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How Blockchain Works: When Transactions Are Also Settlements, Reconciliation Disappears

Crypto December 16, 2025

Money movement and financial services are underpinned by a timeless question: who is trusted to keep the books, and at what cost?Digital assets and blockchain have for years tried to muscle and buildοΏ½...

Bank of America Sees Payments Moving On-Chain as Regulators OK Stablecoins

Crypto December 16, 2025

Bank of America reportedly found that United States regulators are mapping out a plan for stablecoins and tokenized deposits.The U.S. has begun an ongoing shift that could move more real-world assetsοΏ½...

Citizens Bank Sees Predictions Market Becoming New Asset Class

Crypto December 16, 2025

A new analysis from Citizens Bank finds prediction markets becoming an emerging asset class.The banks findings, flagged Monday (Dec. 15) in a CoinDesk report, come amid steady growth for platforms suοΏ½...

Volt Teams With BVNK to Offer Merchants Stablecoin Pay-Ins

Crypto December 16, 2025

Money movement platform Volt has launched a partnership with stablecoin payment infrastructure provider BVNK.The collaboration will see Volt offer stablecoin pay-ins at checkout to its merchants and οΏ½...

Hong Kong Crypto Exchange HashKey to Raise $206 Million in IPO

Crypto December 16, 2025

Cryptocurrency exchange HashKeyis set to raise $206 million after pricing its initial public offering, Reuters reported Monday (Dec. 15), citing an unnamed source.HashKey, founded in 2018, is Hong KoοΏ½...

UK Eyes Rules to Keep β€˜Dodgy Actors’ Out of Crypto

Crypto December 16, 2025

The United Kingdom is reportedly set to begin regulating cryptocurrencies starting in October 2027.The goal is to provide certainty for the industry and push away dodgy actors, Reuters reported SundaοΏ½...

JPMorgan Prepares to Launch First Tokenized Money Market Fund

Crypto December 16, 2025

J.P. Morgan Chase is reportedly deepening its blockchain efforts with its first tokenized money market fund.The bank’s asset management unit is deploying the fund on the Ethereum blockchain, the Wal...

Scam Victims Stay Silent but Banks Pay the Price

Crypto December 16, 2025

If your house were robbed or your car vandalized, you wouldnt hesitate to report the crime to the police. So why do so few victims of financial scams report the incidents to their financial institutiοΏ½...

Coinbase Could Be Prepping Kalshi-Powered Prediction Market

Crypto December 15, 2025

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly preparing to introduce a prediction market in collaboration with Kalshi.An announcement on the project could come as early as the next few days, CNBC reοΏ½...

AMINA Bank Integrates Ripple Payments to Facilitate Cross-Border Stablecoin Transactions

Crypto December 13, 2025

Switzerland-based AMINA Bank has integrated Ripple Payments to reduce the friction between blockchain and traditional banking rails and enable the banks clients to move funds seamlessly.This integratοΏ½...