DBS and Citi just made cross-border USD payments work over the weekend. Their first Singapore–US transaction using tokenized deposits took minutes to settle through Swift’s Digital Ledger.
24/7 settlement could give businesses faster access to cash and more certainty when paying suppliers, serving customers and managing corporate treasury operations.
Ghana is getting ready to license crypto businesses.
The Bank of Ghana is preparing new guidelines that will create a framework for eligible virtual asset service providers to operate under regulatory approval.
The new guidelines will bring crypto businesses under a clearer licensing framework as Ghana formalizes its approach to the growing virtual asset sector.
Ethereum developers have scheduled EIP-8141 for the planned 2027 Hegotá upgrade, potentially allowing users to pay gas fees with stablecoins instead of holding $ETH .
The proposal remains a draft, but it could significantly simplify the user experience for Ethereum transactions.
XRP has officially hit the Florida Gators football field.
Ripple’s new partnership with FloridaGators brings XRP branding to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium throughout the 2026 season.
Beyond branding, the partnership will provide education on traditional finance and digital assets to Florida’s student-athletes and wider campus community.
CZ Visits Kazakhstan as Binance Expands Its Digital Finance Push 🇰🇿
Binance has signed three agreements with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of AI and Digital Development, National Bank and AIFC.
The deals cover a potential local stablecoin, new crypto payment infrastructure and expanding the use of digital assets across investment programs.
Binance and Kazakhstan are also exploring new payment products and a roadmap for digital financial infrastructure, including potential regional operations in the country.
Kazakhstan is quickly moving from regulating crypto to building around it.
Poland’s crypto regulation just hit another roadblock.
Parliament failed to override President Karol Nawrocki’s veto, leaving the country without the proposed regulatory framework.
Nawrocki opposed the bill over concerns about compliance costs and the powers it would give authorities, including the ability to block websites. The debate comes as prosecutors investigate Polish exchange Zondacrypto over suspected fraud and money laundering involving losses of at least 350 million PLN.
Dubai is partnering with Securitize to build regulated tokenized markets.
VARA has signed an MoU with the digital asset infrastructure company to advance tokenization across the Emirate.
The collaboration will focus on regulated tokenization and digital asset infrastructure as Dubai expands its financial markets into the digital asset space.
Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin just marked one year on Nasdaq with 8,300 BTC on its balance sheet. The company now has nearly 90,000 miners and has reported record quarterly Bitcoin production.
With mining and Bitcoin accumulation at the core of its strategy, ABTC says its mission is to make America the leader in the Bitcoin economy.
a16z-backed OpenReserve just cleared a major regulatory milestone.
The startup has received preliminary OCC approval to build a full-service U.S. national bank with tokenized deposits and digital asset services.
Before launching, OpenReserve must raise at least $210 million in initial capital and meet strict OCC capital requirements, with the company targeting a banking model that combines traditional financial services with onchain settlement.
Revolut just moved one step closer to becoming a U.S. bank.
The fintech has received conditional OCC approval for its proposed national bank, Revolut Bank US.
The Stamford-based bank still needs approvals from the FDIC and Federal Reserve, plus final OCC approval, before it can launch its planned U.S. banking services in 2027.