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Seventeen alleged members of Iran's Mabna Institute face charges over a sweeping cyber campaign targeting hundreds of universities, companies, and government agencies in a $6 million Bitcoin extortion operation.…
A White House meeting with top crypto industry figures and government officials on August 19 signaled renewed political momentum behind crypto market infrastructure legislation.…
HSBC and Standard Chartered have completed the world's first live interbank tokenized deposit transaction on Swift's blockchain platform, marking a milestone for regulated digital money in cross-border payments.…
New York's Department of Financial Services advances sweeping BNPL regulation, now targeting how consumers interact with loan products through lenders' digital platforms.…
The OCC is targeting November to finalize payment stablecoin regulations ahead of the GENIUS Act's January effective date, Comptroller Jonathan Gould confirmed.…
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has issued a formal investor warning targeting mini-bonds and loan notes, flagging the acute capital risk these instruments carry if issuers fail.…
MiCA is pushing USDT off regulated European platforms, but global demand for Tether shows no meaningful sign of weakening under the regulatory pressure.…
Klarna Group shares tumbled as much as 22% after the Swedish BNPL giant slashed its full-year revenue and transaction forecasts, overshadowing an otherwise strong second quarter.…
Stripe acquires AI spend management firm OpenRouter for $7.5 billion, marking one of fintech's largest bets on artificial intelligence infrastructure.…
OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould says the agency is moving rapidly to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules by January after missing an earlier July deadline.…
Sachin Bansal's Bengaluru-based fintech Navi secures a landmark $100M investment from Prosus, its first institutional capital raise, pending CCI approval.…
BitGo Korea secured its VASP registration on Tuesday, clearing South Korea's regulatory threshold two days before stricter entry rules for crypto firms took effect.…