Cryptocurrency is becoming a financial planning priority, with 99% of chief financial officers at billion-dollar firms expecting to use it for business in the long term, according to Deloitte’s Q2 2025 survey of CFOs. The survey, conducted among 200 CFOs at companies with over $1 billion in revenues, revealed that 23% expect their treasury departments
Global payments provider Visa (V) is expanding its stablecoin settlement platform to new blockchains and stablecoins, the company announced on Thursday. The firm will now support two dollar-pegged tokens, PayPal USD PYUSD$0.9996 and Global Dollar (USDG), through a partnership with Paxos. It is also adding the euro-backed EURC, issued by Circle Internet (CRCL), giving partners
Stablecoins, the dollar-pegged tokens that now rival the volumes of Visa and Mastercard for international payments, are about to get faster. While their traditional finance rivals can process upwards of 65,000 transactions a second (TPS), the web of decentralized blockchains in existence today offer a variety of latency values. However, the connections between large chunks
Bali program pairs policymakers with developers to turn regulatory vision into working prototypes JAKARTA, Indonesia – July 31, 2025 – The Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA) announced today the launch of its “Governance for New Leadership” program, which will bring senior policymakers, entrepreneurs and industry leaders to Bali this September. The week-long executive course (September 7–13,
GOAT Network launched a public beta Thursday for what it claims is the first zero-knowledge rollup built directly on Bitcoin, capable of generating cryptographic proofs in under three seconds. The rollout—dubbed BitVM2 Beta—is aimed at tackling long-standing performance issues on Bitcoin, including slow transaction finality and the lack of scalable, Bitcoin-denominated yield options. “Layer 2
Stable, developer of a new blockchain built around Tether’s USDT, said it raised $28 million in a seed round led by Bitfinex and Hack VC. Other backers include Franklin Templeton, Castle Island Ventures and KuCoin Ventures, alongside angel investors like Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino and Braintree founder Bryan Johnson. The Stable blockchain, described as a
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market quickly recovered from the late Wednesday swoon triggered by Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments. Bitcoin BTC$118,455.81 bounced to $118,500 from $116,000, with ether (ETH), XRP XRP$3.1272 and other major altcoins following suit. The CoinDesk 80 Index traded over 2.5% higher on the
Leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) is trading in a narrow range after its ATH of $123,000 in mid-July. Although economic data from the US has been positive in recent months, the Fed failed to make the expected interest rate cut in June and July, and hopes for a September rate cut have also diminished. Many crypto
As the Bitcoin price approaches all-time highs, old wallets that have been dormant for a long time are starting to come alive again. Awakened After 15 Years: $30 Million Transfer from Old Bitcoin Wallets Today, five old mining wallets that had been inactive for about 15.3 years moved a total of 250 BTC (about $29.6
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) began a sideways decline below the $120,000 mark after its recent high. Bitcoin price long-term prediction: bullish On July 14, as reported by Coinidol.com, Bitcoin plummeted sharply after reaching the resistance level of $123,120. A long candle wick indicated the presence of sellers in the price movement. The largest crypto