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Argentine Banks Test JPM Coin as Central Bank Reviews Crypto Ban: Report

Argentine banks are reportedly testing JPMorgan’s deposit token infrastructure for back-end settlement workflows, even as the country’s central bank still bars...

Tokenized Deposits Gain Ground as Banks Move Money Onchain

Banks are exploring tokenized deposits as they test ways to move commercial bank money onto blockchain-based payment and settlement infrastructure, according to a new...

Cari Taps ZKsync’s Prividium as US Banks’ Answer to Stablecoins

Cari Network, a permissioned network for banks led by former United States Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig, has chosen Matter Labs’ Prividium infrastructure to...

UAE Central Bank Says Banks Operating Normally Amid Tensions

The United Arab Emirates’ banking system remains fully operational despite escalating regional conflict between the US, Israel and Iran, the country’s central bank...

Banks Must Upgrade Their Blockchain Infrastructure

Opinion by: Igor Mandrigin, co-founder and chief technology and product officer of Gateway.fm For years, private distributed ledger systems, like Hyperledger, have...

How U.S. Banks Are Quietly Preparing for an Onchain Future

Key takeaways US banks are prioritizing tokenized versions of familiar products, including deposits, funds and custody, rather than launching new crypto-native assets....

Fed Opens Pathway for Banks to Engage with Crypto

The US Federal Reserve has withdrawn a 2023 guidance that limited how Fed-supervised banks, including uninsured ones, engaged with crypto, as US regulators continue to...

Visa Launches USDC Settlement for US banks, Starts on Solana

Payment processing giant Visa has launched USDC settlement services for some United States-based financial institutions. Visa said Tuesday that its USDC (USDC)...

Why Michael Saylor Says Countries Should Launch Bitcoin-Backed Banks

Michael Saylor’s pitch to integrate Bitcoin reserves into regulated banking Michael Saylor, executive chair of Strategy, has suggested that national governments...

Tether Now Buys More Gold Than Many Central Banks — Here’s What It Means

Key takeaways Tether purchased 26 tons of gold in Q3 2025, a larger quarterly acquisition than any reporting central bank. Its total holdings reached 116 tons, placing...

Italian Banks Back Digital Euro, Urge ECB to Stagger Implementation Costs

Italian banks have expressed their support for the European Central Bank’s (ECB) digital euro initiative, but are calling for the implementation costs to be spread out...

Stablecoin Race Heats Up Among Banks and Payment Firms

Traditional finance institutions across the US, Europe and Asia are moving into stablecoins now that regulatory uncertainties are easing. Payment companies like PayPal,...