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Former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo joins crypto bank Sygnum
27.5.2025
Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has joined Sygnum in an advisory role, where he will help the crypto bank navigate global regulations amid growing institutional interest in digital assets. Giancarlo’s appointment as senior...
Former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo joins crypto bank Sygnum
27.5.2025
Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has joined Sygnum in an advisory role, where he will help the crypto bank navigate global regulations amid growing institutional interest in digital assets. Giancarlo’s appointment as senior...
Largest Bank in Guatemala Turns to Crypto for Remittances
24.5.2025
Banco Industrial, the largest bank in Guatemala, has announced the integration of Sukupay, a crypto-based cross-border payment provider, to power its remittance services. Using Sukupay, Banco Industrial now offers its customers remittances at a flat fee of $0.99, allowing them to receive these...
Wall Street’s Crypto Coup? Mega Banks Quietly Gear Up for Stablecoin Entry
23.5.2025
America’s leading financial institutions are eyeing stablecoins, and a recent report reveals that multiple banks are quietly collaborating on ventures to debut crypto assets tethered to the U.S. dollar. WSJ: Stablecoin Bloc Forms Behind Closed Doors Should the Guiding and Establishing National...
Major U.S. Banks Mull Jointly Launching Stablecoin: WSJ
23.5.2025
Such a stablecoin, potentially open to other banks, aims to improve transaction speeds and efficiency while fending off competition from crypto firms
Bank lobby is 'panicking' about yield-bearing stablecoins — NYU professor
21.5.2025
America’s powerful banking lobby is “panicking” over the potential of stablecoins to disrupt their traditional business model, particularly when it comes to yield-bearing stablecoins, according to Austin Campbell, a New York University professor and founder of Zero Knowledge...
Bank lobby is 'panicking' about yield-bearing stablecoins — NYU professor
21.5.2025
America’s powerful banking lobby is “panicking” over the potential of stablecoins to disrupt their traditional business model, particularly when it comes to yield-bearing stablecoins, according to Austin Campbell, a New York University professor and founder of Zero Knowledge...
Guatemala's Largest Bank Adopts Stablecoin Rails for U.S. Remittance Payments
21.5.2025
SukuPay will allow Guatemalans to receive funds from the U.S. for a flat 99 cent fee, using only a phone number within their Banco National mobile app Zigi
Guatemala’s largest bank integrates blockchain for cross-border payments
21.5.2025
Guatemala’s largest bank, Banco Industrial, has integrated crypto infrastructure provider SukuPay into its mobile banking app, allowing locals to more easily receive remittances powered by blockchain technology. SukuPay’s infrastructure has been fully embedded inside the Zigi...
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...
Widening Government Strategy Holdings Suggests Increased Structural Demand for BTC: StanChart
20.5.2025
Holdings of the stock by government bodies reflects a desire to gain bitcoin exposure where in some cases local regulators do not allow direct ownership, the report said
JPMorgan boss says bank users can soon buy Bitcoin
20.5.2025
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, said his bank will soon allow its clients to buy Bitcoin, but it won’t custody the cryptocurrency.“We are going to allow you to buy it,” Dimon said at JPMorgan’s annual investor day on May 19. “We’re not going to custody...
Boutique Trump Tower Bank Is Quietly Stockpiling Bitcoin: Bloomberg
19.5.2025
Dominari Holdings Inc., a small investment bank based in Trump Tower, is stockpiling bitcoin as it pivots deeper into crypto, Bloomberg first reported. Investment Bank Tied to Trump Family Deepens Crypto Footprint Dominari Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: DOMH), a small bank headquartered in New York’s Trump...
JPMorgan To Allow Clients To Buy Bitcoin, Says Jamie Dimon
19.5.2025
A longtime vocal critic of bitcoin, Dimon said the bank he runs will now let clients to buy the crypto
Bitcoin Network Hashrate Rose Slightly in First Two Weeks of May: JPMorgan
19.5.2025
Mining gross margins expanded sequentially this month, which is encouraging, the bank said
Hong Kong police busts $15M laundering ring that used crypto, 500 bank accounts
18.5.2025
Hong Kong police arrested 12 people involved in a cross-border money laundering scheme that relied on crypto and over 500 stooge bank accounts to launder HK$118 million ($15 million), local news outlets reported.The syndicate was dismantled on May 15, resulting in the arrest of nine men and three...
Hong Kong police busts $15M laundering ring that used crypto, 500 bank accounts
18.5.2025
Hong Kong police arrested 12 people involved in a cross-border money laundering scheme that relied on crypto and over 500 stooge bank accounts to launder HK$118 million ($15 million), local news outlets reported.The syndicate was dismantled on May 15, resulting in the arrest of nine men and three...
Hong Kong police busts $15M laundering ring that used crypto, 500 bank accounts
18.5.2025
Hong Kong police arrested 12 people involved in a cross-border money laundering scheme that relied on crypto and over 500 stooge bank accounts to launder HK$118 million ($15 million), local news outlets reported.The syndicate was dismantled on May 15, resulting in the arrest of nine men and three...
US Community Banks Are Shrinking—Crypto Could Be the Cure, Says Digital Chamber
15.5.2025
U.S. community banks face extinction-level risk as they ignore crypto rails and real-time payment tech, warns top digital asset advocate. Crypto Offers Lifeline as US Community Banks Continue to Shrink Cody Carbone, newly appointed chief executive officer of the Digital Chamber, voiced concern...