RAKBank is preparing to join the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) fast-evolving stablecoin ecosystem after receiving in-principle approval on Wednesday from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) to issue a UAE dirham-backed payment token. In-principle approval means the CBUAE has agreed to RAKBank’s stablecoin plans subject to final regulatory and operational conditions, and…
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Bitcoin Core urged users of versions 30.0 and 30.1 not to migrate legacy wallets after discovering a bug that can delete all files in a wallet directory if migration fails. Source link
Bank of America is from Monday making crypto a more routine part of its US wealth business, enabling advisers across Merrill, the Bank of America Private Bank and Merrill Edge to recommend spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to a broader range of clients. Bank of America’s chief investment office (CIO) has approved four US-listed spot…
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Tether picked up 8,888 Bitcoin (BTC) on New Year’s Eve, increasing its disclosed Bitcoin stash to more than 96,000 to close out 2025, its CEO Paolo Ardoino said. The USDt (USDT) stablecoin issuer has become one of the biggest active Bitcoin holders, placing the company’s Bitcoin address as the fifth-largest behind Binance, Robinhood, and Bitfinex…
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From Jan. 1, 2026, crypto users in 48 jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and the European Union, will start to feel the first real effects of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) as early‑moving jurisdictions begin collecting standardized data from exchanges and platforms. CARF requires in-scope providers to gather…
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Metaplanet added another 4,279 Bitcoin at an acquisition cost of around $451 million, bringing its total stack to 35,102 BTC (worth roughly $3 billion) as the Tokyo-listed firm leans harder into a hybrid model of Bitcoin treasury and income business. In a Tuesday filing, the company also reported that revenue from its Bitcoin (BTC) Income…
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For Animoca Brands co‑founder Yat Siu, 2025 will be remembered as “the Trump year,” not because US President Donald Trump saved crypto, but because the industry bet too heavily on him and mispriced everything from tariffs to rate cuts. Trump was supposed to be crypto’s cheat code in 2025. Instead, Bitcoin (BTC) is limping into…
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Hong Kong regulators will proceed with legislating licensing regimes for crypto dealers and custodians after wrapping up consultations, as part of a broader push to tighten oversight. In a Wednesday announcement, the city’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said that they had concluded consultations on proposed…
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ZOOZ Strategy has received a notice from Nasdaq that its shares no longer meet the $1 minimum bid‑price requirement, giving the Israel‑based company 180 days to get back on track or risk delisting. The dual‑listed firm, which trades on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, said in a Monday statement that it plans to…
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Wyoming Representative Harriet Hageman intensified chatter about a 2026 Senate run by posting a video days after Senator Cynthia Lummis announced she will not seek reelection. The five-second clip shows the congresswoman alongside a single-word caption: “Soon.” It breaks a months‑long lull on her account and bolsters speculation that she is eyeing Lummis’ open seat.…
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