The collaboration of RBI and Bitpanda is going to expand Austria’s bank-based crypto solution into Central and Eastern Europe. The collaboration is going to provide a uniform approach to the RBI network of banks. It may eventually cover the needs of more than 18 million customers for digital asset solutions.
Opus 5.5 was unveiled by Anthropic at a reduced cost of operations, increased efficiency of production, and improved code performance. The software is designed for research, coding, and professional knowledge work but at reduced corporate expenditure. Anthropic claims that Opus 5.5 is capable of achieving performance comparable to Claude Fable
BlackRock is taking an overweight stance on U.S. equities since AI boosts profits for corporations even amid rising borrowing costs. BlackRock stresses the lack of AI, sustainable earnings, and cross-asset plays. AI development needs an increase in the supply of computing capacity, energy, semiconductors, memory, and data center build-out. BlackRock
Absa has officially rolled out the institution’s digital asset custody service in South Africa, leveraging the custody solution by Ripple. The official rollout of the project came after the partnership signed between Ripple and Absa back in October 2025, where the bank was made the first custody partner of Ripple
Anthropic has rescheduled its initial public offering for November from October, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The extra time may enable Anthropic to reveal the third-quarter earnings to future investors. Investor meetings will be used to assess investor interest ahead of Anthropic’s determination of its offering size and
Coinbase Derivatives has officially submitted a proposal to the CFTC seeking approval to bring perpetual futures. These are linked to the US stocks individually in the American derivatives market. These outmatch traditional futures, as perpetual contracts are ones that do not expire. It would give eligible users and traders 24/5
Linera, a16z-backed Layer 1 blockchain project founded by former Meta researcher Mathieu Baudet, has announced it is ceasing operations immediately. The team communicated the shutdown via Discord, not a press release, not a formal investor notice, just a message in a community server. It stated that insufficient funding had made
Hong Kong is expected to roll out the wholesale CBDC settlement after banking hours by 2026. This plan will utilize the EnsembleTX, which will be used to facilitate continuous settlement for tokenized deposits. EnsembleTX makes up the pilot stage for Project Ensemble, which is the tokenization project for Hong Kong.
Glamsterdam will activate on October 6th for the Sepolia testnet, according to Ethereum developers. The upgrade is to undergo yet another round of testing by client teams who will develop software that is compatible. The developers requested that teams release software for Sepolia by September 29th, giving them just seven
Binance had spent more than a year trying to establish a presence in Europe through Greece’s crypto licensing process. Binance submitted its application shortly before the end of 2025, according to The Wall Street Journal. Greek regulators said later that they would approve Binance’s application in early June. The company
