Apple
Bitcoin should be on Apple, Meta balance sheets: Draper
Tim Draper says Apple and Meta should hold Bitcoin as a treasury hedge, warning current U.S. fiscal trends could threaten cash and banks.
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Africa
Ripple powers Absa digital asset custody launch in Africa
Ripple technology now powers Absa Digital Asset Custody, giving institutional clients in South Africa bank-grade digital asset safeguards.
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Agora moves closer to U.S. national trust bank after OCC approval
Agora has secured preliminary conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish Agora National Trust Bank, bringing the stablecoin company…
Bitcoin
Elon Musk’s X adds Bitcoin trading links for U.S. users
X now links U.S. Cashtags for stocks, ETFs and crypto to five partner platforms, where users can complete trades outside the social app.
CBDC
South Korea to test CBDC backed deposit tokens for government expenses
South Korea has approved a pilot that will let public officials pay government operating expenses with blockchain based deposit tokens instead of physical government cards. According…
Europe
Polymarket pushes for MiFID status as Europe weighs prediction market rules
Polymarket has stepped up talks with European and UK regulators as the prediction market platform seeks financial services oversight for its contracts instead of being regulated…
AI
Australia’s 40-year outlook names AI, omits crypto
Australia’s 40-year economic outlook names AI among five major transitions while separate Treasury policy addresses tokenized finance.
LayerZero
Anchorage Digital taps LayerZero for stablecoin rails
Anchorage Digital selected LayerZero for stablecoin interoperability, starting with Tether’s USAT and extending to other bank-issued tokens.
AI
Bitcoin could gain from AI bust, Arthur Hayes says
Arthur Hayes says an AI credit bust could push U.S. authorities toward liquidity support, a scenario he argues could benefit Bitcoin.
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Cardano integrates x402 to bring ADA payments to AI agents
Cardano has gained support in the x402 software stack, allowing developers to build applications and AI agents that can pay for online services using ADA and…