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The OCC’s Charter Greenlight Pulls Crypto Closer to Core of US Banking

Crypto December 13, 2025

Crypto just got chartered.The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency(OCC) on Friday (Dec. 12) conditionally approved applications for new national bank trust charters to five applicants from οΏ½...

Sam Altman’s World App Adds Payments Features Within Chat

Crypto December 13, 2025

World, an organization co-founded by Sam Altman, has updated its app to include a native chat function, payments and third-party apps.The new World App began rolling out in more than 100 countries FrοΏ½...

This Week in Stablecoins: Incumbents Eye Control of Blockchain Infrastructure

Crypto December 13, 2025

Mainstream incumbents are taking over the crypto headlines. The biggest blockchain news this week did not come from a crypto-native startup, a decentralized autonomous organization or the latest memeοΏ½...

Trust Wallet Integrates Revolut to Facilitate Crypto Purchases in Europe

Crypto December 13, 2025

Crypto wallet Trust Wallet has integrated Revolut as a payment provider, enabling users to fund their wallets instantly and buy crypto across Europe, Trust Wallet said in an announcement on its websiοΏ½...

Crypto.com and Super App e& money to Explore Crypto Opportunities in UAE

Crypto December 12, 2025

Crypto.com and e& money, a financial super app designed for citizens and residents of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have partnered to explore integrations across their platforms.Aiming to advanοΏ½...

Coinbase Picks Chainlink for $7 Billion Crypto Bridging Project

Crypto December 12, 2025

Cryptocurrency exchangeΒ CoinbaseΒ has launched a partnership with platformΒ Chainlink.This collaboration will see Coinbase use Chainlinks Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the exclusive...

JPMorgan Marks One of the Earliest Blockchain-Based Debt Issuances

Crypto December 12, 2025

JPMorgan has successfully arranged a U.S. commercial paper issuance on the Solana blockchain.The issuance, performed for Galaxy Digital Holdings and purchased by Coinbase and Franklin Templeton, markοΏ½...

Klarna Explores Crypto Infrastructure With Privy Partnership

Crypto December 12, 2025

Digital bank and flexible payments provider KlarnaΒ has launched a collaboration with wallet infrastructure platformΒ Privy.Announced in a Thursday (Dec. 11)Β news release, the partnership will see th...

Prediction Markets Become Flash Point Between Federal and State Regulators

Crypto December 12, 2025

Prediction markets, which let users bet on everything from the future price of Bitcoin to the future president of the United States, are the latest flash point between federal and state regulators. RοΏ½...

Capitol Hill Confronts AI’s Growing Grip on Financial Services

Crypto December 12, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved rapidly into every corner of the economy. Financial services is a flash point over whether AI will strengthen or destabilize markets, as illustrated at a hearinοΏ½...