Spain emerges as leading EURC retail market in Europe, Brighty data shows
Brighty data shows Spain leading EURC retail usage, offering an early look at how euro stablecoins are being used under MiCA.Spain...
Kast hires former SEC official Stephanie Allen to lead policy communications
Stablecoin payments company Kast hired former SEC adviser Stephanie Allen as it expands licensing, communications and policy effor...
Solana ecosystem expands institutional push with Europe-focused research arm
Solana is launching a Swiss-based research institute and practitioner guide to help European financial institutions evaluate its b...
South Korea seeks 20-year sentence for Delio CEO over $169M crypto fraud
Prosecutors say Jeong Sang-ho’s “active deceptive acts” left nearly 2,800 investors frozen out of their funds, as South Korea's cr...
UK regulator clears path for tokenized funds within existing rules
The FCA signs off rules to let UK funds keep registers onchain and add a new Direct‑to‑Fund dealing model, aiming to simplify toke...
OKX rolls out protocol for autonomous AI agents to pay and transact
OKX published a new open-standard payment protocol for autonomous AI agents in business and commerce, aiming to support more compl...
Crypto hack losses top $630M in April, highest since February 2025
Losses from crypto hacks have topped $630 million in April across more than 25 hacks, with DeFi dominating major incidents and exp...
US seized $500M in Iranian crypto assets, Treasury secretary says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US has seized nearly $500 million in Iranian crypto assets, surpassing the previously re...
South Korea’s Shinhan Card taps Solana to test real-world stablecoin payments
Shinhan Card signed a deal with Solana Foundation to expand stablecoin payment tests and explore non-custodial wallets and DeFi-ba...
Australia draft payments vision eyes stablecoin interoperability
A draft vision for Australia’s domestic payments system says stablecoins and tokenized fiat currency could reshape how money moves...