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PayPal Extends Role of Stablecoin Into Funding AI Projects

Crypto December 19, 2025

PayPal is reportedly extending the role of its stablecoin into artificial intelligence finance.That means linking the PYUSD coin to on-chain funding mechanisms from USD.AI, a stablecoin protocol offe�...

Mastercard, BlackRock Join Middle East-Focused Blockchain Effort

Crypto December 19, 2025

Thats according to a Thursday (Dec. 18) announcement from ADI Foundation, an Abu Dhabi-based non-profit founded with the goal of empowering governments and institutions in emerging markets via block...

Coinbase Teams With Kalshi to Offer Prediction Market Access

Crypto December 19, 2025

Coinbase has become the latest financial platform to enter the prediction market game.The cryptocurrency exchange announced Wednesday (Dec. 17) that it would begin to allow access to prediction mar...

Crypto Firm Ripple Expands TJM Partnership

Crypto December 19, 2025

Cryptocurrency solutions company Ripple says it has expanded its partnership with broker-dealer TJM Investments.With this collaboration, Ripple is investing in TJM and will continue to provide infras�...

Crypto Thefts Reached $3.4 Billion in 2025

Crypto December 19, 2025

Cryptocurrency thefts crept up this year amid a rise in hacks from North Korea.Thats according to findings released Thursday (Dec. 18) by blockchain data platform Chainalysis, showing that the crypto�...

SoFi Deepens Crypto Offerings With SoFiUSD Stablecoin

Crypto December 19, 2025

The launch makes SoFi the first national bank to issue a stablecoin on a public, permissionless blockchain, the company said in a Thursday (Dec. 18) news release. SoFi said the coin will allow it to...

CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham to Join Crypto Payments Company MoonPay

Crypto December 19, 2025

MoonPay announced the appointment in a Wednesday (Dec. 17) press release, saying Pham has overseen a pivotal year of market modernization, regulatory innovation and groundbreaking digital asset po...

Crypto Industry Leaders Discuss Market Structure Bill With Lawmakers

Crypto December 18, 2025

Cryptocurrency industry leaders and lobbyists are reportedly meeting with Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and other lawmakers Wednesday (Dec. 17) to discuss the crypto market structure bill.Scott an�...

Blockchain’s Institutional Future Is Private, Permissioned and Growing Fast

Crypto December 18, 2025

Theres a growing divide at the center of the digital asset universe, and its one that breaks cleanly over the sectors fundamental technology: Distributed ledgers, or blockchains.Public blockchains re�...

Nuvei Gets OK to Offer Crypto Services in EU

Crypto December 18, 2025

Nuvei received approval to operate under the European Unions new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency.The Canadian payments got a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license under the EUs Markets�...