Cryptocurrency is becoming a financial planning priority, with 99% of chief financial officers at billion-dollar firms expecting to use it for business in the long term, according to Deloitte’s Q2 2025 survey of CFOs. The survey, conducted among 200 CFOs at companies with over $1 billion in revenue, revealed that 23% expect their treasury departments…
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Coinbase has taken aim at the United Kingdom’s financial system in a darkly satirical video, which comes as data reveals an increase in financial hardship across the country. Titled “Everything is fine,” the video uses a musical tone and lyrics to brag about the UK’s strong finances while showing grim scenes of inflation, poverty, debt…
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Twenty One Capital is reportedly exploring a strategy that would allow it to issue US dollar loans backed by Bitcoin collateral, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. “Optionality is wealth; for us everything is on the table because we think we can do anything,” a spokesperson for the crypto company reportedly…
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The US Department of Justice is not investigating Dragonfly Ventures or its executives over the venture company’s past investment in Tornado Cash, according to Haseeb Qureshi, Dragonfly’s co-founder and managing partner. The DOJ reportedly revealed during a Monday trial that it is not targeting Dragonfly in its investigation, Qureshi said in a Tuesday post on…
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A long-anticipated rotation into altcoins may be underway amid improved regulatory clarity, growing liquidity and a surge in onchain activity, according to Sygnum’s Q3 2025 Investment Outlook. Geopolitical tensions and US fiscal uncertainty earlier this year led to a sell-off across the altcoin sector. However, changing market dynamics “may ignite the long-awaited altseason,” the digital…
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The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (Rakbank), a government-owned bank in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is the first conventional bank in the country to offer retail crypto trading. In a Tuesday news release, the bank announced the launch of a crypto brokerage service through its mobile banking app, allowing customers to buy, sell…
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San Francisco-based lender Divine Research has issued around 30,000 unbacked short-term crypto loans since December, using OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s iris-scanning platform World ID to verify borrowers. Divine offers loans under $1,000 in the USDC (USDC) stablecoin, mainly to overseas borrowers underserved by traditional finance. It uses World ID to ensure users cannot open multiple…
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Japan’s regulatory bottlenecks, not taxes, are the real reason crypto innovation is leaving the country, according to Maksym Sakharov, co-founder and CEO of decentralized onchain bank WeFi. Sakharov told Cointelegraph that even if the proposed 20% flat tax on crypto gains is implemented, Japan’s “slow, prescriptive, and risk‑averse” approval culture will continue to push startups…
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Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss has accused JPMorgan Chase of halting the crypto exchange’s onboarding process in response to his public criticism of the bank’s new data access policy. In a Friday post on X, Winklevoss claimed JPMorgan retaliated after he called out the banking giant’s new move as anti-competitive behavior that could harm fintech and…
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Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted another strong session on Friday, drawing $452.72 million in net inflows and extending their inflow streak to 16 consecutive trading days, according to data from SoSoValue. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) once again dominated the charts, pulling in $440.10 million in daily net inflows. The fund now commands $10.69…
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