The crypto industry moves quickly, and nowhere is that more evident than where the industry’s largest gatherings take place. Consensus, the largest and most influential blockchain and cryptocurrency conference in the world, has announced that Toronto will be the host city of their 2025 event. This decision wasn't made on...
Cantor Fitzgerald, one of the largest financial services firms in the U.S., is set to make a huge leap into Bitcoin. Chairman Brandon Lutnick sits at the helm of Cantor’s new $3 billion venture, 21 Capital. This program is designed to double down on the big bets in the top...
Have you ever had the impression that you’ve been observing a three-dimensional chess match on steroids. That's crypto banking charters in a nutshell. While big banks are already taking action, crypto companies are positioning themselves for new opportunities, and your financial future is at stake. What are they really up...
Cantor Fitzgerald’s rumored $3 billion crypto play, 21 Capital is good times right now, and for good reason. A publicly listed crypto company placing a huge wager on a Trump return? Whether that makes it truly visionary or a gamble of epic proportions remains to be seen. Let's dissect this...
As FTX, Celsius, BlockFi and others have shown, the crypto landscape is changing dramatically, no longer revolving solely around Bitcoin’s price. Banks, those once unassailable behemoths of legacy finance, are making bigger forays into the digital asset space. You’d be forgiven for assuming that pursuing profits in a strengthening market...
On the home front, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has just removed significant barriers to bank engagement with crypto. If upheld, this decision will be a sea change in balancing traditional finance with the emerging world of digital assets. This action has been prompting banks...
Major banks in the European Union (EU) are delving into the stablecoin market. This increase in exploration is driven by the recent passing of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, revolutionizing Europe’s financial environment. Societe Generale recently issued its own euro-backed stablecoin, the EUR CoinVertible. At the same time, Dutch...
Let's be frank. To some, crypto might seem like an intimidating and confusing high-stakes poker game. It’s very exciting, but it’s terrifying if you don’t know the rules to that game. And at the moment, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation is dealing the cards in Europe. ING’s potential new...
The financial world is buzzing about ING's latest move: diving headfirst into the stablecoin arena. This is not your average crypto test bed. It’s a decisive action that could change the course of banking in Europe and make waves across the Atlantic. ING's initiative highlights the growing interest among traditional...
The crypto world is buzzing with a new development: Paul Atkins is the new chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This may seem trivial, it is significant because it provides a preview of how the U.S. could begin to approach the regulation of digital assets moving forward....
