Cardano Warns EU Against Widening MiCA's Reach
The Cardano (@Cardano) Foundation has asked the European Union to keep decentralised finance (DeFi) and staking outside any new standalone rules under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation
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Bybit is now Licensed in Dubai
Bybit says it has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), a step towards a permanent regulated presence in the emirate
Cryptocurrency explained: how digital money works without a bank
A cryptocurrency is digital money whose balances sit in a public ledger that thousands of computers keep at the same time and constantly reconcile with one another. For a payment to count, no
Ripple and BCG Report Uncovers Why Financial Institutions Are Betting Big on Custody
Ripple and BCG Report Uncovers Why Financial Institutions Are Betting Big on Custody — Source: CoinGape Custody is no longer just a vault, but an operational layer for digital finance, Ripple
Binance.US, Blockchain.com Seek CFTC Approval for Prediction Markets
Binance.US and Blockchain.com have filed with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission seeking approval to offer prediction markets, according to reports. The filings mark a significant re
What is an issuer? Meaning, examples and issuer risk
An issuer is the company, the state or the bank that issues a security or a crypto asset and stands behind it. With a share that is the public company, with a German federal bond the federal
European Banks Face Growing Pressure From Sovereign Debt
The rise in bond yields in the euro area revives the debate on the “vicious circle” linking the health of banks to that of states. European institutions hold 4,300 billion euros in sovereign
Ripple Prime Joins BlackRock and JPMorgan in DTCC's 50-Firm Tokenization Push, but XRP Role Remains Unclear
Key takeaways Ripple Prime participates in DTCC's institutional tokenization working group BlackRock and JPMorgan joined successful securities-tokenization production trials DTCC has not conf
AEREDIUM Launches AI Guardrails to Control How Autonomous Agents Move Money and Write Code (22 Oct)
Austin, TX, October 22nd, 2026, Chainwire AEREDIUM, a digital asset infrastructure company, has launched two AI products designed to help organizations control what autonomous AI agents can d
Bitcoin Institutional Adoption: Who Is Buying and Why?
Bitcoin Institutional Adoption Explained: Who Is Buying and Why A decade ago, a pension fund holding Bitcoin would have been a headline. Today it is an ordinary line in a quarterly filing. Th
France Backs Proposal to Tax Crypto-to-Stablecoin Swaps at 31.4% From 2027
France’s National Assembly has backed a measure that would bring certain crypto-to-stablecoin swaps into the country’s capital-gains tax regime from January 1, 2027. The margin was 38 votes t
Best Practices for Geo-Targeting Sports Betting Ads
A sports betting ad can reach the right person in the wrong place. Someone follows the league, recognizes the teams and clicks through before the match begins, only to find that your sportsbo