The certification could expand access to Tether’s gold-backed token among Islamic financial institutions and investors seeking Shariah-compliant exposure to physical gold.
Bitcoin copied US stocks as relief over end of US-Iran strikes spread to risk assets at the start of the US trading session.
Bitcoin traders prepared to navigate a slew of volatility catalysts as US inflation data and US-Iran war triggers keep risk-assets in an unpredictable state.
Hong Kong’s HashKey will unify its crypto exchange branches, with users from its Hong Kong, Global, Singapore and Middle East regions using the same platform.
Strategy raised $544.5 million through MSTR stock sales as it repurchased $25 million of STRC shares and expanded its US dollar reserve to $3.75 billion.
IBM’s blockchain portfolio includes more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide, with a particular focus in supply chain applications.
Binance’s Android app is unavailable on Google Play in some EU markets amid scrutiny over MiCA compliance.
BNY Mellon’s European subsidiary joined the MiCA register as ESMA added 15 CASPs, including banks and crypto platforms, in the third post-deadline update.
Brazilian police suspect the group of shipping around 6.5 metric tons of cocaine and laundering billions in Brazilian reals through crypto-enabled illicit money brokers.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will expand crypto adoption, pointing to Base, USDC and x402 as key pieces of agentic finance.