Emirates has added Crypto.com Pay to its website and mobile app, allowing eligible customers in the United Arab Emirates to use cryptocurrency when booking flights.

BitMart has begun winding down its trading platform, becoming the fifth notable exchange to announce an exit in 2026 and the second in a matter of days.

Samsung is preparing to bring stablecoins into Samsung Wallet, placing blockchain-based money alongside the cards, passes, IDs and digital keys already stored in the app.

Artificial intelligence is moving closer to the point where it can research a crypto market, choose an action and place the trade without asking for approval each time.

BitMEX is shutting down the exchange that helped turn perpetual swaps into one of crypto’s dominant trading products.

Swedish fund manager Alfakraft Fonder AB has added Bitwise Asset Management as a strategic partner, combining Alfakraft’s European fund infrastructure with Bitwise’s experience in crypto investment products.

Interactive Brokers has added nine cryptocurrencies to its trading platform and enabled clients to move dollar value out of their brokerage accounts through stablecoins, extending a service that previously focused on inbound funding.

Lawson, one of Japan’s largest convenience-store chains, will run a yen-denominated stablecoin payment pilot in August 2026 at its Takanawa Gateway City store in Tokyo.

Hyundai Card settled a $20,000 intercompany transfer between U.S. and Mexico affiliates in about seven minutes using USDT on Avalanche, with a European pilot involving Visa and Circle scheduled for late July 2026.

Brazil’s B3 exchange launched options on Bitcoin, Ether and Solana futures on July 6, adding regulated crypto volatility products to the country’s domestic derivatives market.

Russia's largest bank Sberbank plans to launch a crypto wallet and digital custody service inside its Sber and SberInvestments apps by early December 2026, following the expected implementation of the country's new crypto law on September 1.

Kalshi is no longer just a platform for predicting election outcomes or hurricane paths. In a recent interview on The Journeyman, CEO Tarek Mansour revealed that crypto has become the exchange's fastest-growing vertical, exploding 25x in volume since the start of the year.