Month: August 2025

Bitcoin price slipped to $112,828 on Aug. 22, down 1.4% on the day as retail demand cooled while whales quietly accumulated. Bitcoin (BTC) is now 9.3% below its peak of $124,128 reached on Aug. 14 and down 6% for the…...

Dogecoin rallied on Tuesday after a string of regulatory and corporate catalysts shifted sentiment across the crypto sector. A $50 million Trump-linked acquisition of a DOGE mining firm, Wyoming’s launch of a state-backed stablecoin, and comments from Federal Reserve officials signaling a softer stance on digital assets all converged...

Ripple and SBI Holdings plan to roll out Ripple USD (RLUSD) in Japan, aiming to tap into the country’s emerging stablecoin market under new regulatory frameworks. The two companies announced on Friday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding, in which SBI VC Trade’s role is that of...

Around 33,700 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, August 22, and they have a notional value of roughly $3.8 billion. This expiry event is smaller than last week’s and unlikely to influence spot markets, which have started to move higher after a mid-week correction. All eyes are on...

DBS Bank has begun issuing tokenized structured notes on the Ethereum public blockchain, a step that opens these products to a wider pool of investors. According to DBS, the move by Singapore’s largest lender shifts a product long kept for private clients into a market where trades can happen...

Injective has joined forces with Republic to connect traditional finance with blockchain, enabling tokenized private market access.“““““““`...

The Justice Department has decided to ease its approach towards developers who create decentralized platforms for sending cryptocurrencies without criminal intent, a key official said Thursday. Developers Of ‘Neutral Tools’ Not Liable For Third-Party Abuse During a speech at the Wyoming Blockchain summit, Matthew Galeotti, acting Assistant Attorney General of the...

The UK government is cracking down on financial networks and crypto systems that it believes are helping Russia get around Western sanctions. This latest move targets a cluster of platforms linked to a Kyrgyz-based stablecoin operation used to quietly move money across borders. A7A5 Stablecoin Raises Red Flags A...

State Street has stepped into tokenized finance with a $100 million digital debt issuance using JPMorgan’s private blockchain. It’s not a headline-grabbing crypto stunt. It’s a serious step toward modernizing how traditional financial instruments move behind the scenes. First Third-Party Custodian on JPMorgan’s Platform What makes this different is...

Ripple Labs has entered into a collaboration with SBI Holdings, a major Japanese financial services conglomerate, according to an announcement on Friday. The memorandum of understanding is to distribute Ripple’s stablecoin, RLUSD, in Japan through SBI subsidiary SBI VC Trade, starting in Q1 2026. SBI VC Trade holds multiple...