Most businesses in Singapore have assigned responsibility for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, but far fewer can actually show how those systems arrive at their decisions, according to a new report by Sumsub and the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA)....
Nigeria has formally brought cryptocurrency profits and blockchain-based digital assets into its tax system after the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) released its first comprehensive Guidelines on Taxation of Virtual Assets. Issued on July 31, 2026, the framework outlines...
The Trump administration has rolled out a new round of tariffs on imports from dozens of countries, the latest move in President Donald Trump's push to reshape U.S. trade policy. Announced just before an earlier round of temporary...
India's Monsoon Session of Parliament begins today, with lawmakers set to review the Standing Committee on Finance's report titled 'A Study on Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) and Way Forward,' the most consequential crypto policy document to reach Parliament...
Nigerian fintech startup Daya has raised $2.4 million in a pre-seed funding round to expand its stablecoin-powered payment infrastructure for businesses across Africa. The round was led by Hivemind Capital, with participation from Lattice, Alliance, Globelink, and Aptos...
Last year, stablecoins settled $33 trillion in transactions. That is more than double what Visa processed in the same period, moving across blockchain networks through exchanges, payment apps, cross-border payroll systems, and corporate treasuries on every continent. That...
Just two days before the opening whistle at Estadio Azteca, FIFA quietly made an announcement that had little to do with football formations or squads. Kraken, one of the world’s longest-standing cryptocurrency platforms, was named the Official Crypto...
Global digital payments provider Checkout.com has partnered with Coinbase to enable stablecoin payment acceptance for enterprise merchants, further tightening the link between traditional payment rails and blockchain-based settlement systems. Announced at Money20/20 Europe, the partnership allows eligible merchants...
U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s latest response to a U.S.-led peace proposal, calling the terms “totally unacceptable” in a social media post on Sunday. This move has lowered hopes for a quick end to the 10-week...
Elon Musk added another controversial layer to his ongoing courtroom battle with OpenAI this week after telling a federal jury that most cryptocurrencies are “scams”. Though he continued to defend Bitcoin as one of the few digital assets...
