investors weighed whether he could soon fire the official. The price of Bitcoin rose as high as $119,500, then fell to around $119,000—yet it’s up even higher now to $119,650, currently up 2% over
US President Donald Trump plans to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell soon, according to a senior White House official. It was also learned that Trump brought up this possibility in his meeting with Republican members of Congress last night. While the majority of lawmakers attending the meeting supported this move, the official noted that Trump
U.S. stocks traded slightly higher on Wednesday as investors digested strong earnings results from major banks and the latest producer price index data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 were up 140 points and 0.16% respectively, while Nasdaq Composite hovered at the flatline with 0.04%. Slight upticks in the blue-chip and benchmark indices
Cathie Wood-led investment firm Ark Invest has seen significant sell-offs in both Coinbase (COIN) shares and its own spot Bitcoin ETF, ARKB. Ark Invest Sells $1 Million in Coinbase Stock and Its Own Bitcoin ETF The company raised approximately $13.3 million by selling 34,207 Coinbase shares and $8.7 million by selling 225,742 ARKB shares. The
Talos, a provider of institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure backed by PayPal and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), has acquired blockchain-data provider Coin Metrics in a deal valued at more than $100 million, Fortune reported Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the transaction. The acquisition combines Talos’ trading and portfolio-management suite with Coin Metrics’ on-chain analytics, historical pricing