Visa’s BVNK Partnership Brings Stablecoin Payouts to Visa Direct, Raising Custody and Transparency Questions
Visa confirmed an integration with BVNK to support stablecoin-funded payouts over Visa Direct, positioning the initiative as a way to deliver 24/7, near-instant disbursements into recipients’ digital wallets. The objective is to reduce dependency on traditional banking hours for cross-border remittances, payroll, and creator/gig-economy payouts while leveraging a network that already moves roughly $1.7 trillion […]
Iran’s Internet Blackout Could be Critical for Bitcoin
Iran’s internet shutdowns in late 2025 and early 2026 disrupted domestic crypto operations and exposed material operational risk for miners and users inside the country. The outages effectively pushed large portions of mining activity and retail access offline, showing how connectivity constraints can translate into immediate crypto-service failure.
Pwc Leaned Into Crypto After U.S. Regulatory Shift
PwC’s U.S. leadership accelerated the firm’s move into cryptocurrency services as federal guardrails became clearer, with the GENIUS Act and related stablecoin rulemaking emerging as the primary drivers. We are treating this as a strategic de-risking moment that unlocked a broader go-to-market posture across audit, tax, and advisory for digital assets.
More Nfts, Less Money: NFT Supply Hits 1.3B As Sales Fall 37% In 2025
The NFT market expanded sharply in 2025 as total supply climbed to about 1.34 billion tokens while sales volume contracted by 37% to $5.63 billion, signaling a pronounced shift in market structure. These headline figures point to a high-volume, low-price environment that reshapes incentives for issuers, custodians, and marketplaces.
Bitwise Projects Steady Bitcoin Returns Over The Next Decade, Not Spectacular Gains
Bitwise Asset Management expects Bitcoin returns to stay robust but become more moderate through 2035, emphasizing long-run compounding over repeated parabolic spikes. Its base case targets $1.3 million by 2035, implying an average compound annual return near 28.3% and a meaningfully lower volatility profile than Bitcoin has historically shown, with institutional inflows and spot Bitcoin […]
HashKey Secures $250M For New Crypto Fund Amid ‘Significant Interest’
HashKey Capital completed a $250 million first close for its fourth vehicle, HashKey Fintech Multi-Strategy Fund IV, signaling strong institutional demand for digital-asset exposure. The raise targets a $500 million final close and arrives as investors reprice valuations and liquidity conditions across crypto markets.
SEC Charges Fake Crypto Platforms and AI Investment Clubs in Alleged $14 Million Scam
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a network of purported crypto trading platforms and AI-themed investment clubs, alleging a retail fraud that raised at least $14 million. Filed on December 22, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the complaint targets three platforms and four investment clubs for conduct […]
Aave Falls 18% Over Week as Dispute Pulls Down Token Deeper
The Aave token (AAVE) fell roughly 18% over the past week as a governance dispute escalated and confidence weakened, with selling pressure amplified by a large liquidation. The drop reflects a mix of governance-driven uncertainty and concentrated positioning that hit the market at the same time.
Malaysia’s Royal Stablecoin Signals Asia’s Shift Toward Regulated Tokenized Money
Malaysia has launched RMJDT, a royal stablecoin pegged to the ringgit and backed by cash deposits and short-term government bonds, positioning it as strategic infrastructure for tokenized money in Asia. The initiative marks a shift from pilot experimentation to production-grade, locally denominated digital money designed for faster, lower-cost cross-border payments with regulatory compliance and reserve […]
DTCC Chooses Privacy-Focused Canton Network for Tokenization
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has secured regulatory clearance to pilot a tokenization service and will use the privacy-focused Canton Network as its blockchain partner. The decision, enabled by a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission no-action letter dated December 11, 2025, targets custodied U.S. Treasury securities and sets a defined timetable toward production […]