European policymakers are intensifying their push for a digital euro as concerns grow over the region’s dependence on non-European payment providers.
Stablecoins are increasingly being viewed as a direct competitor to traditional bank deposits, and new forecasts suggest the impact on the US banking system could be significant over the coming years.
The United Arab Emirates has taken a decisive step toward regulated digital finance with the launch of its first officially approved USD-backed stablecoin for digital-asset settlement.
Hong Kong has taken a significant step toward blending traditional commodities with blockchain infrastructure, launching its first physically backed gold exchange-traded fund with a pathway toward tokenization.
Bybit is taking a decisive step beyond pure crypto trading and moving closer to a bank-like financial model.
Coinbase has announced a major shift in how centralized exchanges interact with blockchain infrastructure, confirming that it has integrated Jupiter directly into its onchain trading stack.
Crypto payments are steadily moving into the U.S. retail mainstream, according to new data from the National Cryptocurrency Association, which shows that a growing share of merchants now accept digital assets at checkout as customer demand continues to rise.
Fidelity, one of the world’s largest asset managers with $5.9 trillion under management, is preparing to launch its own stablecoin, signaling another major step by traditional finance into digital assets.
Digital money has moved from a niche experiment to a core topic in global finance over the past few years.
Across Europe, stablecoins are beginning to slip into the existing financial system not through disruption, but through compliance.
Crypto markets have spent years pricing tokens, yields, and narratives. Now, one project on Base is attempting to price something even more volatile: attention.
Crypto payments infrastructure is starting to look less like an experiment and more like a core layer of the digital economy.



