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Arkham Exchange is not shutting down and will instead transition from a centralised exchange model to a fully decentralised platform, according to the company’s chief executive.

Lombard plans to launch Bitcoin Smart Accounts this quarter, allowing institutions to use custodied Bitcoin as onchain collateral without moving the asset or transferring control.

Africa recorded the highest median stablecoin-to-fiat conversion spreads in January at 299 basis points, or about 3%, according to data from payments infrastructure firm Borderless.xyz covering 66 corridors and nearly 94,000 rate observations.

Danske Bank will allow self-directed clients to buy Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded products from BlackRock and WisdomTree via its eBanking and Mobile Banking platforms, marking its first direct crypto-linked offering.

The European Union is finalising a 20th sanctions package that seeks to ban all cryptocurrency transactions with Russia in an effort to close loopholes officials say have enabled sanctions evasion.

Bank Negara Malaysia has launched three regulatory sandbox pilots under its Digital Asset Innovation Hub to explore ringgit stablecoins, tokenised bank deposits and real-world asset tokenisation.

Democratic lawmakers challenged Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins at a House Financial Services Committee hearing, questioning why crypto enforcement actions have fallen sharply since his appointment under President Donald Trump.

Ondo Finance has integrated Chainlink as the official oracle for its Ondo Global Markets platform, enabling live price feeds for SPYon, QQQon and TSLAon tokenised US stocks on Ethereum.

The European Parliament has endorsed the European Central Bank’s digital euro project, framing it as a strategic tool to strengthen the European Union’s monetary sovereignty amid rising geopolitical tensions.

Susquehanna-backed crypto lender BlockFills has temporarily suspended client deposits and withdrawals as Bitcoin slides and market volatility intensifies.

A Bitcoin wallet linked to ransom notes in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie recorded new activity this week, alongside a fresh demand for one Bitcoin in exchange for information, according to reports.

Peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Paxful has been ordered by a federal court to pay $4 million in criminal fines after pleading guilty to money laundering, fraud and prostitution-related offences.