Despite the price of bitcoin still making headlines, states issuing dollar-backed stablecoins, and payments use cases dominating the conversation, there are substantial other headlines that investors might have missed in this flurry of activity. Particularly with the end of 2025 approaching, and with that the increased importance and focus of tax-related conversations, investors and advocates
Banks and financial institutions have started experimenting with tokenized bank deposits, bank balances recorded on a blockchain, but the technology is doomed to lose out to stablecoins, according to Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Overcollateralized stablecoin issuers, who must maintain 1:1 cash or short-term cash equivalent reserves to back their tokens,
European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde released a statement on Friday touting the digital euro, a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as a unifying force in the European Union (EU) and said the ECB is aiming to launch it “as early as possible.” “As much as banknotes will continue to circulate, we want cash
On Halloween — fittingly the 17th anniversary of Bitcoin’s white paper — a vintage wallet from Nov. 4, 2011, jolted back to life, moving 100 long-sleeping BTC for the first time since they were mined. Throughout October, 98 dormant wallets stirred, transferring a combined $298 million worth of bitcoin that hadn’t budged in years. Old
Public markets now double as a scoreboard for who’s stockpiling bitcoin and ethereum—and the numbers tell a lively story. From Boardrooms to the Bitcoin Blockchain Corporate coin chests start with the obvious heavyweight: Strategy (MSTR) towers over the bitcoin field with 640,808 BTC, a lead so wide it reads like a different league. Bitcointreasuries.net data
Speaking with CNBC’s Sara Eisen at the sidelines the 2025 edition of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Circle Internet Group (CRCL) Jeremy Allaire described Arc as “an economic OS for the internet,” arguing that core financial workflows are moving on chain and need predictable costs and performance. He said Arc is built
On October 31, 2008, an anonymous entity called Satoshi Nakamoto released a nine-page white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”. It introduced something the world had never seen before: a decentralized digital currency that operates entirely without intermediaries that truly worked as intended. About 17 years later, Bitcoin has grown from a cryptographic
Bitcoin white paper marked its 17th anniversary on Friday. Seventeen years ago, on Oct. 31, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper on the cryptography mailing list in 2008. The milestone was celebrated across the crypto community, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent participating in the moment. Bessent praised Bitcoin’s resilience in a tweet, which also
Story Highlights Bank Negara Malaysia launches 3-year tokenization plan to explore blockchain use in financial systems. Tokenization aims to bridge Malaysia’s RM101 billion SME financing gap and boost financial inclusion. BNM’s plan could modernize Malaysia’s RM2.4 trillion Islamic market and RM240 billion ESG sector. Industry feedback invited until March 1, 2026, as pilots begin testing