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HSBC and Standard Chartered have completed the first reported live transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. The milestone shows the orchestration layer being used—but not that existing bank settlement rails have disappeared.
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A new BIS speech puts tokenised bank deposits ahead of stablecoins for mainstream payments. The useful distinction is not old finance versus blockchain—it is which form of digital money can stay at par, settle finally and find liquidity when markets are stressed.
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HMRC’s first dedicated cryptoasset Capital Gains Tax table reveals an unusually concentrated distribution of realised gains. It also marks the start of a much larger change in how UK crypto activity becomes visible to the tax authority.
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The SEC removed a meeting on a possible crypto offering regime from its calendar one day before it was due to take place. The official record confirms the cancellation—but not its cause, the proposal's substance or what happens next.
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Bank Leumi and Galaxy expect to bring bitcoin, ether and solana trading into Leumi Trade in early 2027. The partnership is concrete; customer availability, final terms and product-specific regulatory status are not yet established by the reviewed primary record.
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CLARITY Act FAILS: Elizabeth Warren, the Senate & What Happens to Crypto Now The biggest crypto vote in Washington has ended in disappointment.
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Open podcastBrazil is voting as the world’s leading crypto-adoption market begins enforcing a stricter licensing and wallet-reporting regime. Will the next president…
Open podcastCitigroup has raised its 12-month Bitcoin price target to $113,000 — but what would actually have to happen for BTC to get there?
Open podcastUnited States spot Bitcoin funds absorbed $998.95 million on Monday—their ninth-largest inflow ever—giving Bitcoin’s hold near $86,000 a much firmer…
Open podcastRepublicans rejected the Democrats’ CLARITY Act counteroffer hours before the Senate’s 60-vote test, prediction-market odds collapsed and Bitcoin fell…
Open podcastThe final 635-page CLARITY Act draft is out after 126 negotiated changes, but Tuesday’s 60-vote Senate test will decide whether the United States crypto…
Open podcastSingapore is proposing a stablecoin regime built around at least 100% reserves and no issuer-paid yield on the same day Ethena launches a consumer app…
Open podcastTerm Labs has confirmed a governance exploit affecting its lending vaults, while security investigators estimate that approximately $8.5 million in…
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