Crypto industry dealmaking accelerated sharply in 2025, with mergers and acquisitions reaching a record value of $8.6 billion as companies moved to secure scale, licenses, and regulatory positioning. Activity rose…
Bitcoin’s relative performance against gold has continued to weaken, renewing questions around its role as a defensive asset during periods of macro uncertainty. While bitcoin has struggled to maintain key…
A fraudulent press release circulating during the Christmas holiday falsely claimed that Circle had launched a new platform offering tokenized gold and silver trading, prompting the company to issue a…
XRP traded largely in line with the broader digital asset market over the past 24 hours, showing muted price movement despite the launch of a new yield-focused product for token…
A U.K. regulatory approval has added momentum to the steady normalization of stablecoin-based payment services across major financial jurisdictions. Avian Labs, the company behind the crypto payments application Sling Money,…
Tokenization has often been discussed through the lens of price discovery and market excitement, but that framing misses its most important contribution. At its core, tokenization is not about creating…
Stablecoin settlement has moved from a niche concept to a practical tool that institutions actively evaluate and deploy. What began as an internal mechanism for crypto trading now supports payments,…
Financial institutions are under growing pressure to modernize how transactions settle behind the scenes. While front end products have evolved rapidly, core settlement systems still rely on legacy infrastructure built…
Stablecoins were originally built to solve a narrow problem inside crypto markets. They provided traders with a stable unit of account and a way to move in and out of…
Cross-border payments have long been one of the most complex and expensive functions in global finance. Despite advances in technology, international transfers often remain slow, opaque, and costly due to…