12+ hour, 49+ min ago   (232+ words) Stablecoin licenses carry different reserve and oversight requirements, Ripple emphasized as it outlined RLUSD’s regulatory structure. The company also distinguished its conditional federal bank approval from a completed charter and clarified the scope of derivatives collateral rules. Protections for stablecoin…...

18+ hour, 44+ min ago   (475+ words) U.S. crypto regulation is becoming clearer even as the CLARITY Act faces an uncertain path through Congress, according to Grayscale. Stablecoin legislation and agency initiatives are advancing, though several changes remain proposals rather than final rules. “CLARITY is no longer the…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (332+ words) Banca d’Italia has issued a communication to payment service providers and crypto asset service providers (CASPs), reinforcing the need for continued screening of financial transactions using travel rule-related procedures, stressing that there are no minimum amounts for these checks. The…...

3+ day, 5+ min ago   (610+ words) Nasdaq Ventures has agreed to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward as the companies deepen a partnership designed to move traditional stocks onto blockchain networks and build markets that can operate beyond conventional trading hours. The investment, announced Sept. 10, adds…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (242+ words) On Wednesday, Consensys Software Inc. announced plans to split into two independent companies, with consumer wallet platform Metamask breaking away from Consensys, which will remain focused on protocols and institutional infrastructure. Consensys Executive Chairman Joe Lubin said the company spent…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (515+ words) Visa’s stablecoin settlement volume has climbed above a $20 billion annualized run rate, up more than 15-fold from a year ago. The growth is forcing card issuers, lenders and banks to rethink how they finance settlement in an always-on crypto market....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (484+ words) Circle is acquiring Tazapay in a $400 million all-stock deal that would bring more than $25 billion in annual payment volume into its orbit. With 60% of Tazapay’s transactions already involving stablecoins, the acquisition could materially expand USDC’s reach across Asia, Africa and…...

4+ day, 10+ min ago   (367+ words) Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial technology journalist based in Massachusetts. He has covered bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets since 2011, focusing on bitcoin, onchain data, open-source protocols, and decentralized applications. Redman has been writing…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (689+ words) A new report from Cornell Brooks School Tech Policy Institute might give G20 governments and others some clues about how a counterintuitive move could help their economies and boost tax revenue, while also potentially helping bitcoin’s price and increasing government revenue…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (469+ words) Shares in four U.S. spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are being pledged as collateral against nearly $4 billion of borrowing from a Charles Schwab money market fund, according to the fund’s latest monthly filing. Charles Schwab Family of Funds recently filed its…...