HSBC-Owned Hang Seng Bank Limits Crypto Companies to ‘Simple’ Accounts: Report
The report comes as Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority (HKMA) reminds banks that there is no ban on offering crypto...
Danger Bells in the European Banking Sector: 3 Banks Failed the Stress Test!
The European Union Banking Authority shared the results of the stress test conducted to test the resilience of banks...
Bank Policy Institute adopts Elizabeth Warren’s crypto law
Wall Street Bank passed Senator Elizabeth Warren's crypto law, which it described as "hard".
Sam Bankman-Fried Maybe Hasn’t Escaped Campaign Finance Charges
The Department of Justice pulled one charge, but it's still pursuing seven for trial this October – and another...
Bitcoin Steady Above $29K, Bond Yields Rise As BOJ Makes Yield Curve Control More Flexible
BOJ announced a proper yield curve control tweak with semantics that camouflaged the hawkish move.
Private Banking Firm With $14B Assets Starts First Crypto Fund of Spain
The fund will be accessible to professional investors only and will be audited by PwC.
New Collaboration from Italy: Green Light to Tokenization with This Altcoin!
The Bank of Italy is working with a key DeFi player in the altcoin market to offer tokenized assets...
Italy’s Central Bank Taps Polygon, Fireblocks DeFi Project to Help Institutions Dabble With Tokenized Assets
The initiative aims to help Italian banks, asset managers and financial institutions, including the $1 trillion banking group Intesa...
Putin Signed Digital Ruble Law Making a CBDC Possible in Russia
The new law describes a legal framework for a central bank digital token
Federal Reserve’s ‘FedNow’ Launch Triggers Fresh Speculation Over Digital Dollar
While FedNow is currently not tied to any initiative for a digital U.S. dollar or the crypto space in...
China has integrated digital yuan into commercial air travel!
The Civil Aviation Administration and the Commercial Bank of China said that passengers can use the central bank digital...
Wholesale CBDC Would Improve Cross-Border Payments, French Central Bank Tests Show
Banque de France said it ran multiple experiments to test central bank digital currencies for wholesale payments, issued "directly...
FED Launches Crypto Alternative Payment Tool FedNow!
FedNow, an instant payment service, launched today, the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States of America said in...
Crypto Catalysts: Investors to Weigh Jobs, Retail Sales, Production Data for Latest Inflation Signals
The jobs market remains strong, a concern for the U.S. central bank which seems intent on raising the Federal...
Mastercard is Piloting Tokenized Bank Deposits in New UK Testbed
The card giant is launching what it calls a Multi-Token Network (MTN), which will begin by testing tokenized bank...
Australia Acts on De-Banking of Crypto Entities, Supports Policy Recommendations to Tackle Issue
The government's choice to make its position clearer on de-banking comes hours after Blockchain Australia, the nation's industry body...