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News & Education about Disruptive Technologies in Finance, Banking, Blockchain, Digital Assets, DeFi, Artificial Intelligence & Much More

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Michael Selig officially moved to classify event contracts as a distinct financial asset class

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Crypto

a day ago

CFTC Chair Michael Selig Opens Rulemaking for Prediction Markets

Michael Selig asserts exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets, classifying event contracts as a financial asset class under the CEA. ...

Polymarket has officially enlisted the surveillance expertise of Palantir Technologies and TWG AI

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Regulation

3 days ago

Polymarket Taps Palantir and TWG AI to Police Global Prediction Markets

Polymarket partners with Palantir and TWG AI to deploy Vergence AI surveillance, targeting insider trading as it develops a U.S.-regulated venue. ...

Amina, the Swiss-regulated crypto bank, has officially joined the 21X blockchain-based settlement platform

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Crypto

Banking

4 days ago

Amina Joins 21X as the First Bank Participant in the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime

Swiss-regulated Amina Bank joins 21X and Tokeny to support tokenized securities and real-world assets under the European Union's DLT Pilot Regime. ...

Bank of Canada has successfully completed Project Samara, a rigorous pilot program that culminated in the issuance of the nation's first tokenized bond

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Tokenization

Crypto

6 days ago

Bank of Canada Debuts Country’s First Tokenized Bond in Major Blockchain Pilot

The Bank of Canada, RBC, and TD complete Project Samara, testing distributed ledger technology via a $100M CAD tokenized bond with instant settlement. ...

Revolut has officially filed an application for a US banking licence with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

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Crypto

Banking

8 days ago

Revolut Files for US National Bank Charter

Fintech giant Revolut seeks a US banking licence from the OCC to offer credit cards and personal loans via direct ACH and Fedwire integration. ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) warns that the rise of private stablecoins could destabilize traditional lending and blunt the tools of monetary policy

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Stablecoins

Banking

10 days ago

ECB Warns Stablecoins Threaten Bank Funding as Visa and Mastercard Pivot to Tokenized Settlement

The ECB cautions that private stablecoins could cause deposit flight from commercial banks, just as Visa and Mastercard scale tokenized settlement. ...

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Crypto

Regulation

15 days ago

Lawmakers Push for Crypto Donation Ban Amid Foreign Interference Risks

Senior MPs urge the Electoral Commission to halt cryptocurrency donations to UK political parties, citing concerns over foreign interference and "crypto mixers. ...

Moonpay launches MoonPay Agents, a software layer designed to provide autonomous AI systems with their own blockchain-based financial identities

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Economy

16 days ago

MoonPay Launches ‘Agents’ to Empower AI with Onchain Economic Agency

MoonPay introduces "Agents," a non-custodial tool allowing agentic AI to manage wallets and execute onchain transactions independently in a $236B market. ...

Crypto payment provider Oobit has officially launched a native crypto-to-bank transfer service designed to bypass the friction of traditional correspondent banking

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Banking

17 days ago

Tether-Backed Oobit Bridges Self-Custody and Local Bank Rails

Tether-backed Oobit enables direct crypto-to-bank transfers from self-custody wallets, utilizing local rails like ACH and SEPA for instant settlement. ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has overhauled a punitive capital rule that previously stifled on-chain settlement

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Stablecoins

18 days ago

SEC Slashing Stablecoin Capital Haircuts to 2%

The SEC officially treats payment stablecoins as cash equivalents for broker-dealers, cutting capital haircuts to 2% ...

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Michael Selig officially moved to classify event contracts as a distinct financial asset class
CFTC Chair Michael Selig Opens ...

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Crypto

Polymarket has officially enlisted the surveillance expertise of Palantir Technologies and TWG AI
Polymarket Taps Palantir and T ...

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Regulation

Amina, the Swiss-regulated crypto bank, has officially joined the 21X blockchain-based settlement platform
Amina Joins 21X as the First B ...

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Crypto

Banking

Bank of Canada has successfully completed Project Samara, a rigorous pilot program that culminated in the issuance of the nation's first tokenized bond
Bank of Canada Debuts Country’ ...

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Tokenization

Crypto

Revolut has officially filed an application for a US banking licence with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Revolut Files for US National ...

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Crypto

Banking

The European Central Bank (ECB) warns that the rise of private stablecoins could destabilize traditional lending and blunt the tools of monetary policy
ECB Warns Stablecoins Threaten ...

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Stablecoins

Banking

Lawmakers Push for Crypto Dona ...

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Crypto

Regulation

Moonpay launches MoonPay Agents, a software layer designed to provide autonomous AI systems with their own blockchain-based financial identities
MoonPay Launches ‘Agents’ to E ...

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Economy

Crypto payment provider Oobit has officially launched a native crypto-to-bank transfer service designed to bypass the friction of traditional correspondent banking
Tether-Backed Oobit Bridges Se ...

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Banking

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has overhauled a punitive capital rule that previously stifled on-chain settlement
SEC Slashing Stablecoin Capita ...

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Stablecoins