Ripple Prime has launched a Delta One business offering total return swaps tied to US-listed equities, stock indices and digital assets.

A retirement report shows how little room many U.S. workers have for financial setbacks. That context matters when crypto is presented as a route to faster wealth creation.

JPMorgan has reportedly reviewed the option of issuing a stablecoin. The bank says no product is under way, and a separate group of banks is discussing a commercial venture.

Revolut has started a phased EURR rollout for selected customers in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal. The new token gives eligible users a euro-denominated balance within Revolut’s crypto offering.

Thirty-nine U.S. banking associations have formed BankChain Alliance, which plans shared blockchain infrastructure for smaller financial institutions offering payments and digital money.

Ethereum is considering a new setting for compounding validators. EIP-8148 would let them choose when accumulated rewards are swept to their withdrawal address instead of waiting for the current 2,048 ETH default.

Standard Chartered has become the first bank distributor for HKDAP, bringing Hong Kong’s regulated HKD stablecoin directly into institutional treasury, tokenized fund settlement, and cross-border payment workflows.

Solana validators and stakers are casting votes on three core governance proposals that reach far beyond daily market pricing: who holds direct voting power, how rapidly token inflation decelerates, and how the network funds its long-term operations.

Crypto accounts for more than half of America’s newest bank-charter applications, but the heavyweights driving this wave aren't opening neighborhood branches or taking checking deposits. Instead, they are locking down institutional custody and back-end settlement roles.

BitMart’s shutdown notice framed closure as a strategic response to difficult conditions. Four weeks later, its restructuring update places creditor distributions beside a possible return to business.

MANTRA Chain slammed the brakes on its mainnet after detecting an exploit linked to an upstream software dependency, bringing all network transactions, public endpoints, and bridge operations to a sudden halt.

The XRP Ledger is considering a lending standard that would allow pooled assets to fund fixed-term loans directly on the network.