Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is preparing to approve the issuance of yen-denominated stablecoins as early as this fall, marking the first time the country will allow a domestic fiat-pegged digital currency. Tokyo-based fintech firm JPYC will register as a money transfer business within the month and will lead the rollout, Japanese news outlet The
Companies that serve as connective tissue between digital assets and legacy payments systems are getting a glow-up from stablecoins this year, according to VanEck Ventures Managing Partner Juan Lopez. As companies continue to explore new use cases with dollar-pegged tokens, those that help customers swap between cash and crypto are becoming some of the hottest
The crypto market grew 13% in value in July, fueled by a rotation from bitcoin BTC$118,183.23 into altcoins, according to Binance Research’s “Monthly Market Insights” report for August. Ether (ETH) was the standout, rallying 48% as another 24 companies added the asset to their balance sheets, lifting corporate holdings by 128% to 2.7 million ETH.
Jason Zhao, co-founder of intellectual property blockchain project Story Protocol, is stepping away from his full-time role after more than three years of building the platform. Zhao announced via a social media post that he will remain as a strategic adviser while turning his focus to a new AI initiative, Poseidon, which applies artificial intelligence
The crypto market is going through significant increase in fundraising events in August 2025. As per the data from Phoenix Group, Story Protocol, 1Kosmos, and Sui are the top among the leading funding events that have taken place recently in August. In line with the crypto data and analytics platform’s latest X post, the respective
The Federal Reserve just dismantled its targeted crypto oversight, clearing the runway for banks to re-enter digital assets under streamlined rules and unleashing fintech innovation nationwide. Federal Reserve Just Pulled the Plug on Crypto Crackdown Machine The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announced on Aug. 15, 2025, that it will end its Novel Activities Supervision Program
Bitcoin could climb as high as $150,000 before the end of the year, followed by another bear market in 2026, according to Steven McClurg, CEO of Canary Capital. But he’s not convinced that the recent Ethereum surge will continue. The BTC prediction comes as crypto markets flirt with record highs and institutional investors pile into
Capital requirements for banks from by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), which crafts banking standards, create a “chokepoint,” designed to throttle the growth of the crypto industry, according to Chris Perkins, president of investment firm CoinFund. The current capital rules lower a bank’s return on equity (ROE), a critical profitability metric in banking,