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Laser Digital Japan, backed by Nomura, has received Japan's first new crypto exchange registration in four years, clearing the way for institutional crypto trading.…
Hungary's Parliament adopted Act XXXVIII of 2026 in late July, repealing its unique national crypto rules to achieve full alignment with the EU's MiCA regulation.…
Standard Chartered has issued $200 million in digitally native floating-rate notes on Euroclear's D-FMI, becoming the first G-SIB and UK issuer to do so.…
Revolut has applied to open a bank branch in Finland, aiming to give its 250,000-plus Finnish customers access to local account numbers for salaries and bills.…
South Korean lawmakers are pushing to grant the Financial Intelligence Unit new authority to investigate and refer unregistered crypto operators to law enforcement.…
With the FCA's authorisation gateway opening 30 Sept 2026 and the US GENIUS Act in force, stablecoin issuers must rebuild their API, custody and oracle architectures or face rejection.…
CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig warns the agency will use existing authority to regulate crypto markets if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act.…
The crypto conversation has long been hijacked by price swings. A more consequential shift — from speculative asset to systemic financial infrastructure — is now quietly underway.…
Future Financial CEO Jeff Kesler, a Veritex veteran, is pursuing Texas bank acquisitions with a deliberate long-game strategy rivals may be too hasty to replicate.…
A garden robin sparked a profound fintech thesis: animals evolve, humans institutionalise — and money is the OS running it all.…
Figure's Q2 earnings reveal $1 billion in weekly loan applications by early July, marking a defining moment in its shift from blockchain lender to financial network.…
Trump-appointed bank regulators are revamping the CAMELS rating system around "material financial risk," but industry commenters warn the term lacks a clear legal definition.…