Dubai-based fintech firm MANSA has closed a $10 million funding round, marking a significant milestone in its global mission to solve liquidity challenges for payment providers. According to a blog post on February 20, The investment, led by Tether...
Braza Group has introduced BBRL, a stablecoin pegged to the Brazilian Real, on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) to enhance digital transactions in Brazil and South America. The company, ranked sixth in Brazil’s interbank market operations by the Central Bank...
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has introduced a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reinforcing the city's role as a global leader in cryptocurrency and virtual assets. Announced on February 19, the ASPIRe initiative seeks to modernize Hong...
Aleš Michl, governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB), has called on financial institutions to study Bitcoin's underlying technology rather than fear it. In a February 19 post on X, Michl emphasized that Bitcoin should not be grouped with...
Hong Kong is accelerating its efforts to establish itself as a global Web3 and digital finance leader, and tokenization and stablecoins are at the core of its strategy. According to the South China Morning Post, Christopher Hui Ching-yu, Secretary...
Crypto exchange Bullish has received regulatory approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to operate in the city. In a February 19 blog post, Bullish announced that its subsidiary, Bullish HK Markets Limited, has been granted...
Crypto companies must embrace public listings to gain the trust of traditional financial institutions, according to BitGo CEO Mike Belsche. Speaking at Consensus Hong Kong 2025 on February 19, Belsche emphasized that going public is essential for integrating digital...
Entrepreneur and former U.S. presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has predicted that Bitcoin will gain prominence in corporate treasuries as "the era of easy money ends." In a February 18 post on X, Ramaswamy declared that companies must "rethink their...
Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, has mounted his defense in response to the growing scrutiny over his involvement with a series of memecoins schemes, particularly $GREED, which saw a dramatic price collapse hours after its launch. Portnoy launched...
South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that the collapsed stablecoin TerraClassicUSD (USTC) and its sister token Terra (LUNA) do not qualify as financial investment products. According to a local news outlet Etoday, the court gave the ruling as it...
