Institutional
Institutional

BIS Project Agorá shows tokenized payments can settle in seconds

The Bank for International Settlements’ collaboration with seven central banks and more than 40 institutions concludes a two-year project with…
May 28, 2026
AI

Wall Street gets new crypto rival after Texas bank completes regulatory pivot

By establishing a national charter under the executive branch, United Texas Bank said it intends to enable AI-driven payment rails…
May 27, 2026
Institutional

Elon Musk could become a top 5 corporate bitcoin holder if Tesla and SpaceX merge

CNBC reported Tuesday that Musk is discussing a merger between Tesla and SpaceX that would tie his tech empire closer…
May 27, 2026
AI

OpenAI Foundation Pledges $250 Million to Help Cushion AI's Economic Disruption

The philanthropic arm of ChatGPT maker OpenAI will fund research, worker support, and new models for sharing the gains from…
May 27, 2026
Institutional

SoFi Brings Its Bank-Issued Stablecoin to 14.7 Million Members

SoFiUSD, first launched in December for enterprise clients, is now live inside the SoFi app — making it the first…
May 27, 2026
Infrastructure

BIS project finds tokenization could make cross-border payments faster, safer

Project Agorá, backed by major central banks, will now move toward “real-value” testing to settle tokenized central bank money and…
May 27, 2026
Infrastructure

Crypto IPOs could create massive $1 trillion market amid tokenization wave, Jefferies says

The Wall Street investment bank expects a wave of crypto and blockchain public listings over the next two years as…
May 27, 2026
DeFi

Aave is bank-sized, but $2.9T in corporate loans reveals the risk DeFi still can’t price

US commercial and industrial lending reached $2.89 trillion at commercial banks for the week ending May 13, up roughly $183…
May 27, 2026
Institutional

Ripple is expanding institutional finance ambitions while XRP traders are losing confidence

XRP’s latest decline is exposing a widening split between traders betting on more weakness and investors using the selloff to…
May 27, 2026
Institutional

Stablecoins just hit a record $322 billion – and the bank-run warnings are getting louder

The global stablecoin market has climbed to a record $322 billion valuation, cementing the rise of digital dollars as one…
May 27, 2026