Ripple has teamed up with Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings to launch Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin in the Japanese market as early as the first quarter of 2026, as the nation’s freshly crafted stablecoin legislations open its market to foreign issuers. In a Friday announcement, the two companies said they… Listen ⇢

With the chairmanship still an open question for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — likely to be a leading U.S. watchdog for crypto — its interim leader, Caroline Pham, is getting started on recommendations from the recent crypto report of the President’s Working Group. The CFTC, which regulates U.S. derivatives… Listen ⇢

China Renaissance, a Hong Kong-based firm, is investing $100 million in BNB as part of a diverse plan. More than a simple DAT strategy, the firm wants to encourage BNB adoption across Hong Kong. Still, a US-based BNB treasury suffered a devastating setback today, getting delisted from the Nasdaq after… Listen ⇢

Bitcoin Magazine Who’s Shaping Bitcoin’s Future: Suitcoiners vs. Ordinals Degens The cultural tone of the entire ecosystem has shifted wildly in the last few years. “Bitcoin Maximalists” have essentially faded off into the background in terms of having any kind of cultural influence or impact at all. Dominant narratives, actual… Listen ⇢

Crypto asset manager Bitwise is betting big on bitcoin’s (BTC) future, projecting that the next decade will mark a period of outsized growth for the world’s largest cryptocurrency. In a report published Thursday, Bitwise analysts predicted that bitcoin could become the best-performing institutional asset over the next 10 years, with… Listen ⇢

On August 22, 2025, following a regulatory green light, Haycen obtained from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) the license for the issuance of fully collateralized and multi-currency stablecoins. In this context, the path opens for B2B solutions for international payments and supply chain financing. (source: CoinDesk) According to the data… Listen ⇢

The head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s digital assets unit, Trish Turner, is leaving her post for the private sector just as new tax policies are set to potentially bring in a wave of crypto work for the agency. As she departs, it’s unclear who will be running the… Listen ⇢

A single phishing attack drained nearly $1 million worth of tokens from a crypto investor who unknowingly signed a batch of malicious transactions disguised as Uniswap swaps, according to blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer. In an Aug. 22 post on X, Yu Xiang, founder of blockchain security firm SlowMist, noted… Listen ⇢

Crypto inclusion in 401(k) plans may be more significant for Bitcoin than the 2024 launch of US spot Bitcoin ETFs, according to Bitwise’s European head of research. Despite this week’s market downturn, some analysts predict that the inclusion of digital assets in US 401(k) retirement plans may unlock billions of… Listen ⇢