In brief The Bank of Israel said crypto cannot be used to get around sanctions, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was working on a blockchain-based plan. More than 100 economists, including former …
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A US state bank has put a dollar-backed stablecoin on Solana, and our AI model predicts that SOL holds its breakout while institutional stories like this one keep arriving. Roughrider Coin went live in …
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Standard Chartered becomes first bank to distribute Hong Kong dollar stablecoin
by adminby adminThe London-based multinational bank with $850 billion in assets announced it will distribute Anchorpoint’s HKDAP to eligible clients and partners.
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Bank of England expands digital pound pilot with Polygon and stablecoins
by adminby admin“If these processes can become faster and more efficient, U.K. businesses could unlock working capital sooner and make it easier to finance international trade,” Jacobsson said in an interview over LinkedIn. The BOE named …
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ForumPay Expands Payment Infrastructure with New Card and Bank Transfer Acceptance Solution
by adminby adminMilton, Georgia, August 11th, 2026, Chainwire Businesses are increasingly looking for ways to offer more payment options without adding operational complexity. ForumPay, a crypto payment infrastructure company, enables merchants to accept crypto payments across …
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North Korea arrests bank hacking ring tied to crypto laundering: Report
by adminby adminDaily NK reported that North Korea arrested former state cyber operators accused of hacking two state banks and laundering funds through crypto.
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Swiss Bank BancaStato Launches Bitcoin Trading Through Sygnum And Avaloq
by adminby adminBancaStato, the cantonal bank of Ticino in southern Switzerland, has launched regulated crypto trading, a service that lets clients buy, hold, and sell bitcoin from the bank’s existing web and mobile apps, the digital …
Datavault wants to buy a bank and fund it with $35 million after reporting $1.4 million cash
Datavault AI has agreed to acquire BankWyse, a Wyoming banking institution, while promising funding substantially larger than the cash it reported at the end of June. The mismatch leaves a central question for the …
Russia’s largest bank Sberbank plans crypto trading infrastructure by December
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, plans to build cryptocurrency trading infrastructure and launch a digital depository by Dec. 1 as Russia moves to bring crypto trading, custody and settlement into its regulated financial system. The …
In brief The Bank of Korea will launch Phase 2 of its CBDC pilot in September, expanding to nine banks and a cap of 500,000 users for live deposit token testing. Phase 1 (April–June …