149 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2026

South Korean, Mongolian Banks Prepare Crypto, Digital Fiat Offerings

Asian banks are edging yet closer to crypto and digital currency adoption – with South Korean and Mongolian banks unveiling ambitious new developments in the wake of reports of the launch of Singaporean giant DBS’ forthcoming digital asset exchange.Although DBS has responded to reports...

, by Tim Alper

Bitwise Hits USD 100m, SBI to Launch XRP, Bitcoin, and Ether Fund + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Crypto adoption newsBitwise Asset Management, a provider of cryptoasset index funds to professional investors, said that it recently...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

MicroStrategy To Buy More Bitcoin As Its CEO Owns BTC 17.7K (UPDATED)

MicroStrategy, the American software firm that famously used its balance sheet to buy bitcoin (BTC), has stated that more token purchases are in the pipelines, and reiterated that BTC is its “primary treasury reserve asset.” Meanwhile, MicroStrategy’s CEO Michael Saylor revealed...

, by Tim Alper

13 Things Fed Should Mull Over Before a Digital Dollar Launch

The US Federal Reserve should look into more than a dozen major matters before launching its central bank digital currency (CBDC), a digital dollar, including safety, fairness, inclusion, interoperability, and resilience among others, found Global Digital Finance (GDF), an industry body working on...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto Adoption in India About to Get More Physical + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Crypto adoption news UK-based financial firm Cashaa formed a joint venture with The United Multistate Credit Co. Operative Society, UNICAS, in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Coronavirus Crisis Driving US Investors to Bitcoin, Survey Finds

The coronavirus pandemic appears to have had more of an effect on the American bitcoin (BTC)-buying community than first thought, per a new survey.According to a Grayscale-commissioned online survey of 1,000 USA-based general investors aged between 25 and 64 and conducted between June 26 and July...

, by Tim Alper

‘Large’ Tech Company Starts Using JPMorgan Coin

JPMorgan's JPM Coin is now live with a large international technology company that is using it for round-the-clock cross-border payments, CNBC reported, citing Takis Georgakopoulos, the bank’s global head of wholesale payments.JPM Coin is being used commercially for the first time this week,...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Banking Giant With 11m Clients May Be on Verge of Launching Crypto Exchange

Major Asian bank, Singapore’s DBS, could be set to debut a crypto and securities token exchange – offering trading in bitcoin (BTC) and three major altcoins against not only the fiat Singapore dollar, but also three other major international currencies.A DBS page devoted to what the...

, by Tim Alper

WEG Bank Plans Crypto Custody With New Partnership

Germany-based WEG Bank about to step up its crypto-related business as its fintech division TEN31 has teamed up with Munich-based white-label crypto custody provider Tangany to offer crypto custody solutions to its customers. According to the bank, this is "the next logical step" in expanding their...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Beijing Government Already Has 100 Uses for Blockchain, Says Expert

One of China’s leading blockchain academics said that Beijing has adopted 100 uses for blockchain in the government services sector so far – and stated that Chinese state organizations and private sector firms are rapidly finding real-world uses for the technology.Per Beijing News, the...

, by Tim Alper

Cubans Turn to Bitcoin Remittances with 25% Commission to Beat Blockade

Desperate Cubans are going to extraordinary lengths to receive remittances from abroad to circumvent the country’s banking blockade, turning to bitcoin (BTC), middlemen who take commissions of up to 25% and bicycle deliveries as economic sanctions continue to bite.These were the findings of a...

, by Tim Alper

Another Ethereum Delay, Supermarket Embraces Bitcoin & Co + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Blockchain newsThe Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 deposit contract will not be released in October as previously speculated, and not for a few more...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Interest In Bitcoin Spikes as PayPal, JPMorgan, and Kanye West Praise BTC

Google searches for “bitcoin” (BTC) spiked last week, reaching almost three-month highs, after BTC-related positive news from PayPal was supported by favorable statements from banking giant JPMorgan and celebrity Kanye West, while the price hit a new yearly high.However, people were...

, by Eddie Mitchell

Toyota’s Tech Arm to Begin Company-wide ‘Digital Currency’ Pilot

Toyota’s IT subsidiary Toyota Systems has said it will begin a “digital currency” pilot with the Japanese crypto exchange DeCurret – embarking on a half-year-long company token experiment.Toyota Systems develops tech support and system development solutions for the larger...

, by Tim Alper

Corporate Treasuries Caught Between an Inflation Rock and Bitcoin

Bitcoin's main attraction as a reserve asset for corporate treasuries is as an inflationary hedge. Companies need to decide which risk is greater: volatility, regulatory uncertainty, slippage, or not investing in BTC?Bitcoin (BTC) is gradually becoming acceptable among mainstream investors and...

, by Simon Chandler

Get Ready For Crypto Banking, DeFi & CBDC Surprises – Venture Capitalist

Banks will likely open crypto accounts next to fiat accounts, decentralized finance (DeFi) will claim its trillion-dollar company, while central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will suprise many by entering our lives sooner than expected, Marc van der Chijs, entrepreneur, crypto-focused venture...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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