21+ hour, 44+ min ago   (639+ words) MoneyGram has launched a USDC-backed Visa card in Colombia, allowing eligible customers to hold a stable-dollar balance, make purchases and send funds to themselves for local-currency collection at MoneyGram locations. The card is available digitally through the MoneyGram app and…...

1+ day, 44+ min ago   (496+ words) India’s securities regulator has launched a pilot that issues corporate bonds as digital tokens and settles the payment leg using the Reserve Bank of India’s wholesale digital rupee. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said Demat 2.0 is designed…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (537+ words) Ripple has expanded the AI capabilities inside Ripple Treasury, the corporate treasury platform built from its $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury. The Sept. 10 update expands policy-governed AI capabilities across treasury functions including forecasting, liquidity, risk, reconciliation and reporting, while keeping human…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (389+ words) Monument Bank has delayed the rollout of its planned retail tokenized deposits as it completes work with a new custody provider. Founder Mintoo Bhandari said the U.K. bank now expects a retail launch around November, several months later than originally planned....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (402+ words) Nasdaq has agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, as the companies deepen their work on tokenized equities. The investment reportedly values Payward at $21 billion, although Nasdaq did not disclose the valuation in its…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (713+ words) Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance is preparing a draft bill that would end the tax exemption letting private investors sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies tax-free after holding them for more than a year. The bill, led by Vice Chancellor Lars…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (518+ words) Crypto advocates and banking groups are stepping up pressure on U.S. senators in their home states ahead of a Sept. 15 procedural vote on the CLARITY Act. The two sides are pushing competing arguments over digital-asset regulation and whether stablecoin rewards could…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (529+ words) A crypto trader spent about $170,000 buying Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin after its initial collapse, only for the position to fall another 87%. On-chain tracker Lookonchain said the wallet bought 28,448.72 LAPTOP at an average $5.97, with the holding later valued near $21,000. Lookonchain flagged…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (501+ words) U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged senators to keep the CLARITY Act moving ahead of a key procedural vote on Sept. 15. Bessent warned that failing to advance the crypto market structure bill would send a “troubling signal” about U.S....