Homepage > News > Business > Kenya sets up special unit to combat growing ‘crypto’ fraud Kenya’s criminal intelligence agency has established a new special unit to crack down on digital asset crime, which cost local investors over $43 million in 2024 and is on track to hit a new record in 2025. The Directorate…
Finalto, an award-winning multi-asset liquidity provider and fintech specialist, is pleased to announce that it has been granted a Category 5 licence by the UAE Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA). This significant milestone further strengthens Finalto’s global regulatory framework and reinforces the company’s commitment to serving professional and institutional clients in one of the world’s…
This is a technical analysis post by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. The Fed has come and gone without moving the needle on bitcoin’s BTC$92,534.21 price in any meaningful way. The central bank cut rates by 25 basis points as expected, but supposedly delivered hawkish forward guidance. Still, the dollar has been…
A Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is a financial product that tracks Bitcoin’s market value, allowing investors to gain exposure to the asset through familiar stock market platforms instead of buying BTC directly. These funds generally fall into two categories: spot Bitcoin ETFs and Bitcoin futures ETFs, both of which have become popular among institutional and…
Over the years, quantum computing has become a recurrent theme within the crypto sector. One that has a negative connotation in its potential to break the cryptography that secures blockchain networks and digital wallets. In such a scenario, we would see total collapse of the crypto ecosystem, as stolen funds and broken consensus mechanisms would…
The partnership between Sei Labs and Xiaomi will integrate a pre-installed crypto wallet and discovery app into new Xiaomi smartphones outside mainland China and the US. The integration includes seamless onboarding, MPC security, P2P payments, and curated dapp access, supported by Xiaomi’s major global market share. Stablecoin payments using USDC are planned across Xiaomi’s retail…
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a “class relief” which significantly lowers the licensing hurdle for intermediaries handling stablecoins and wrapped tokens on secondary markets. This relief means exchanges, brokers, and fintechs no longer need a separate Australian Financial Services (AFS) license for this activity, making it faster and cheaper to integrate…
In brief YouTube enabled U.S. creators to receive earnings in PYUSD, according to a Fortune exclusive. Big Tech only adopts new payment rails when they’re “operationally mature and low-friction,” an expert told Decrypt. The update follows Trump’s signing of the GENIUS Act, giving stablecoins a federal framework and accelerating institutional adoption. U.S. creators are being…
The world’s largest crypto exchange has expanded its listings to include more trading pairs tied to the Trump family’s stablecoin. Binance announced on Thursday that it has expanded support for World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin by adding fee-free trading pairs for major tokens, including Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL) and BNB (BNB) in addition to its…
Bitget, die weltweit größte Universal Exchange (UEX), gab eine umfassende Aktualisierung für GetAgent, seinem KI-gestützten Trading-Assistenten, bekannt. Das Update umfasst eine flexiblere Antwort-Engine, ein optimiertes Interface und eine deutliche Erhöhung der Mitgliederkontingente, wodurch fortschrittliche KI-Trading-Tools für Nutzer aller Stufen zugänglicher werden als je zuvor. GetAgent, das Anfang dieses Jahres eingeführt wurde, ist zu einem wichtigen…