Korean banks race for stablecoin market control
Hana Financial Group is leading a wave of Korean banking investment into stablecoins and digital assets as financial groups race to secure their role in future blockchain-based payments.
Hana Financial Group is leading a wave of Korean banking investment into stablecoins and digital assets as financial groups race to secure their role in future blockchain-based payments.
Bhutan reportedly transferred another 90 Bitcoin worth around $7 million as the country’s total sovereign BTC movements in 2026 surpassed $237 million.
Crypto executives, banking groups and policy experts urged Congress to modernise the 1970-era Bank Secrecy Act during a House subcommittee hearing focused on AI-driven financial crime and digital assets.
Ledger added native support for the ADI token linked to ADI Chain as the UAE-backed blockchain network expands its stablecoin and tokenised asset infrastructure.
Iranian diplomats arrived in Doha for high-level talks with U.S. officials on Monday as negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s nuclear programme pushed oil prices lower and lifted risk assets including bitcoin.
Tether said it plans to launch GELT, a Georgian lari-pegged stablecoin backed by the Government of Georgia and the National Bank of Georgia as the country accelerates efforts to become a regional crypto hub.
Chun Wang said he will join SpaceX’s first planned crewed Mars flyby mission after purchasing a seat on the future interplanetary flight.
A New York Times investigation reported that senior officials at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission who raised concerns about prediction market companies were suspended, investigated, and later pushed out of the agency.
Sui said it will introduce private stablecoin transactions by default in a major protocol upgrade designed to improve institutional adoption and payment privacy.
Joumanna Bercetche, Tom Mackenzie and Ven Ram break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds moved closer to recording net outflows for 2026 after posting a sixth consecutive trading day of withdrawals on Friday.
Security platform Socket said it uncovered a malware campaign called TrapDoor targeting crypto, DeFi, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity developers through poisoned software packages.