Coinbase (COIN) has quietly crossed a threshold that Wall Street would recognize immediately: it has become, by its own definition, the only full-service prime brokerage in crypto. John D’Agostino, head of strategy at Coinbase Institutional, said the definition of a prime broker still follows a familiar Wall Street checklist: trading, custody, financing, derivatives and cross-margining.
Stablecoin payments are moving rapidly into multi-asset infrastructure as volumes climb across global markets. Ripple says institutions that chose infrastructure already operating across assets, rails, and markets are better positioned as adoption consolidates. Key Takeaways: Ripple says institutions are adopting multi- stablecoin strategies as cross-border settlement demands keep expanding globally. Markets using $RLUSD, $USDC, and
President Donald Trump said he has an “obligation” to support the crypto industry, calling it a major and growing part of the economy. His comments come as he pushes for stronger U.S. leadership in digital assets, even as his own $TRUMP token faces sharp selling pressure. Trump Pushes for Stronger U.S. Role in Crypto Since
The modern financial system was never designed for machines. It was built around the constraints of human life: geography, sleep cycles, paperwork, and physical presence. But as AI agents begin to act as economic participants, that human-centric design is starting to look less like a feature, and more like a bottleneck, said the co-founder of
The world’s central banks stopped arguing about whether stablecoins are risky long ago. Their main concern now is about who will control them and how. On April 20, BIS General Manager Pablo Hernandez de Cos called for global cooperation on stablecoins, describing it as “critically important.” The Bank for International Settlements, often called the central
A group of cryptocurrency executives, investors and public figures is set to speak Saturday at a private event hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. The event, billed as “the most exclusive conference in the world,” started with Bill Zanker, co-founder of $TRUMP memecoin and was followed by
Something important happened in Belgium earlier this year. KBC, the country’s largest bank-insurance group, switched on regulated Bitcoin and Ether trading for retail investors through Bolero, its self-directed brokerage platform. What matters is not only that a major European bank enabled access to digital assets. It is how that access was introduced: within an existing
Developments in the US regarding monetary policy and the Federal Reserve’s leadership have triggered new expectations in the markets. The termination of the investigation into Jerome Powell is seen as a development that both reduces institutional uncertainty and strengthens expectations of interest rate cuts. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Robert Piro, announced that
One of the biggest stock-market debuts in history is six weeks away, and crypto sits in the same liquidity pool it will draw interest from. SpaceX filed a confidential S-1 with the SEC earlier this month, targeting a $75 billion capital raise at a $1.75 trillion valuation. If it prices anywhere near that level in
Euro stablecoins have surged 1,200% under MiCA as regulatory clarity attracts institutional capital into euro-denominated digital assets. Controlled reserve management (requiring 100% fiat-backing for EU stablecoin issuers) has boosted investor confidence by nearly 50%. While the 1,200% growth has not been uniform across all euro-denominated digital assets, it reflects a massive shift in market structure