X’s new Cashtags feature drives $1B trading volume in first two days
X’s Cashtags feature has been integrated into Canadian-based online brokerage Wealthsimple, but has not yet been adopted by a US…
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Worldcoin tanks 13% as World’s iris-scanning tech expands to Zoom, Docusign
Most of the integrations are aimed at fighting deepfakes as the rise of AI-generated content makes it increasingly difficult to…
Price predictions 4/17: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, ADA, BCH, LINK
Bitcoin pole vaulted to $78,000 and altcoins soared after Iran said that the Strait of Hormuz was fully open. Will…
Singapore Gulf Bank adds stablecoin mint and redeem for 24/7 settlement
The Bahrain-based lender lets institutional clients convert fiat currency to US dollar-pegged stablecoins directly from their accounts.
French finance minister backs euro-pegged stablecoins to compete with US
The country’s finance minister supported the Qivalis initiative, launched in 2025, to create a euro-pegged stablecoin under the MiCA framework.
Tempo’s ‘Zones’ sparks debate over privacy in crypto infrastructure
Tempo’s new “Zones” feature offers private, permissioned stablecoin transactions on its layer-1 for enterprises, but critics warn the operator‑controlled design…
Ethereum NFT platform Foundation shuts down after failed Blackdove sale
Foundation is shutting down after a failed sale to Blackdove, having processed about $230 million in NFT primary sales since…
Tokenization doesn’t ‘magically’ fix illiquid assets: PBW 2026
Industry speakers at Paris Blockchain Week said tokenization can broaden access and issuance, but it does not by itself create…
Texas man in $20M Meta-1 Coin fraud sentenced to 23 years in prison
Meta-1 Coin was sold and marketed from 2018 to 2023 as an investment backed by $44 billion in gold and…
Crypto in sustained winter as CEX volumes drop 39% in Q1: CoinGecko
March was the “weakest month” with $800 billion in centralized crypto exchange trading volume, the lowest since November 2023.