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Spanish fin-serv giant Banco Santander has reportedly selected digital asset management firm Taurus to safeguard its Swiss clients’ Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).On Nov. 20, Santander Private Banking International’s Swiss private banking unit rolled out a new Bitcoin and Ether trading serv ...

More foreign banks have joined China’s digital yuan central bank digital currency (CBDC), the e-CNY, following British bank Standard Chartered’s entry on Nov. 27, bringing its total to four.According to local news reports, Hong Kong-based HSBC, Hang Seng Bank and Taiwanese bank Fubon ...

Executives of banking giants JPMorgan Chase and Apollo revealed plans for a tokenized ‘enterprise mainnet’ formed during a collaboration on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian pilot project. On Nov. 15, the MAS introduced five additional industry pilots to Pro ...

The European Union’s banking regulator, the European Banking Authority (EBA), wants to update existing anti-money laundering rules and focus on combatting the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for crypto providers. In a consultation paper published on Nov. 24, the EBA explains that cur ...

The Austrian subsidiary of European lender Raiffeisen Bank is preparing to allow its clients to trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) in the coming months.After initially announcing its crypto plans in April 2023, Raiffeisen Bank’s Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien (RLB NÖ-Wie ...

Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has opened a consultation period on crypto asset disclosure requirements for federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs). The consultation was foreseen in the 2023 federal budget, but its timing is tied to a simil ...

The international arm of Spanish lender Banco Santander has reportedly rolled out a new service, allowing clients with Swiss accounts to invest in and trade Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).According to a report from Coindesk claiming access to a leaked internal communication, high-net-worth ...

Global investment bank Goldman Sachs and French universal bank BNP Paribas have reportedly led a new funding round for Fnality, a blockchain-based wholesale payments firm backed by Nomura Group.Fnality has raised 77.7 million British pounds ($95.09 million) in a second round of funding, Re ...

The overlap between traditional finance and cryptocurrencies has become more pronounced in the last few years, with some online crypto services offering Visa-backed cards supporting crypto payments. However, the infrastructure gap between traditional banking and crypto is barely narrowing. ...

Multinational banking firm JPMorgan has rolled out a programmable payment feature for institutional users of its private blockchain platform JPM Coin.Naveen Mallela, who heads up JP Morgan’s bank-led blockchain platform Onyx, shared details of the new functionality on LinkedIn via an initi ...

SC Ventures, the fintech investment arm of the British bank Standard Chartered, will establish a Digital Asset Joint Venture investment company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in partnership with a Japanese financial conglomerate, SBI Holdings. In the press release from Nov. 9, Alex ...

HSBC has partnered with Ripple-owned tech firm, Metaco, to integrate its institutional platform Harmonize with HSBC’s new custody service for digital assets, the firm announced on Nov. 8.The bank expects to roll out the new digital asset custody service in 2024, complementing its digital a ...

Custodia Bank, a cryptocurrency-friendly bank founded by Bitcoin (BTC) advocate Caitlin Long, has launched its Bitcoin custody platform.The firm took to X (formerly Twitter) on Nov. 7 to announce the launch of Custodia Bank’s Bitcoin custody service targeting businesses like fiduciaries, i ...

DZ Bank AG, the third largest bank in Germany by asset size, has launched its own digital assets custody platform built on blockchain. According to an announcement published on Nov. 2, the platform will work with institutional clients, offering them crypto securities, such as the crypto bond from ...

Some of the largest United States banks are not able to facilitate customers deposits after one of the Federal Reserve’s payment systems suffered an outage on Nov. 3.The Federal Reserve said the bug was caused by a "processing issue" in the Automated Clearing House — a payment ...

The Swiss National Bank (SNB), six commercial banks and the SIX Swiss Exchange will work together to pilot the issuance of wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in the nation, officially known as the Swiss franc wCBDC.The pilot project dedicated to wholesale CBDC, named Helveti ...

Switzerland’s St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB), one of the largest banks in the country, is moving into cryptocurrency by introducing Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) trading to its customers.SGKB has partnered with the global cryptocurrency-focused bank SEBA to offer its clients digital asset c ...

Banking giant Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) have tested the use of tokenized deposits – from issuance to transfer to redemption – with major Chinese banker Ant Group, founded by Jack Ma, in a sandbox arranged by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.The initiativ ...

Artificial intelligence, more specifically its abbreviation “AI,” was crowned word of the year for 2023 in the Collins dictionary, one of the world’s earliest English-language dictionary publishers.The Collins dictionary defines AI as “the modeling of human mental functions by computer pro ...

Zodia, the institutional cryptocurrency custody platform co-owned by British banking giant Standard Chartered, Japanese SBI Holdings and the financial firm Northern Trust, is expanding its services to Hong Kong.Zodia Custody is launching services in Hong Kong in response to growing demand ...

The Inspector General’s Office (OIG) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the independent United States government body that provides deposit insurance to commercial and savings banks, has published an evaluation report on the corporation’s crypto asset risk strategy. ...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a consultation paper on Oct. 17, proposing to make it compulsory for banks to disclose their crypto exposure. The Basel Committee comprises central banks and financial authorities from 28 ju ...

Fraudsters in Ireland prefer targeting traditional banking customers instead of cryptocurrency investors amid a two-year-long bear market.The frequency of cryptocurrency scams is often directly proportional to the hype and profits around the ecosystem at a given time. It appears that the o ...

Recent developments in Hong Kong are poised to breathe new life into the cryptocurrency scene in East Asia. This region has faced significant challenges, primarily due to China's comprehensive ban on cryptocurrency trading activities that have been in place since 2019. However, the tide may be turni ...

Nomura's digital asset subsidiary, Laser Digital Asset Management, has introduced the Bitcoin Adoption Fund, targeting institutional investors. This Bitcoin (BTC)-based fund represents the first in a series of digital adoption investment solutions that the firm plans to launch. Nomura, a Japanese fi ...

Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao has hosed down recent rumors against his firm, assuring its balance sheet and employee retention remain robust, despite the recent market uncertainty. The Binance boss blamed negative news, rumors, bank runs, lawsuits, the closing ...

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and blockchain technology are likely to displace traditional banks, according to a lawmaker in Russia.Anatoly Aksakov, head of Russia’s parliamentary financial committee and a major skeptic of Bitcoin (BTC), has predicted that the traditional banking ...

One of the largest South Korean banks, Korea Exchange Bank (KEB Hana Bank), is moving to offer digital asset custody services through a new partnership with major cryptocurrency custody firm BitGo Trust Company.KEB Hana Bank has signed a strategic business agreement with BitGo to jointly e ...

The Hong Kong arm of crypto-friendly Swiss bank SEBA Bank has received in-principle approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) allowing it to deal in virtual assets.On Aug. 30, SEBA Hong Kong said its in-principle approved license would allow it to operate with cry ...

Tether, the stablecoin issuer behind USDT, has reportedly added Britannia Bank & Trust, a private bank based in The Bahamas to process dollar transfers on its platform.It is understood Tether has instructed clients to send money to Britannia’s bank account over the last few months, acc ...

Australia’s central bank has completed its pilot of a central bank digital currency exploring use cases for a potential digital dollar, finding it useful in four main areas, including enabling complex payments and asset tokenization. The Reserve Bank of Australia and the Digital Finance Coope ...

Crypto-assets and their related activities present key risks to the United States banking system and warrant closer supervision, warns a leading U.S. financial regulator. For the first time, cryptocurrency was given a dedicated section in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s a ...

The United States Federal Reserve is broadening the scope of its supervision program which oversees U.S. banks that engage with the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. An Aug. 8 announcement by the Federal Reserve Board established the Novel Activities Supervision Program, which aims t ...

Coinbase, a leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, shared its second-quarter results on Aug. 3. Despite showing a net loss, some positives emerged, like a 13% cut in operating expenses from the last quarter and a 3% boost in its cash reserves to $5.5 billion. Coinbase key financial metric ...

Australia’s Bendigo Bank has become the fourth major bank in the country to announce blocks for “high-risk crypto payments,” citing the need to protect customers from investment scams.The bank said on July 31 it implemented new rules on instant payments to crypto exchanges which adds “some ...

Blockchain has the potential to save financial institutions approximately $10 billion in cross-border payment costs by the year 2030, according to a recent report.Published by digital payment network Ripple, in collaboration with the US Faster Payments Council (FPC) on July 29, the report ...

The ongoing crisis surrounding the U.S. banking system struck again as Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart was closed on July 29 by the Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner, with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) taking control. On July 31, the four branches of ...

Social media platform X — formerly known as Twitter — may soon advance plans to add financial services to its users, hoping to become the American equivalent of the Chinese super-app WeChat.The concept of super-apps isn’t new. Tech giant Tencent, the company behind WeChat ...

Canada’s financial watchdog is proposing changes to its capital and liquidity approach to crypto assets, according to an announcement on July 26. According to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), the proposed rules will simplify institutions’ approach to ...

Shares in PacWest bank flash crashed by 27% on July 25 only to quickly recover in after-hours trading on the news it had merged with the Banc of California.PacWest Bancorp (PACW) stock slumped from $10.33 to $7.50 in late trading on July 25, sparking concern among the finance and crypto co ...

The British government is reportedly set to announce measures that could see banks stripped of their license if they choose to debank customers due to their political views. A July 20 report from The Times said the United Kingdom’s government is considering tighter conditions on ...

Myanmar’s first entirely crypto-based banking institution has announced a soft launch for July 22 — a move that could see the country’s shadow government given greater access to financial services and funding.The Spring Development Bank is named after the Spring Revolution, the opposition ...

The development firm behind the Chainlink protocol and its native LINK token has gone live with its cross-chain protocol, aimed at providing interoperability between traditional financial firms and both public and private blockchains.In a July 17 post on the Chainlink blog, Chainlink ...

Stu Alderoty, chief legal officer of Ripple Labs, has reportedly said United States-based banks may turn to XRP for cross-border transactions following a recent court ruling.According to a July 17 CNBC report, Alderoty expressed confidence that U.S. banks and financial institutions could b ...

Blockchain Australia’s new CEO, Simon Callaghan, is urging Australia’s banks, the government and the crypto industry to come together to combat rising cryptocurrency scams.Speaking on the final day of Australian Blockchain Week in Melbourne on June 30, Callaghan announced that ...

The United States Federal Reserve ’s emergency fund for embattled banks has seen its highest level of distressed asset redemptions since its inception three months ago.The emergency lending program — known as the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) — was introduced ...

While many investors in the West may look to crypto to speculate the next biggest trend, blockchain technology is actually solving “real-world problems” in Africa such as hyperinflation and "corruption," executives told Cointelegraph.Speaking to Cointelegraph, Chris Maurice, fo ...

The American central bank has determined that all 23 of the country’s largest banks would be able to survive a severe recession following its “stress tests.”The report issued on June 28 also showed relative weakness among the midsize and regional banks, however, the stress test only requir ...

Michelle Bowman, member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, has criticized the absence of a clear regulatory framework for novel technologies in the United States.During a speech at the Salzburg Global Seminar on bank regulation and supervision, Bowman called for ...

Stablecoin issuer Circle and venture capital firm Sequoia Capital were reportedly among the top 10 depositors at the collapsed crypto-friendly Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March.According to a June 23 report from Bloomberg, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) provided document ...

As more institutions go from only showing their interest in the crypto space into actually investing in Web3 projects, getting into crypto turns into a question of “when” rather than a question of “if” according to an executive from institution-focused crypto firm SEBA Bank. At the Wo ...

Despite plenty of regulatory action in the United States and an ongoing crypto winter, former TradFi executives, now in crypto, said there’s no desire to return to their old banking lives.Instead, several former traditional bankers told Cointelegraph they remain bullish about the ind ...

Democrats with the United States House Financial Services Committee have introduced several bills in what they described as the “first wave” of legislation aimed at addressing failures at major banks.In a June 21 announcement, committee ranking member Maxine Waters said House D ...

Goldman Sachs is currently facing scrutiny from the Federal Reserve and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding its involvement in the purchase of Silicon Valley Bank’s securities portfolio prior to the bank’s collapse, The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing sour ...

The European Union signed the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations into law on May 31, making way for the landmark regulatory guidance on crypto assets and service providers to come into effect.First drafted in 2020, the EU’s regulatory package will govern the issuance and sco ...

Amid all the tumult in the crypto world, some of the world’s largest banks have been quietly reflecting on ways to bring digital assets to institutional customers. And last week, a plan emerged.A collaboration, under the guidance of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommuni ...

Custodia Bank took a step forward in its legal battle against the Federal Reserve, as a Wyoming federal judge denied dismissal motions from both the Fed and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.The digital asset bank sued the Federal Reserve in June 2022, claiming an “unlawful delay” in ...

Commonwealth Bank (CBA), the largest bank in Australia, has said it will decline or temporarily hold certain payments to cryptocurrency exchanges, citing the risk of scammers. The move comes amid two major global exchanges facing a lawsuit from the United States securities regulator and is ...

A new phase in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's integration of blockchain technology and traditional assets has been completed with the minting of the first dummy digital government bond as an ERC-1155 security token. The bond mint is part of the proof of concept (PoC) phase of Project E ...

What do progressive Democrats, Republican national security hawks and Wall Street traders have in common? They are all apparently enlisting in United States Senator Elizabeth Warren’s “anti-crypto army.” The progressive senator’s reported alliance with Marc Cohodes, a Wall Street short-seller who ...

Megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has announced that its stablecoin issuance platform “Progmat Coin” will soon be used by Japanese banks to launch Yen-pegged stablecoins on several public blockchains.Japanese banks have recently outlined intentions to either look into or launc ...

Boosting financial inclusion is one of crypto’s strongest value propositions. Yet, ironically, the banking crisis has effectively de-banked the crypto industry itself, at least in the United States.How things panned out with Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature — the t ...

The European crypto scene has gained significant traction over the past few years, with a surge in the interest in and adoption of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. While the crypto industry is often associated with decentralization, innovation and financial freedom, it is not immune to ...

Co-founder of the cryptocurrency company Easy Crypto criticized major New Zealand banks for "intimidating customers" who make cryptotransactions. Janine Grainger announced that in the last week alone, three different banks refused Easy Crypto an account to launch the new ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it is expanding its retail digital rupee testing pilot to include more banks and expand the list of cities. The central bank said in an annual report that it has been testing its own digital currency (CBDC) in stages. In November 2022 ...

Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. criticized the SEC He accused the regulator of supporting banks over ordinary Americans Also the politician does not want anti-crypto people at the agency Robert Kennedy Jr. is one American politician who open ...

Banks in the South African country will be able to offer credit products using as collateral the newly issued state digital currency, secured by gold, announced the Zimbabwe Bankers Association. The digital money, the local central bank suggests, will eventually be used i ...

Binance Australia stopped working with banks via PayID. In addition, the continent's largest bank, Westpac, banned its customers from making deposits on the cryptocurrency exchange. The exchange said today that deposits via PayID a ...

During an interview, Paolo Ardoino, the CTO of Tether, made a significant announcement regarding the company's excess reserves. According to Ardoino, Tether currently has approximately $1.6 billion in reserves to support its stablecoin, USDT. Tether's USDT is backed by a variety of real assets, i ...

In March, the cryptocurrency industry faced a significant test as three banks, SVB, Silvergate, and Signature, collapsed, causing a chain of events that once again highlighted the importance of securing stablecoins and gave momentum to the growth of Bitcoin. The collapse of SVB was initially pred ...

Silvergate Bank March 2023 has been a challenging month for banks operating in the crypto industry. The termination of operations has already been announced by Silvergate, Signature and Silicon Valley. What awaits crypto investors amid these events? Silvergate Bank The ...

Digital Currency Group (DCG) has revealed that major banks have expressed interest in collaborating with cryptocurrency companies, although there may be certain limitations imposed. Following the bankruptcy of American banks Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate, DCG initiated discu ...