Breez launches Bitcoin-to-stablecoin payments across more than 30 blockchains
The new SDK feature lets developers route payments from Bitcoin balances to recipients in USDC and USDT without requiring users to hold stablecoins.…
BIS warns stablecoins are more like ETFs than actual money, and they're creating FX risk
BIS's latest annual report dives into stablecoins and AI trends. Source：CoinDesk
BIS warns stablecoins risk fragmenting global financial system
The Baselbased institution said that private digital tokens fall short of the requirements for sound money and urged policymakers to accelerate work on…
Crypto Biz: The cost of stacking sats
CryptoQuant urged Strategy to pause Bitcoin buying as dividend coverage shrank. Meanwhile, CBOE eyes crypto perpetual futures and Chainlink joins a stablecoin…
BitGo cuts 15% of staff to sharpen focus on AI, stablecoins
BitGo cofounder and CEO Mike Belshe says the layoffs are “a onetime action” and the company doesn’t see the need for further staff reductions.…
Asset management giant Invesco files for tokenized fund targeting stablecoin reserve market
The $2.5 trillion asset manager deepens its blockchain push after taking over Superstate's tokenized money market fund as fund manager earlier this year.…
21shares trims 2026 crypto forecasts despite institutional adoption gains
Asset manager 21shares sees crypto infrastructure advancing faster than prices, as ETFs, stablecoins and prediction markets mature while several 2026 targets…
SBI to acquire Bitbank in $289M deal creating Japan's biggest crypto exchange
The Japanese financial conglomerate plans to take full control of Bitbank as it expands an ecosystem spanning crypto trading, stablecoins, tokenization and…
Uniswap, Spark aim to build stablecoin FX market as banks, fintechs enter the industry
The protocols are building shared liquidity and trading infrastructure for a future with hundreds of competing digital currencies on blockchain rails.…
Circle and Nomura join forces to target a $440 billion daily foreign exchange market in Japan
The stablecoin giant and the Japanese financial corporation plan to deploy crossborder foreign exchange settlements as early as next year. Source：CoinDesk
Circle, Nomura eye Japan corporate FX with stablecoin settlement: Report
Circle and Nomura are reportedly partnering to enable stablecoinbased foreign exchange settlement for Japanese companies as the country's regulated…
Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin goes live in Japan after regulatory approval
Japan's financial regulator cleared the U.S. dollarbacked token as a new category of payment instrument, letting SBI VC Trade offer it to institutions and…