The feature offers European customers a voluntary path away from Tether’s USDT as MiCA rules reshape the region’s stablecoin market. Read more
Bitcoin faces fresh headwinds as China’s Kimi beats Claude, GPT in coding benchmark
Moonshot’s Kimi K3 took the top spot in frontend coding away from Claude and OpenAI, and it’s free. Semiconductor stocks fell, and crypto fell with them. Read more
Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire
The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singapore-based Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expansion that includes a tokenization partnership with Ondo Finance. Read more
Cardano hands core development to outside teams in decentralization push
Input Output will transfer control of the Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other components as founder Charles Hoskinson says the network must change and start growing again. Read more
Stripe and Swift race to control the next generation of global payments infrastructure
Crypto and blockchain experts say this week’s moves show the two established finance companies are increasingly competing for control of the infrastructure behind digital payments. Read more
Citadel Securities invests $400M in Crypto.com at $20B valuation
Crypto exchanges have increasingly positioned themselves as bridges between digital asset markets and traditional finance. Read more