Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Rostin Behnam is trying to members of Congress to address the Commission’s lack of enforcement authority within the digital asset house. At a Wednesday listening to titled “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation,” Behnam told lawmakers with the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry that the CFTC’s authority […]

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American Express is launching a new, digital checking account called Amex Rewards Checking The Amex Rewards Checking account will offer a 0.50% high-yield APY on account balances, along with other membership rewards The new checking account is only open to primary American Express credit cardholders and is limited to individual users. Financial services giant American Read more...

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Digitalization of the wealth management value chain is moving closer in the international fund management industry, following the partnership between Aquis Technologies, a software and technologies...

The Italian Securities and Exchange Authority (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa) (“Consob”) announced that it has updated its communication regarding the distribution of complex fina...

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On February 1, FINCI, a fintech firm based in Lithuania, announced a partnership with Nium, a global payments and cards issuance leader.

The city’s regulators issue a joint statement telling financial instos it’s okay to do business in virtual assets.

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) are introducing a set of additional measures to bolster the security of digital banking. The regulator

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In a huge extension to the credit line offerings by Nexo, investors will now be able to leverage their exposure on the Nexo cryptocurrency exchange.

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A group of U.S.-based banks is launching their own stablecoin, USDF. The stablecoin will be issued by the USDF Consortium, which will allow its members (financial and banking institutions) to issue USDF. The proposed stablecoin will be the first currency of its kind to be minted by FDIC-insured institutions and compliant with the recommendations on […]

Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired a regulated derivatives trading platform. Coinbase plans to make the derivatives market more approachable to millions of its retail customers. Coinbase Plans to Offer Crypto Derivatives to All US Customers Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange operator Coinbase announced Wednesday that it has acquired Fairx, a regulated derivatives trading platform. Fairx is […]