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Iran's central bank has eased foreign currency rules, allowing exporters to fund imports with overseas earnings while encouraging crypto use to bypass US sanctions.…
Income Insurance has abandoned its planned sale of the Hive platform to Embed Financial Group Holdings after the buyer faced prosecution over unpaid CPF contributions for six employees.…
Block has applied for a bank charter to create Builders Bank, aiming to consolidate its Bitcoin custody operations currently spread across 50+ state money transmitter licenses.…
Jack Dorsey's Block is applying for a US trust bank charter for Builders Bank, a federally supervised digital asset custodian focused on Bitcoin and stablecoins.…
In barely three months, Revolut secured full banking status in Britain, licences across Europe, the UAE, Australia, and conditional US approval — rewriting neobank history.…
Singapore's landmark Scams (Countermeasures) and Other Matters Bill proposes S$10 million fines, caning, and jail terms, raising the stakes for online platforms operating in the city-state.…
Webull acquires nearly 100% of Thailand's Pi Securities for US$100 million, securing SEC approval in a deal that signals deepening fintech ambitions across Southeast Asia.…
Gemini's Singapore entity secures a Major Payment Institution license, authorizing digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services with no transaction-volume caps.…
From Chime's $590M Stride Bank deal to Block's crypto charter push and tokenisation cutting UK collateral needs by 30%, a structural banking shift is underway.…
Robinhood acquires initial equity stakes in Crypto.com and prediction markets spin-off OG.com, priced at a $20B group valuation set by Citadel Securities.…
Cybercrime ringleader Malone Lam has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $245M cryptocurrency theft conspiracy that combined social engineering with physical home invasions.…
Malone Lam has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $245 million crypto theft conspiracy that combined social engineering with physical home break-ins targeting crypto holders.…