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Samourai Wallet Files to Dismiss DOJ Case, Citing FinCEN Guidance
30.5.2025
The developers claim Samourai Wallet never handled user funds and should not be considered a financial institution
Brazilian Financial Institution Braza Group Launches Dollar Stablecoin on XRP Ledger
23.5.2025
Braza Group, one of the largest financial groups in Brazil, unveiled USDB, a dollar-pegged stablecoin issued on top of the XRP Ledger. Currently available to its institutional customers, the token will be available for regular customers through the group’s app starting in May. Braza Group Targets...
Circle co-founder to create ‘AI-native’ bank after $18M raise
20.5.2025
Circle co-founder and Catena Labs CEO Sean Neville has launched a project that aims to develop a financial institution that leverages artificial intelligence natively. On May 20, Catena Labs, the company building an “AI-native financial institution,” announced that it secured...
Circle co-founder to create ‘AI-native’ bank after $18M raise
20.5.2025
Circle co-founder and Catena Labs CEO Sean Neville has launched a project that aims to develop a financial institution that natively leverages artificial intelligence. On May 20, Catena Labs, the company building an “AI-native financial institution,” announced that it secured...
Blackrock Under the Microscope: Financial Institution Shifts Millions in Crypto to Coinbase
25.2.2025
Blackrock has transferred about 18,168 ether and 1,800 bitcoin, worth around $44 million and $160 million, to the centralized crypto platform Coinbase. Blackrock’s Digital Asset Strategy and Rebalancing in the Spotlight Onchain observers noted that the transfers occurred within a short...
Vast Bank Withdraws From Cryptocurrency Sector, Shuts Down Mobile App
7.2.2024
Vast Bank, the U.S. financial institution that once offered customers the unique ability to manage cryptocurrencies alongside traditional banking, is exiting the digital asset space and shutting down its crypto mobile app in response to a consent order from the Office of the Comptroller of...
Goldman Sachs Set to Become Authorized Participant in BlackRock and Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETFs: Report
3.1.2024
Goldman Sachs is expected to be the latest financial institution to take on the role of authorized participant (AP) in two key Bitcoin ETFs, according to a new report. Traditional finance’s adoption of crypto The report, published by CoinDesk early Wednesday afternoon, claims insider sources...
Nigerian Fintech Flutterwave Secures Money Transfer Licenses in 13 US States
12.12.2023
The Nigerian fintech unicorn revealed on Dec.7 that it has obtained money transfer licenses in 13 U.S. states. Flutterwave’s partnership with a licensed financial institution also means that it can now serve customers in 29 states in the U.S. Flutterwave CEO suggested that the fintech hopes...
JPMorgan Says JPM Coin Could Handle $10 Billion in Daily Transactions Next Year
17.11.2023
Global investment bank JPMorgan expects its digital currency, JPM coin, to “start taking off.” The bank says JPM coin could handle $10 billion in daily transactions in the next year or two, according to its global head of financial institution payments. He emphasized that JPM coin...
JPMorgan Expects JPM Coin to Hit $10 Billion in Daily Transactions in Coming Year
15.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Alexey Novikov JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expecting its digital token, JPM Coin, to process $10 billion in daily transactions in the upcoming year. This projection comes from the insights shared by Umar Farooq, the bank’s Global Head of Financial Institution Payments...
HSBC Announces Plans to Offer Digital Assets Custody Services for Institutions
10.11.2023
HSBC, the London-based financial institution, announced its plans to launch an institution-focused digital assets custody service in 2024. Zhu Kuang Lee, chief digital, data and innovation officer at HSBC, explained that the bank had experienced an increasing demand for these services from asset...
Expobank Issues First Tokenized Diamond Offering in Russia
8.11.2023
Expobank, a large financial institution in Russia, has reportedly issued the first tokenized diamond offering in the country. According to local media, Expobank used the Multichain blockchain platform to issue these tokens, with each one of them having the value of 1/5,000 of a diamond...
Evergrande’s Economic Tremors Trigger Bank Run in Northern China
17.10.2023
Several reports say that the major Chinese real estate developer Evergrande’s downfall triggered a bank run in northern China last week. The bank run began after rumors spread that the financial institution, Bank of Cangzhou, allegedly loaned billions to the struggling company. This...
JPMorgan Mulls Blockchain-Based Deposit Token, Report
10.9.2023
America’s biggest bank by assets, JPMorgan Chase, is exploring a blockchain-based deposit token for cross-border payments and interbank transfers. If approved by regulators, the banking giant may create the digital asset, which would be different from its existing JPM Coin as it could be used...
Farmington Bank Faces Fed Wrath: Alameda-Backed Financial Institution Ordered to Shutdown
21.8.2023
In a statement released August 17, 2023, Farmington State Bank, with an investment from Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research, consented to a cease and desist order from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Alameda invested $11.5 million into the bank’s coffers in January 2022. Government seizure...
Custodia Bank Goes Live: Bridging Digital Assets With US Dollar Payments
12.8.2023
Custodia Bank, the financial institution that aims to bridge digital assets with the U.S. dollar payment system, is now live. Last month, Custodia started serving external business customers in select U.S. states, offering U.S. dollar deposits and government money market fund services, with bitcoin...
Bank of China Expands Digital Yuan Testing to SIM Cards and NFC Payments
13.7.2023
The state-owned financial institution Bank of China has revealed a partnership with China Unicom and China Telecom in order to test SIM cards and near-field communication (NFC) payments tethered to the renminbi. The Bank of China explains that the pilot will be tested by selected users and areas...
India Poised to Leapfrog Major Economies, Becoming World’s Second-Largest by 2075, Goldman Sachs Report Predicts
11.7.2023
In a recent report, Goldman Sachs Research details that India is set to outpace Japan, Germany, and the U.S. to become the world’s second-largest economy by 2075. The financial institution’s researchers predict a dramatic expansion in India’s gross domestic product. Economic...
Brazil Sees BRICS Bank as Alternative Financial Institution, President Lula Says
27.5.2023
The government of Brazil views the development bank established by the BRICS bloc as an alternative to traditional financial institutions, the country’s head of state told African diplomats. President Lula da Silva also vowed that the bank will improve cooperation with its African counterpart....
Top Indian Banker Says US Dollar Has ‘Disproportionate Power’ as Reserve Currency; Retracts ‘Biggest Financial Terrorist’ Remark
1.5.2023
Uday Kotak, the CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, a financial institution based in India, recently expressed his view on the dominance of the U.S. dollar in global financial markets. Kotak stated that the U.S. dollar has “disproportionate power” as a reserve currency, retracting his previous...