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Ripple joins forces with Absa Bank, bringing Wall Street-style crypto custody to South Africa

Ripple just made its first big African power move by partnering with South African banking heavyweight Absa to offer crypto asset custody to the...

Citibank’s crypto custody finale is coming

Citibank, the venerable titan of global finance, finally nodding to the digital revolution. Their grand plan? Launch crypto custody by 2026. The same bank...

JPMorgan’s Hard Pivot: Crypto Trading Plans Without Custody, For Now

JPMorgan crypto trading is moving ahead, while crypto custody is not on the near-term horizon. Scott Lucas, JPMorgan’s global head of markets and digital...

Russia banks get the green light for crypto, but with a twist

Russia’s Central Bank just dropped a crypto breadcrumb at the Finopolis forum, announcing that banks can now play with cryptocurrency, but only if they...

Bank of France Demands ESMA Control, Tightens MiCA Stablecoin Rules

The Bank of France wants ESMA to directly supervise major crypto firms under MiCA and to restrict stablecoin multi-issuance. Governor François Villeroy de Galhau...

SWIFT Picks Linea for Blockchain Payments: Joe Lubin Confirms at TOKEN2049

SWIFT blockchain payments, Linea, Ethereum layer 2, Consensys, Joe Lubin, TOKEN2049 Singapore, zk-EVM rollup, DeFi and TradFi, Ripple XRP Ledger, total value locked, 1.5...

Europe’s banking giants unite to launch euro-pegged stablecoin

Nine of Europe’s banking heavyweights, think ING, UniCredit, CaixaBank, and some other big players, have banded together to birth a euro-pegged stablecoin. Yes, a digital...

Cross-border property just got a crypto upgrade in Japan

In a move that sounds like something ripped from a sci-fi thriller, Japanese investment firm Merchant Bankers just put Bitcoin front and center in...

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