In a landmark move for traditional finance, Standard Chartered announced plans on March 15, 2025, to launch a cryptocurrency prime brokerage service through its innovation subsidiary SC Ventures, fundamentally reshaping institutional access to digital assets and marking one of the most significant banking entries into crypto infrastructure to date. Standard Chartered Crypto Prime Brokerage: Institutional
Crypto investment products posted significant outflows last week, with a four-day run of withdrawals erasing part of the $1.5 billion in inflows seen during the first two trading days of 2026. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $454 million in outflows last week, European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday. “This turnaround in sentiment appears
Samson Mow, the JAN3 CEO and a vocal Bitcoin proponent, has taken to his account on the X social media giant to share an ultra-bullish Bitcoin price prediction with his vast army of followers. While this is not the first time Mow has predicted Bitcoin would hit $1 million, this time, his statement has a
More than 60 economists warned EU lawmakers that Europe could lose control of its money if the digital euro project fails, according to an open letter sent to Members of European Parliament before a scheduled hearing next week. The letter was signed by economists from universities and policy institutions across Europe, including French academic Thomas
Bitcoin’s role as a non-sovereign risk asset may benefit from renewed investor focus amid a criminal investigation into US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into Powell over testimony he gave to a Senate committee about renovations to the Fed’s buildings. In a Sunday statement, Powell said the investigation is
Bitcoin whale wallets showed a sharp 30 day balance jump near early January, while price stayed relatively steady on the same view. At the same time, analyst Friedrich said a weekly close above $88,500 could confirm the range break after weeks of consolidation above $80,000. Whale cohort balance flips positive on 30 day view Onchain
PhotonPay raised a Series B round led by IDG to expand stablecoin-native payment rails. Funding targets U.S. and emerging markets as stablecoins shift toward real-world payments. PhotonPay processes over $30B annually as investors back stablecoin payment infrastructure. PhotonPay has raised a Series B funding round as investors increase bets on stablecoin payment infrastructure becoming a
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has just spotlighted Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in a way that is certain to catch the crypto crowd off-guard. Most people were expecting “Bitcoin” to be another take on BTC, but Brandt flipped the script by openly expressing interest in Bitcoin Cash (BCH). You might know BCH as the often-ignored fork that
Bitcoin’s four-year cycle used to be a comfort blanket. Even people who claimed they didn’t believe in it still traded as they did. The halving would cut new supply, the market would spend months pretending nothing happened, then liquidity would show up, leverage would follow, retail would rediscover its password, and the chart would start