The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is drawing a hard line between traditional banking and digital assets. On March 11, 2026, FDIC Chairman Travis Hill announced a proposed rule that would formally exclude payment stablecoins from all federal deposit insurance.
Stani Kulechov, founder of the Aave protocol, is pushing for a structural overhaul of how decentralized autonomous organizations govern themselves - and the timing is no coincidence.
Foundry Digital, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG) and operator of the largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world, announced it will launch an institutional-grade Zcash (ZEC) mining pool in April 2026.
Australia's financial regulator is drawing a hard line on how the crypto industry should be governed — and it has little patience for firms trying to use technological jargon to sidestep existing rules.
A French couple in their late 50s was robbed of nearly one million euros in Bitcoin after three armed men forced their way into their home in Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, a quiet suburb near Versailles, in a calculated act of physical extortion that is becoming disturbingly routine in France.
Bitwise Asset Management's Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has laid out a detailed - and deliberately provocative - case for Bitcoin reaching $1 million per coin.
Wells Fargo has quietly moved to stake its claim in the digital dollar race. On March 9, the bank submitted a trademark application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for "WFUSD" - a name that, by most analyst readings, telegraphs the development of a proprietary stablecoin or deposit token backed by the U.S. dollar.
Blockchain payments company Ripple is acquiring BC Payments Australia as part of a strategy to strengthen its regulatory footprint and expand cross-border payment capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region.
Fintech giant Revolut has officially become a fully licensed bank in the United Kingdom, marking a major milestone in its expansion into traditional financial services.
Dubai, UAE, 11th March 2026, Chainwire
Mastercard has formally expanded its Crypto Partner Program to more than 85 companies, pulling together some of the biggest names in both traditional finance and the blockchain industry - Binance, PayPal, Ripple, JPMorgan Chase, Coinbase, Stripe, and others - in what amounts to one of the most coordinated efforts yet to wire crypto into the everyday payment infrastructure consumers already use.
Goldman Sachs has emerged as the dominant institutional player in the nascent spot XRP ETF market, holding roughly $153.8 million in exposure as of its Q4 2025 13F filing - a position that dwarfs every other disclosed institution in the space.
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