Crypto Markets

Ripple is expanding its relationship with global alternative investment manager Brevan Howard, with Ripple Prime set to provide multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing services to funds managed by the investment firm. The agreement announced October 6 adds another major institutional relationship to Ripple’s strategy of building financial infrastructure across traditional and digital markets. The […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is joining financial regulators around the world in a new campaign warning investors about increasingly sophisticated fraud, including relationship investment schemes and impersonation attacks powered by modern technology. The warning was issued on October 5 as part of World Investor Week 2026, a global investor-education campaign coordinated by […]

The strategic expansion of decentralized financial infrastructure in Asia has reached a monumental milestone. XRP Asia has officially debuted at the XRP Seoul 2026 showcase, establishing a dedicated regional organization designed to supercharge the growth of the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Headquartered in Singapore and led by industry veteran Sabrina Tachdjian—former vice president of the Hedera […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new framework for how registered investment advisers and regulated funds can hold crypto assets, including a conditional path for advisers to safeguard certain assets themselves and a proposed expansion of eligible custodians to state-chartered trust companies. Announced on October 1, the proposal would amend rules under […]

The U.S. Senate’s failure to advance the Clarity Act on September 15 did not produce the sustained crypto-market weakness that some investors might have expected from the collapse of a major regulatory initiative. Instead, according to Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan, the market rallied sharply in the two weeks following the vote. In his […]

Coinbase and Citigroup are deepening their payments collaboration to connect traditional bank accounts with stablecoin infrastructure, giving businesses new ways to accept, hold and move digital-dollar value without building separate banking and blockchain systems. The expanded relationship combines Coinbase‘s digital-asset payment rails with Citi’s regulated banking infrastructure and merchant-acquiring platform. Announced on September 28, 2026, […]

The convergence of artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and decentralized networks is reshaping the architecture of global finance. As digital intelligence accelerates economic productivity, legacy regulatory systems risk stifling innovation unless policy frameworks evolve in tandem. In a comprehensive strategy essay titled “Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy,” industry pioneer Michael Saylor outlines a bold […]

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is giving regulated derivatives firms clearer guidance on how blockchain-based assets and records can fit within existing rules. An update published September 24, 2026, addresses two practical questions: whether customer funds may be invested in tokenized versions of already-permitted investments, and whether blockchain or distributed-ledger technology can satisfy regulatory […]

Brazil is moving into a more detailed phase of crypto-market supervision. The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) has adopted two new measures that expand anti-money-laundering reporting for virtual-asset transfers and increase the information that regulated crypto-service providers must supply for supervisory purposes. The changes were published on September 23, 2026, through Resolutions BCB 588 and […]