The financial technology trade groups, headed by the American Fintech Council, have requested the Federal Reserve to proceed with a plan that would provide some non-bank financial companies direct access to U.S. payment rails. The Chief Executive Officer of the American Fintech Council, Phil Goldfeder, gave a statement on February
The BlackRock, Fidelity and Grayscale crypto investment products have witnessed a sharp weakening in net weekly outflows, providing initial signs of stabilisation after a severe expansion of digital asset markets, as per the recent data shared by CoinShares. Global funds backed by cryptocurrencies listed $187 million in net outflows in
The outlook of China towards RWA business has shifted a little, triggering optimism that the Asian country may eventually change its stand altogether. The crypto market has responded with little to no changes, even though there were fluctuations over the weekend. Gains in Gold could be another possible factor influencing
In the aftermath of a huge decline, the cryptocurrency market rose 5.57% in the last 24 hours, raising its entire market value to $2.35 trillion. Although the mood is still staying in the extreme fear zone, it sees cautious optimism, as the crypto Fear & Greed Index increased to 8
The crypto market has fallen more than 6%, and pushed the total market cap towards $2.24 trillion today, as widespread selling pressure continues. The sharp decline reflects growing uncertainty, as most of the cryptos are struggling to find support. The current crypto market cap is down around 48%, nearly half
CME Group is considering creating its own digital token to support 24/7 cryptocurrency trading and to enhance the settlement process for trades. Terry Duffy, CEO of CME, has confirmed this idea during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call on February 4, 2026. Currently, the project is still under review, and
The institutional brokerage arm of Ripple has permitted access to decentralised derivatives markets by amalgamating Hyperliquid into its Prime brokerage platform. The firm publicised the partnership through a statement published on February 4, keeping it as a step to connect traditional finance with decentralised trading. Ripple has stated that Ripple
Bitnomial, Inc. (“Bitnomial”), a derivatives exchange firm based in the United States that runs a designated contract market (DCM) that is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has published an announcement on the debut of its Tezos (XTZ) US Dollar futures on Bitnomial Exchange, LLC on February 4,
The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Chair, Stephen Miran, has resigned from his White House position. He earlier came out in support of more rate cuts in 2026, something that aligns with the US President Donald Trump’s statement. Crypto prices have plunged over the last 24 hours; however, a statement
The core developers of Ethereum have kept “Frame Transactions” on the shortlist of Hegota headliner candidates, and Vitalik Buterin publicly connected in the proposal thread the next day and stated that the design can acquire ERC-4337-style mempool acceptance rules through paymasters. At the time of writing, the price of ETH
