Whitney Nyantune

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking office as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded across city government, even after scrapping a chatbot he once called “functionally unusable.”  The move...

China’s decision to halt helium exports is tightening an already strained global market, adding pressure on semiconductor manufacturers and other technology industries that rely on the gas. The move comes...

Fresh U.S. inflation data briefly lifted sentiment across financial markets this week, but the optimism quickly faded in the cryptocurrency market. Although inflation came in below economists’ expectations, investors remained...

Franklin Templeton has expanded its $1.5 billion BENJI tokenized money market fund to BNB Chain, extending one of the world’s largest tokenized investment products to another public blockchain. Crypto analyst...

Criminals are increasingly using stablecoins to move illicit funds, prompting the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to urge governments to tighten oversight of the digital asset sector. In its latest...

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, establishing a single framework for regulating the country’s virtual asset industry. The measure takes effect...

Bitcoin is showing signs of weaker demand from U.S. investors after the Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index remained negative for a record 60 straight days, according to data shared by Wu...

Visa is expanding its push into stablecoins with a new platform designed to help banks, fintech companies, and merchants use digital dollars in everyday payments. The platform will make it...

Federal authorities have arrested a Florida man accused of helping run a malware scheme hidden inside video games that allegedly stole more than $220,000 in cryptocurrency. Prosecutors said the malicious...

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said artificial intelligence could make the cryptocurrency industry more secure by helping developers identify software flaws before hackers exploit them. His comments come as the industry...

Solana has generated its first SuperTrend buy signal since October, according to cryptocurrency analyst Ali Charts, after the token’s ATR trailing stop moved below its price, a technical indicator some...

JPMorgan has completed the tokenization of the Invesco QQQ Trust in a live transaction, another step in Wall Street’s efforts to integrate blockchain technology into traditional financial markets. The Depository...

Revolut has moved closer to launching cryptocurrency services in the United Arab Emirates after receiving in-principle approval for a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory...

Japan’s largest card network, JCB, has signed an agreement with Circle to explore using stablecoins for cross-border payments, merchant settlements and treasury operations. The companies will assess whether Circle’s payment...

Dubai-based Emirates NBD has started processing real-time cross-border U.S. dollar payments through the Partior blockchain network. The service is initially available to eligible corporate and institutional clients, marking the bank’s...

Bitcoin fell below $62,600 shortly after U.S. markets opened, triggering fresh concern among traders as large transfers involving major cryptocurrency exchanges appeared on the blockchain. An X user called TRACER...

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told lawmakers on Tuesday that the central bank remains focused on bringing inflation under control and will not bail out any sector, including the cryptocurrency...

President Donald Trump is urging the Senate to move quickly on the CLARITY Act before lawmakers leave for the August recess, arguing that delays could hurt the United States’ position...

Companies are increasingly testing stablecoins to speed up cross-border payments, and Hyundai has now joined that push. Hyundai Motor America and Hyundai Motor de México completed a cross-border treasury transfer...

A legal battle over millions of dormant Bitcoins has entered a new stage after the Bitcoin Policy Institute asked a New York court for permission to join the case. The...

Robinhood plans to introduce an AI-powered cryptocurrency trading feature for eligible U.S. customers, allowing the software to execute trades within limits set by users. The company announced the feature during...

A slowdown in activity on the XRP Ledger suggests many traders are staying on the sidelines as they wait for the next market-moving event. According to Santiment, daily active wallets...

Wall Street banks are tightening rules on employees’ use of prediction market platforms as regulators pay closer attention to the fast-growing sector. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Bank...

AVAX One Technology is no longer at risk of being delisted from Nasdaq after regaining compliance with the exchange’s minimum share price requirement. The company said Nasdaq closed the matter...