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August 6, 2026 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has announced the addition of 24-hour trading of equities five days a week in the UK. According to a note from Coinbase UK, customers will be able to trade approximately 4,000 stocks, as well as manage their crypto and other financial needs, all… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 9:24 pm By Stephanie Vaughan  |  

Everyone in DeFi is talking about the “Earn” Wars. Robinhood, Coinbase, Revolut, and Kraken are competing for retail balances. Protocols like Aave, Morpho, and Ethena are competing to be the borrowing strategy. Vault providers are competing to package it, and strategists like Steakhouse, Gauntlet, Sentora,… Read More

August 2, 2026 @ 9:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

South American stablecoin usage rising “Brazil’s regulators are already tightening control over stablecoin flows and virtual-asset service providers, and they’re doing it in tiers. Under Resolution 561, virtual assets can no longer settle transactions inside the regulated eFX system, so cross-border payment and receipt flows… Read More

July 31, 2026 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) recently alluded to the potential for digital asset innovators to move operations offshore if the CLARITY Act does not become law. This has been an issue for years and more welcoming jurisdictions have benefited from the inability of Congress to approve crypto legislation… Read More

July 30, 2026 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission held its annual Small Business Forum back in March of this year. This past week, the SEC published recommendations from participants in the gathering. These recommendations are available here. Several of the suggestions impact online capital formation, including Reg CF…. Read More

July 30, 2026 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The banking industry continues to pound away at the CLARITY Act, the crypto infrastructure legislation that will set the path for the US to dominate the global digital asset industry. The banking industry’s opposition to the bill is based on FUD. There is a simple… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Following a targeted report on VASPs and digital assets, the FATF [Financial Action Task Force], a global coordinator of financial standards and illicit activity, has filed a report on decentralized finance, or DeFi. FATF standards are followed, and at times adhered to, by approximately 200… Read More

July 27, 2026 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cross River Bank will power XMoney, part of the Elon Musk social media platform X. X has long held Fintech ambitions, aiming to become an “everything App.” X has emerged as the world’s community forum, offering global news and perspectives unfettered by opinion, where all… Read More

July 27, 2026 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The CLARITY Act, crypto market-infrastructure legislation, is approaching a floor vote in the US Senate. While the typical negotiations continue between proponents and those seeking to undermine digital asset innovation, Senate Republicans have been working to highlight the benefits of the bill. The most recent… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 9:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Regulation was on digital assets’ minds this week. They shared their thoughts on the CLARITY and the GENIUS Act and how they compare with the European Union’s MiCA regulation [Markets in Crypto Assets]. Other topics included AI and investing. Markets and investing “Capital is beginning to… Read More

July 24, 2026 @ 4:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Regulators are coming with questions about financial institutions’ Artificial Intelligence processes that many will struggle to answer, warns QAwerks CEO Konstantin Klyagin. More documented hallucinations, customer complaints of banking doom loops, and the CFPB’s determination that inaccurate Artificial Intelligence chatbot responses may be federal… Read More

July 23, 2026 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online investment platform AngelList has added agentic AI to its platform. According to a post on X by AngelList CEO, “you can now talk to your fund from Claude, ChatGPT, and Codex. Access financials, documents, capital calls, distributions, and more. To make this work seamlessly,… Read More

July 22, 2026 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The updated language of the CLARITY Act is circulating now on social media. The bill now incorporates ethics provisions that bar certain government officials from various digital asset activities, including the issuance or promotion of digital assets. Pre-existing interests may be placed in a blind… Read More

July 21, 2026 @ 8:59 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While fraud continues to evolve (with AI playing its part), Veriff fraud platform lead, Ira Bondar-Mucci, said familiar methods still reign supreme. Veriff’s identity verification platform supports more than 3,000 businesses, including Western Union, Bumble, Blockchain, Stake, Instacart and AWS. Veriff’s 2026 Identity Fraud Report… Read More

July 20, 2026 @ 4:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), viewed as a proxy for Bitcoin, received a solid buy rating from an analyst today. Siebert  Research Analyst Brian Vieten initiated coverage with a buy and a price target of $350.00 Strategy is currently trading at around $98 a share, so the price… Read More

July 20, 2026 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

The GENIUS Act, which became law a year ago this past week, was a landmark event for the burgeoning digital asset industry. Regulated “payment stablecoins” have been approved for issuance and usage in the United States, paving the way for faster, less expensive, and more… Read More

July 19, 2026 @ 9:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fresh off the holiday, digital assets insiders returned to the grind, with fresh thoughts on the CLARITY and GENIUS Acts, AI, PayPal/Stripe, and more. CLARITY Act “The US Senate is set to deliberate on the CLARITY Act on July 20. The bill’s key debates center on… Read More

July 17, 2026 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq Private Markets highlights the performance of private securities when compared to more traditional public listings. The number of public firms has been in decline for years due to aggressive over-regulation and the cost of compliance. Meanwhile, there is an ocean of sophisticated money that… Read More

July 17, 2026 @ 12:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week, the UK government published its strategy for wholesale financial markets and its digital asset strategy. HM Treasury outlined a path to remove barriers and acknowledged the need to update regulations. The goal is to seek greater efficiency, lower costs, improved liquidity/resilience, better support… Read More

July 16, 2026 @ 6:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shares of PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) took a nice bounce this week following the news that Stripe and Advent are working on a deal to acquire the global payments firm. In the past week, PayPal shares moved up by over 25%, suggesting that markets see a deal… Read More