Alfa-Bank Crypto Test Signals Institutions Quietly Entering as US Exits Russia’s largest private bank, Alfa-Bank, has begun testing cryptocurrency trading for qualified investors, a move that…
Coinmetro Bankruptcy Reveals 3-Year Provider Dependency, Exposing Custody Risks Estonian cryptocurrency exchange Coinmetro filed for bankruptcy and restructuring on July 1, 2026, explicitly citing a three-year…
SBI Acquires Bitbank for $289M, Creating Japan’s Largest Regulated Crypto Operator Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings announced on June 25, 2026, that it will acquire cryptocurrency…
Crypto winter over? Retail exchange balances still down 30% Crypto winter may be ending for banks, but retail exchange balances remain about 30% below their peak,…
BOJ Rate Hike to 1% Puts Japan at 1995 High The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark rate to 1% on Tuesday, the highest level since…
Sam Bankman-Fried sentence affirmed by Second Circuit after appeal loss The Second Circuit on Friday affirmed Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year sentence, leaving the FTX founder’s fraud conviction…
BoE inflation tolerance signals a softer policy stance Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that it can be “sensible” to allow inflation to…
SoFi launches bank-issued stablecoin for 15 million users SoFi has rolled out SoFiUSD, a fully reserved U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank, and is making…
BIS Agorá prototype puts seven central banks to the test The Bank for International Settlements said its Project Agorá has moved from design into prototype building,…
