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CLARITY Act: The Obstacle Changed This Week. The Markup Date Has Not.
Armstrong reversed course on April 10. Scott named three hurdles on Fox Business. The markup needs a text before it can have a ...
SWIFT’s Blockchain Will Transform a 50-Year-Old Global Banking System: Understanding the New Tech Stack and Business Opportunities
SWIFT's blockchain shared ledger hits MVP this year. What the new tech stack means for cross-border payments, tokenized deposit...
BlackRock's Q1 Numbers Are Strong. The Institutional Bitcoin Story Is in the Gap Between IBIT and MSBT.
BlackRock's Q1 numbers beat expectations. The institutional Bitcoin story is not in the revenue line. It is in the gap between ...
CLARITY Act: The Senate Is Back. Tim Scott Has Not Announced a Date.
The Senate returned from Easter recess today. Issues remain open. Tim Scott has not set a markup date. Here is where the CLARIT...
Rethinking Token Value: From Subsidized Supply to Sustainable Accrual
Most blockchain tokens are inflationary and disconnected from real usage. Here's why sustainable token economics are becoming t...
The Numbers Are In. The Banks' Case for a Yield Ban Just Fell Apart.
A White House report found banning stablecoin yield would add just 0.02% to bank lending. Nic Puckrin explains why the banks' c...
ClearBank Europe Becomes First Dutch Bank to Gain Crypto-Asset Status Under MiCAR
ClearBank Europe has received CASP status from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, becoming the first Dutch credit i...
From Locked Liquidity to Working Capital
Billions in Bitcoin and stablecoins sit idle while markets tighten. Julian Mezger makes the case for shifting digital treasury ...
Morgan Stanley Launched the First Bank-Issued Bitcoin ETF Today
Morgan Stanley's MSBT is live on NYSE Arca today as the first spot Bitcoin ETF from a major US bank, charging 0.14% — the lowes...
What Is Real-World Asset Tokenization? The IMF Just Called It a Structural Reconfiguration. Here Is What That Means.
The IMF published a note on April 2 calling tokenization a fundamental reconfiguration of financial architecture. Here is what ...
The Key to Catching Crypto Criminals Lies in Bank Statements
$5.8 billion lost to crypto fraud in 2024. Joanna Summers argues that bank statements — not blockchain — are where criminal inv...
Why 2026 Could Be the Year Stablecoins Go Mainstream
The GENIUS Act gave stablecoins a legal definition. Now banks, fintechs, and multinationals are moving fast. Here's what mainst...