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The European Commission plans to expand ESMA oversight of MiCA crypto companies and trading venues, aiming to streamline EU markets and narrow the gap with the US.
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Fintech News
Fintech is an industry composed of companies that compete with traditional financial institutions by implementing new, innovative technologies into their working process. The cryptocurrency Fintech sector has been exploring the use of blockchain and blockchain-based applications as a new technology to challenge traditional ways of doing business. Blockchain, smart contracts and cybersecurity are some of the most actively researched areas of Fintech. Crypto Fintech sees cryptocurrencies as a means of establishing a secure and traceable way of transferring assets and getting rid of intermediaries. However, blockchain is not only suitable for regular transactions, but may help in such fields as voting and dividends management by establishing a trusted and immutable network with unchangeable records about past events.
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Fin, founded by two former Citadel engineers, raised capital to launch a stablecoin app for cross-border payments as banks and fintechs expand into digital assets.
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Solana has quietly become the busiest chain for x402 payments, clocking an all-time high $380,000 in daily volume and a 750% weekly jump.
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Fintechs bypass traditional banking to offer stablecoin access, yield and spending in emerging markets. Programmable money leapfrogs legacy infrastructure.
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Revolut has made on and off-ramping to crypto easier by removing fees, spreads and other costs, allowing users to convert USD and stablecoins at a 1:1 ratio.
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In the wake of OwlTing’s listing on Nasdaq, founder and CEO Darren Wang joined Cointelegraph’s AMA to discuss the next chapter for OwlPay, the payments arm of the company.
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Corporate scale has become an innovation liability as bureaucracy stalls retail payment evolution. Fintech partnerships offer the only escape from irrelevance.
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The Singapore-based digital bank plans to broaden its crypto and fiat offerings for institutional clients, citing growing demand for programmable finance.
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The Blockchain Association, Crypto Council for Innovation and fintech allies urged the CFPB to finalize an open banking rule ensuring consumers, not banks, control their data.
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DeFi protocols depend on a handful of oracle networks for critical pricing data, creating centralization risks that undermine decentralization promises.
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Bitcoin tops $126,000 as Strategy’s BTC hoard swells, ICE backs Polymarket, Rezolve AI buys Smartpay and Plume gains SEC transfer-agent status.
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Peru’s largest bank, BCP, launched a pilot crypto platform authorized by the national regulator that allows select clients to buy and hold Bitcoin and USDC.
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As part of its cooperation with Bahrain Fintech Bay, Ripple aims to bring its custody solution and RLUSD stablecoin to Bahrain’s financial institutions.
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Transaction reversibility may help stablecoins become an intrinsic part of the legacy financial system, according to the president of Circle.
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FSA founder Andrew Cronin breaks down the biggest hiring pitfalls for early-stage companies and explains how a new venture-aligned search model can fix them.
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