Five institutions, including Circle and Ripple, received conditional approval for trust banking licenses in the United States, further advancing the integration of crypto and traditional finance.
Coinbase and Standard Chartered Bank announced an expanded partnership to jointly explore developing comprehensive digital asset service solutions for institutional clients, including trading, custody, staking, and lending.
Stablecoin issuer Tether announced plans to acquire Italian football club Juventus FC. Following the announcement, Juventus' fan token, JUV, briefly surged by 30%.
Moody’s has released a new rating framework recommendation for stablecoins, which focuses on assessing the credit quality, market value risk, and operational risk of stablecoin reserve assets.
Pakistan's cryptocurrency regulator has stated that the country is integrating Bitcoin into its economic infrastructure and utilizing its 20GW energy surplus for Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence-related businesses.
On December 13th (UTC 8), media outlets reported on Friday that Oracle (ORCL.N) might delay its data center construction project with artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI due to labor and critical material shortages.
Katie He, Head of Product and Strategy at ChinaAMC HK, recently delivered a keynote speech at the Solana Breakpoint conference, announcing the company's launch of Asia's first and largest tokenized money market fund.
BBVA announced a multi-year strategic partnership agreement with OpenAI, a leading company in artificial intelligence, to roll out the ChatGPT Enterprise version to its approximately 120,000 employees worldwide.
According to market sources, the U.S. Congress is urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve the inclusion of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in 401(k) retirement plans.
Indian financial regulators are actively promoting the integration of distributed ledger technology (DLT), i.e., blockchain technology, with a focus on asset tokenization, digital programmability, and improved market efficiency.