Day: 14 April 2026

Tether has introduced tether.wallet, a self-custodial digital wallet designed to give direct access to its financial ecosystem, marking a major expansion of its user-facing infrastructure. The launch connects end users to Tether’s global settlement and liquidity network, which already spans more than 160 countries and is used across payments and ...

Deutsche Börse Group is deepening its partnership with Kraken (Payward, Inc.) through a strategic investment of $200 million. The partnership encompasses regulated crypto, tokenized markets, and derivatives, as well as enhanced liquidity for institutional clients across geographies. Deutsche Börse Group today announced a strategic investment of $200 million in Payward, ...

Deutsche Börse Group is moving more decisively into the digital asset space, announcing a $200 million strategic investment in Kraken’s parent company, Payward, Inc. The deal strengthens an existing partnership between the two firms and signals a continued shift by traditional financial institutions toward crypto-integrated market infrastructure. The investment, made ...

Singapore, Singapore, 14th April 2026, Chainwire

Bitcoin surged to its highest level in nearly a month, triggering over $530 million in liquidations as improving sentiment around a potential U.S.-Iran deal lifted the broader crypto market. Total market capitalization climbed to $2.6 trillion, marking a one-month high. According to CoinGlass, more than 177,000 traders were liquidated over ...

Crypto venture capital activity saw a sharp structural shift in 2025, with total funding surging to an estimated $40–50 billion, marking a 433% increase from the previous year. However, the rise in capital came alongside a steep decline in deal volume, signalling a clear concentration of funding into fewer, but ...

IXS has selected BitGo Bank & Trust as its custody partner to support Bitcoin collateral underpinning a new suite of institutional yield products, marking another step in the convergence of digital assets and tokenized traditional finance. The integration will hold Bitcoin in BitGo’s regulated custody infrastructure while using it as ...

SBI Holdings, the Japanese financial giant, has announced a strategic alliance with Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Across Ventures to create a new fund of funds focused on specialized micro venture capital firms in the United States. The initiative targets a fund size of approximately $100 million and aims to ...

Pavel Matveev has cautioned crypto founders and fintech teams against building stablecoin card infrastructure from scratch, arguing that most underestimate the scale, cost, and regulatory complexity involved. Speaking from experience at Wirex, Matveev said the firm spent over a decade assembling its full payments stack, including banking relationships, compliance systems, ...

The Smarter Web Company PLC has added to its Bitcoin holdings, reinforcing a long-term treasury strategy that increasingly mirrors a broader corporate shift toward digital assets. The London-listed firm confirmed it purchased 11 Bitcoin for approximately £592,915, at an average price of £53,901 per coin. The latest acquisition brings its ...