SIA AlphaRoute has received a licence in accordance with the requirements of the European Union (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Along with the entry into force of the MiCA Regulation, a unified legal framework for the crypto-asset sector, including the requirement for crypto-asset service providers to obtain authorisation, has been introduced in the EU. Upon obtaining authorisation in one EU country, a crypto-asset service provider may provide services throughout the EU in accordance with the mechanism for notifying cross-border activities.

FV Bank today announced the expansion of its regulated financial infrastructure platform, bringing stablecoin settlement, digital asset custody, programmable payments, and cross-border banking rails into a single programmable financial layer.

Umbra is a privacy-first wallet built on Arcium's MPC encrypted execution engine and zero-knowledge proofs. It lets users send and receive crypto without exposing their financial activity onchain. Every transaction is designed to keep the sender, recipient, and transaction history private by default, giving users the kind of financial discretion that traditional finance takes for granted but that most crypto wallets still lack.

Zama, the fastest growing confidentiality protocol for onchain finance, today announced a landmark technical partnership with Morpho and Steakhouse Financial to launch Steakhouse Confidential USDC Prime vault, the first DeFi yield product for confidential USDC stablecoins (cUSDC) on Ethereum. Through this initiative, Zama delivers the underlying infrastructure to power the confidential Steakhouse USDC Prime vault, deployed natively on Morpho’s industry-leading decentralized lending protocol.

We're excited to announce that MoonPay Trade is now live via Ledger WalletTM, giving users access to fast, competitive decentralized cross-chain trading without leaving the security of the Ledger ecosystem.

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today released a joint report with Block Scholes examining liquidity conditions across its real-world asset (RWA) perpetual futures markets. The research finds that tokenized equity and commodity markets on Bitget have continued to mature throughout 2026, with liquidity levels increasingly approaching those of major crypto trading pairs.

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) today announced the publication of a new insight note by its Digital Currencies & Smart Payments Working Group (DSWG) “Adoption of Tokenised Money – Part 2: Considerations of key criteria”.

Today, Solflare, the gateway to the next era of finance, announced the launch of Solflare Packs, Solflare’s native in-wallet experience for opening real and graded trading cards. Powered by Collector Crypt, a Solana-based tokenized trading card game (TCG) marketplace with over $1 billion in trading volume since its inception, users can browse, purchase, and reveal cards all directly in their Solflare wallet.

MoonPay, the leading crypto payments network, has announced that Amy Butte, and Mike Hayes have joined the Board of Directors of MoonPay Inc, Jonathan Auerbach has joined the board of MoonPay USA LLC, and Tad Smith is joining as an advisor.

Yellow Card, one of the largest licensed stablecoin infrastructure providers in the world, operating across 34 countries, including 20 in Africa, has selected Turnkey for stablecoin payments in emerging markets.

SDB Wallet announces the launch of its digital wallet platform — multi-currency accounts, Mastercard cards, international transfers and digital-asset deposits in one secure app.

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced the launch of Bybit IPO Express, becoming one of the first centralized crypto exchanges globally to offer tokenized IPO (initial public offerings) at the offering price. Powered by Payward Services' xStocks, eligible retail investors worldwide can now participate in blockbuster IPO projects by subscribing to tokenized representations of publicly traded equities, starting with SpaceX as the inaugural offering.

Today, Triple-A, a licensed global payment institution, announces the launch of the European rollout of stablecoin-enabled Multicurrency Accounts, giving global businesses access to local banking collection rails without the need to set up a local entity. Targeted towards businesses with European customers and cross-border money movement needs, it provides a named EUR International Bank Account Number (IBAN) and enables the end-user to settle funds to their bank account, send them directly into stablecoin, or into local currency payouts in over 70 countries.

Clear Junction Group, a global payments infrastructure provider serving financial institutions and cryptoasset businesses, has announced a UK-focused partnership between Clear Junction Digital Limited and Agant to support institutional access to GBPA, Agant’s Pound sterling stablecoin.

Ripple, the leading provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions across traditional and digital finance, today announced that its enterprise-grade, USD-backed stablecoin Ripple USD (RLUSD) is now available to institutions in Türkiye through three new partnerships with BiLira, Bitexen and Bitlo.