Every day, there seems to be a new blockchain for stablecoins. Or at least that’s how it felt this week, when USDC (USDC) issuer Circle announced Arc, its own settlement network, shortly after payment...

One of the hallmarks of new technology is that, at first, it’s often worse than the one it replaces. I remember sitting in my apartment sometime in the late-1990s and spending a weekend ripping my CD...

Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global fixed income, said earlier this week the current backdrop represents the “best investment environment ever,” citing unusually favorable dyn...

Bitcoin’s on-chain velocity—how often coins move—is at decade lows. To some, that’s a red flag: has Bitcoin lost momentum? Is it still being used? In fact, falling velocity may be the clearest signal...

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to allow crypto investments in 401(k) retirement plans, opening the gates for millions of dollars to flow into the asset class. The order, whi...

New York’s top financial regulator has fined Paxos, a New York City-based stablecoin issuer, $26.5 million for “systemic failures” in its compliance and anti-money laundering programs, including a pas...

The Solana Seeker phone is not your average smartphone, nor does it want to be. Building on the lessons of its predecessor, the Saga, Solana Mobile’s newest device reimagines what a crypto-native phon...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released guidance on Tuesday for stablecoin licensing, outlining strict capital, reserve, governance and technology standards for issuers seeking to operate in...

JPMorgan (JPM) set its 2026 price target for trading platform Robinhood (HOOD) to $98, up from $47 in 2025, citing new product launches and acquisition of European crypto exchange Bitstamp. Robinhood...

During the NFT boom of 2021, NFT-aficionados said “I’d love it even if it went to zero” as a tongue-in-cheek countercultural declaration that meaning and membership mattered more than profit. It becam...