What is the GENIUS Act and Why Does it Matter?
The GENIUS Act, short for the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, is the first standalone federal law regulating payment stablecoins in the United States. P
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Mastercard Strengthens Stablecoin Expansion Through BVNK Acquisition
Mastercard has officially completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK, reinforcing its strategy to connect digital assets with traditional payment systems. The compan
Fireblocks Report Finds Europe, UK Favor Full-Stack Infrastructure
Fireblocks’ 2026 Financial Grid Europe + UK survey puts a number on something the vendor has argued across its entire report series: institutions aren’t shopping for individual capabilities a
Switzerland pulls ahead of Germany in crypto adoption
A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto stands in Lugano, and Swiss merchants readily accept bitcoin. In the Helvetic Confederation, paying with cryptocurrency is nothing out of the ordinary. The Bearin
Nigeria sets 1% crypto tax withholding for exchanges
Nigeria’s revenue authority has issued detailed crypto tax rules requiring exchanges and P2P marketplace operators to collect, report and remit taxes arising from virtual asset transactions.
Mastercard Closes $1.8B BVNK Deal To Expand Stablecoins
Mastercard Completes BVNK Buyout Mastercard has closed its $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK, a London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm, marking one of the largest moves by a traditional p
Bitcoin Search Interest In US Falls To Five Year Low
Search Interest Hits a Near-Historic Low Google Trends data shows that US interest in $BTC dropped to a score of just 18 for the week ending August 1, one of its lowest readings in nearly fiv
XRP holders can now borrow RLUSD on Ethereum without selling
FXRP clears its first institutional lending vault on Ethereum XRP holders have a new way to put their assets to work. Flare's (@FlareNetworks) FXRP is now approved as collateral in Sentora's
CLARITY Act Failure Could Trigger Crypto Selloff
Wall Street broker Bernstein has warned that a failure to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act before the Senate's summer recess could spark another selloff across Bitcoin $BTC and the b
MiCA Fuels Crypto Momentum Across The EU
European Institutions Back Digital Assets as MiCA Takes Hold Institutional confidence in digital assets across Europe is running high, according to new findings from Fireblocks. 99% of Europe
Why the FBI Could Only Recover Part of the $1 Million an Agent Allegedly Stole
Patrick Steven Yaroch, a former FBI supervisory special agent in the bureau’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division, didn’t break into the cryptocurrency accounts he’s accused of drainin
Mastercard Closes $1.8B BVNK Deal To Expand Stablecoins
Mastercard Completes BVNK Buyout Mastercard has closed its $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK, a London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm, marking one of the largest moves by a traditional p