The largest U.S. crypto exchange is preparing to expand its regulatory footing, with Coinbase confirming that it has applied for a national trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

The co-founder of Tether sees the world heading toward a future where money itself lives entirely on blockchains.

Samsung is deepening its push into digital finance with a new partnership expansion that allows Galaxy users in the U.S. to buy and manage cryptocurrencies directly through Samsung Pay.

Ripple is taking its collaboration with higher education to a new level, using its RLUSD stablecoin to finance the launch of a cutting-edge blockchain research hub at UC Berkeley.

Cronos is moving deeper into decentralized finance through a new alliance with lending protocol Morpho and global exchange Crypto.com.

At Token2049 in Singapore, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev painted a picture of a financial system transformed by tokenization, predicting that the movement could be globally regulated and operational within the next decade.

Europe’s ambition to launch a digital euro just took a major step forward, with the European Central Bank turning to a Portuguese artificial intelligence company to police fraud on the system.

Europe has its first major bank-backed retail crypto service. Starting October 2, customers of Spain’s BBVA can now trade Bitcoin and Ethereum directly within their banking app, with round-the-clock access usually reserved for crypto exchanges.

At the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore, World Liberty Financial signaled its next move in crypto adoption: a debit card that links digital assets to everyday spending.

European regulators are sounding the alarm over a blind spot in crypto oversight, warning that certain stablecoins could put the bloc’s financial system at risk.

Franklin Templeton’s Sandy Kaul believes the financial system is heading toward a historic turning point - one where blockchain-based money could ultimately eclipse the role of banks.

After years of keeping its distance from American regulators, Tether is preparing to re-enter the U.S. market with an ambitious new strategy.