
The World Liberty Trust Company: Trump-Linked Firm’s Bold Bid for a Federal Banking Charter
World Liberty Financial, a company linked to the family of President Donald Trump, has applied to the U.S. Office of

World Liberty Financial, a company linked to the family of President Donald Trump, has applied to the U.S. Office of

RAKBANK received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) on January 7, 2026 to issue an AED-backed

PwC’s U.S. leadership accelerated the firm’s move into cryptocurrency services as federal guardrails became clearer, with the GENIUS Act and

Sling Money has secured authorization from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide crypto services, aligning a regulated product

Malaysia has launched RMJDT, a royal stablecoin pegged to the ringgit and backed by cash deposits and short-term government bonds,

Visa has enabled U.S. issuer and acquirer banks to settle VisaNet obligations in Circle’s USDC on the Solana blockchain, reaching

Stripe’s acquisition of a development team from crypto wallet app Valora represents a significant personnel transfer between a major payments

On December 8, 2025, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission launched a pilot program that permits selected digital assets to

Tether has committed €70 million to Generative Bionics, an Italian humanoid-robotics spinoff, in a funding round announced in December 2025.

The crypto market recorded $637.57 million in liquidations on December 1, 2025, driven overwhelmingly by long positions and impacting roughly