In May 2026, Mastercard agreed to acquire BVNK, a stablecoin payment infrastructure firm, for up to $1.8 billion. A few weeks earlier, OKX launched a stablecoin payment card for European users through Mastercard's own network. Both of these...
Trump declared the US-Iran ceasefire "over" at the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8, and markets reacted almost immediately. Oil jumped 5% to over $74 a barrel, the familiar, expected risk-asset selloff ensued, and Bitcoin wasn't spared,...
Third-party data leaks are becoming an all-too-common headline in finance and crypto, exposing sensitive personal and corporate information to anyone with malicious intent. Even when a company’s own systems remain secure, breaches at vendors, partners, or service providers...
A few years ago, most people trusted software simply because it seemed to work. If an app passed enough tests and didn’t crash often, companies pushed it into the real world and hoped for the best. But modern...
AI is no longer limited to automating repetitive or low-skill tasks. It is now moving into roles once considered stable and specialized, including customer support, coding, legal research, financial analysis, and parts of creative work. As these capabilities...
Following reports that hackers may have gained access to GitHub repositories during a security incident involving the developer platform, Binance founder, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, urged developers to immediately review and rotate exposed API keys and credentials. While rotating...
Trump's financial disclosure dropped this week, and the numbers are hard to ignore. His crypto ventures pulled in over $1.4 billion in reported income in 2025 alone. Love him or hate him, no sitting president has ever been...
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing a review of regulations and barriers that may limit fintech innovation and restrict access to banking partnerships and payment systems. The move has revived debate around whether fintech companies...
Commodity tokenization is the process of representing physical commodities like gold, oil, natural gas, agricultural products, or industrial metals as digital tokens on a blockchain. These tokens are designed to reflect ownership or economic exposure to the underlying...
AI is becoming more popular in the sports industry, with new tools that can create realistic highlights, player images, commentary, and virtual simulations. These advances offer exciting ways to engage fans and create content, but they also bring...
