IMF Deputy Managing Director highlights issues in the global stablecoin race
Deputy Managing Director at the IMF Bo Li sees two unresolved issues in the global fight over stablecoin dominance, specifically in the way stablecoins are classified. During his panel speech at the World Economic Forum’s Summer Davos meeting as reported…...
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Next Shiba Inu? Neo Pepe Coin rockets to $2m in stage 4 of presale
Neo Pepe has surged past $2m in its presale, combining memecoin buzz with real utility and DAO-powered governance. Could this be 2025’s Shiba Inu moment? #partnercontent...
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XRP Echoes Bullish Pattern That Came Ahead of BTC Price Breakout to $100K
This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Imagine a ship caught in a fierce storm, battered by large waves and swaying wildly yet staying afloat. It indicates that beneath the turmoil, resilience persists, suggesting that smooth sailing will follow once the...
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Newest ‘Star’ in Sky Ecosystem Launches With $1B Tokenized Credit Strategy
Grove, a new decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol focused on institutional-grade credit infrastructure, emerged from stealth on Wednesday with a $1 billion commitment to a tokenized asset strategy. The protocol aims to bridge DeFi with traditional financial assets by routing on-chain capital into regulated credit investments, focusing on collateralized loan...
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Baanx Adds BNB Support on Its Crypto Card for UK, EU, LATAM
Baanx, a cryptocurrency payment card firm working with the likes of Mastercard, Visa and Circle, has announced its support for BNB, the blockchain utility token originally linked to Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. Users of Baanx’s “Crypto Life Card” can top up with BNB, expanding the real world...
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Russian ruble stablecoin A7A5 tied to Garantex successor: FT
With a $151 million market cap, A7A5 has reportedly been involved in $9.3 billion of transactions with Grinex, the supposed successor to the sanctioned Garantex exchange....
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As Bing Goes Private, Presearch Opens Censorship-Resistant Search API For Developers
As Microsoft tightens access to its Bing Search APIs, privacy-focused search engine Presearch has launched a decentralized search API aimed at providing developers with a censorship-resistant and transparent alternative. Backed by more than 40,000 active nodes, Presearch’s new API is designed to serve as an open access tool for...
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EXCLUSIVE: Beeline Closes Its First Crypto Real Estate Transaction
Beeline Holdings (NASDAQ:BLNE) announced Wednesday that its subsidiary, Beeline Title Holdings (“Beeline Title”), has closed one of the first-ever residential real estate transactions funded through the sale of a cryptocurrency token backed by real property. Nick Liuzza, CEO of Beeline Holdings, said several mortgage lenders are already developing funding...
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European Central Bank Trials XRP Ledger For Bonds—But There’s A Catch
The European Central Bank (ECB) has quietly given the XRP Ledger a place in its wholesale-DLT sandbox—yet only behind the walls of a closed network. Annex II of the ECB’s June 2025 report describes 48 trials and experiments, but a single project run by Lithuanian fintech Axiology is the...
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Bluebird Mining secures Bitcoin funding as Philippine gold deal nears completion
Bluebird Mining is accelerating its pivot to digital assets with a £2 million funding facility to buy Bitcoin, timed just as it finalizes a gold profit-sharing agreement in the Philippines. On June 25, Bluebird Mining Ventures Ltd, a London-listed gold…...
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