Vaibhavv Ali
Coinbase secured a first-of-its-kind ADGM license to launch a tokenized stock hub in Abu Dhabi. Here’s what the FSRA approval means for GCC markets.
Russia’s central bank proposed legal Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT trading on regulated exchanges, with annual limits for retail investors. Here’s the plan.
Mastercard closed its $1.8 billion Mastercard BVNK acquisition, buying $30B in annual stablecoin volume outright instead of just partnering for it.
Samsung confirmed native Samsung Wallet stablecoin support across 800 million Galaxy phones, but has not yet named an issuer, blockchain, or launch date.
Dubai’s DFSA has scrapped its recognised crypto token list, shifting suitability checks to firms while pushing agentic AI into DIFC oversight in 2026.
Dubai’s VARA broker-dealer licence lets Coinbase’s Deribit route spot orders into Coinbase Exchange, giving UAE clients access to deeper crypto liquidity.
The Tether KPMG audit delivered a clean opinion on Tether’s 2025 financials and a $6.8B reserve surplus, but that buffer keeps shrinking, our data shows.
The SEC Regulation Crypto vote set for today was abruptly canceled just a day earlier, with no new date set and the CLARITY Act stalled in Congress recess.
Strait of Hormuz crypto risk is now a daily input: attacks and a US blockade push Brent toward $100 while bitcoin slips to $62,800 and ETF flows turn negative.
A tokenized silver vault on Cardano filled to 76% in two days, landing as tokenized real-world assets near $38 billion and commodities become RWA’s third leg.