Meta’s quiet rollout last week of $USDC creator payouts in Colombia and the Philippines, four years after the company sold its failed Diem stablecoin (formerly Libra) assets to Silvergate Bank for $182 million, has revived the old question of whether Big Tech is finally coming for retail finance. The answer in 2026 is yes, but
Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based digital asset investment firm co-founded by Yat Siu, said it’s boosting funding for early-stage ventures using its Minds platform, a system designed to support persistent AI agents. The $10mn funding initiative will focus on projects across sectors such as gaming, finance and productivity, with funding awarded on a rolling basis,
Miami Beach, FL — A growing group of Wall Street and crypto executives say the financial system is heading toward a breaking point, as markets shift from human-paced processes to machine-driven activity that runs around the clock. “We’re moving to a world where transactions happen at a speed no human can track,” Sandy Kaul, head
Miami, FL — Crypto doesn’t need regulation – something that charting the price of bitcoin over successive U.S. governments clearly shows, according to the provocative co-founder of BitMEX and CIO of Maelstrom, Arthur Hayes. Hayes’ thesis is simple: fiat liquidity – precisely, the printing of more units of fiat money – is the only thing
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced its $1 billion move as Bitcoin ($BTC) continued to experience consecutive declines. At this point, Binance announced it would convert its $1 billion SAFU fund from stablecoins to Bitcoin and had already made $BTC purchases in installments. Binance SAFU, which made its last purchase on February 12th, has
Bitcoin price broke above $81,000 during Asian trading hours and early U.S. hours today, its highest price since late January and the latest sign that the market has moved past a brutal first-quarter stretch that bottomed near $60,000. The move came on the back of several forces hitting at once: a flood of institutional money
According to Michael Saylor, Strategy’s Founder and Chairman, the digital asset management firm has generated 63,410 $BTC gain YTD, worth approximately $5.1 billion. This earning has boosted Strategy’s Bitcoin holding to 3.9% of the entire Bitcoin network, further solidifying the company’s status as the largest corporate holder of the cryptocurrency. How is Strategy Performing? Strategy’s
A new CAD stablecoin has officially entered the Canadian financial system following regulatory approval in Alberta. Tetra Trust Company unveiled CADD, a one-to-one Canadian dollar-backed token delivered under a governed financial system. CADD is now live on Base, Ethereum, and Tempo network systems, with plans aiming to extend to Solana. CAD stablecoin brings regulated settlement
Coinbase said Tuesday it had chosen Centrifuge as its preferred tokenization infrastructure and made a strategic investment in the firm. Under the deal, Centrifuge is positioned to serve as the default issuance layer for tokenized assets across Coinbase’s ecosystem, including products on Base. The first wave of institutional assets is expected to launch on Base
Paris-based Sequans Communications sold 1,025 bitcoin during the first quarter of 2026, cutting its digital asset reserves nearly in half as the IoT semiconductor maker grappled with declining revenue and mounting losses tied to a treasury strategy that has turned from ambitious to burdensome. The sale reduced Sequans’ bitcoin position from 2,139 $BTC at year-end