Institutional
Institutional

HSBC Launches RedCoin Stablecoin and Plans to Let Customers Buy Tokenized Funds With It

The bank’s payments app will let customers switch on stablecoin wallets for transfers and payments at more than 100,000 merchants,…
Oct 23, 2026
Institutional

Malaysia and Thailand Join Singapore’s BLOOM Digital-Money Initiative

The expanded participant group includes Visa, Mastercard and the World Bank Group, with work focused on cross-border settlement frameworks and…
Oct 23, 2026
AI

a16z drops crypto branding, expands $2.2B fund into AI and frontier tech

The Information’s unconfirmed report follows a16z crypto’s $2.2 billion fifth fund announcement on May 5, 2026. Read the full story…
Oct 23, 2026
Institutional

Switzerland approves first spot Bitcoin ETF for retail investors

BIT Asset Management’s Bitcoin Fund ETF is expected to begin trading on SIX Swiss Exchange in November, with its public…
Oct 23, 2026
Institutional

Bitcoin ETFs sold through 7 of 8 crashes even as Wall Street makes BTC selloffs less violent

Bitcoin ETFs recorded outflows during seven of eight major selloffs, challenging expectations that Wall Street investors would support prices during…
Oct 22, 2026
Institutional

Dune launches real-time data feeds covering 200 onchain trading venues

The new service aims to bring onchain trading data into institutional financial systems as tokenized stock markets expand and face…
Oct 22, 2026
AI

a16z Drops Crypto From Its Name, Widens Bets to AI and Frontier Tech

Andreessen Horowitz is renaming its crypto fund a16z Frontier and widening its scope to AI, autonomous machines and biology, saying…
Oct 22, 2026
AI

Meta Creates Non-Voting Stock to Fund AI Buildout, Keeping Zuckerberg in Control

Meta will hand shareholders a free non-voting share for every share they own in January, giving it a way to…
Oct 22, 2026
Institutional

Coinbase Fined Again in Ireland, This Time $3.6M Over Fund Safeguarding

The Central Bank of Ireland penalized Coinbase Ireland €3,252,618 for leaning too heavily on its U.S. parent and leaving its…
Oct 22, 2026
Institutional

Coinbase Ireland Admits Breaches, Takes $3.64 Million Penalty Over Underfunded Customer Account

Coinbase’s Irish e-money unit admitted holding 30 institutional clients’ dollars in Coinbase Inc. accounts for 19 months and falling short…
Oct 22, 2026