The European Central Bank’s Eurosystem has unveiled Appia, a strategic initiative designed to support the development of a European tokenized financial ecosystem while maintaining central bank money at the core of the system.

The financial system wasn't built for machines. That's becoming a problem. As autonomous AI agents move from experimental tools to active economic participants, a structural mismatch is emerging: the infrastructure powering global finance - correspondent banking, card networks, ACH transfers - operates on timelines and fee structures designed for humans.

Elon Musk confirmed that X Money, the payments arm of his social media platform, will enter early public access in April 2026.

Latin America processed $730 billion in cryptocurrency volume in 2025, according to data from Lemon, marking a 60% year-on-year increase and cementing the region's position as one of the most consequential crypto markets on the planet.

Nasdaq is working with Kraken parent company Payward to build infrastructure for issuing and trading tokenized versions of stocks and exchange-traded products, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Coinbase has rolled out crypto futures trading for users across 26 European countries, expanding its derivatives offering as the exchange pushes to build a broader multi-asset trading platform.

Two of fintech's heaviest hitters are making a coordinated bet that the next wave of commerce won't be driven by consumers clicking "buy" - it'll be driven by AI agents doing it for them.

Coinbase Prime rolled out Unified Cross-Margin on March 6, giving institutional clients a single capital framework that spans both spot and derivatives positions.

Two months after its NYSE debut, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe is making the case that the crypto custody market has a structural problem — and that his company is the only kind of firm built to solve it.

Zero Hash filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, seeking a national trust bank charter - a move that would place the digital asset infrastructure firm under a single federal regulatory umbrella and sidestep a patchwork of state-level money transmitter licensing requirements.