Anchorage Digital has added perpetual preferred shares issued by bitcoin treasury firm Strategy to its balance sheet. The move marks a notable endorsement of Michael Saylor’s bitcoin-focused corporate strategy from the first federally chartered U.S. crypto bank. Anchorage CEO Nathan McCauley described the purchase as “conviction compounding.” He suggested that
South Korean digital bank KBank, also known as a “big partner” of Upbit, has filed trademarks related to stablecoin and crypto wallet services. This is particularly interesting as the bank is soon to go public with its initial public offering. The filing of trademarks indicates that KBank is planning to
The latest decision pushed Belarus to formalize crypto within its regulated financial system. The Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenko, signed Decree No. 19 today, which allows Belarus to officially launch cryptobanks, a hybrid financial institutions that combine digital token operations with traditional banking, payments, and related services. According to the announcement,
