U.S. inflation data met expectations on Wednesday, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates steady not only at its March 18 meeting, but likely at its April meeting as well. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.3% in February, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists expected […]
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Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said 11 companies have been granted access to a regulatory sandbox to test cryptocurrency and digital asset services under the country’s Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025. The program allows companies to operate their products in a controlled environment while regulators monitor risk and compliance. The sandbox will operate
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Battered Bitcoin treasury company Strive (ASST) announced a number of balance sheet moves on Wednesday. The company purchased an additional 179 bitcoins, bringing the total holdings to 13,311 BTC, worth approximately $930 million at current prices. Strive also increased the dividend on its SATA perpetual preferred stock by 25 basis points to 12.75%. SATA was
U.S. market regulators are merging operations where the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) overlap, and creating a crypto oversight framework is among the key goals of a written agreement released Wednesday. Most of the MoU’s goals of combining oversight, product approval, and policy interpretation, as
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Three former executives who held high-level legal, policy and product roles at crypto exchange OKX have unveiled an easy-access decentralized financial connectivity platform called Shredpay, aimed at both retail and institutional customers in the United States. The founding team of Shredpay consists of CEO Mauricio Beugelmans, former General Counsel of OKX; President Melissa Muehlfeld, former
Bitcoin’s resilience during the latest global macroeconomic crisis is starting to turn heads on trading desks. The largest cryptocurrency climbed to just under $71,000, up about 7% from Sunday evening’s low, even as geopolitical tensions intensified over the Iranian conflict and markets grappled with risks ranging from oil supply disruptions to strains in private credit
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Crypto exchange Bullish (BLSH), which operates an exclusively institutional crypto exchange business, moved into the top three centralized crypto exchanges in terms of spot trading volume for the first time, surpassing Coinbase (COIN) as trading activity in the industry slowed, according to CoinDesk Data’s February Trading Review. Spot trading volumes on Bullish, which is CoinDesk’s
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The European Central Bank on Wednesday unveiled the timetable for the eurozone initiative to shape the development of a token wholesale financial ecosystem based on the single currency and ensure the continued relevance of the euro as an international currency. The strategy includes Pontes, a layer of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for transactions that debuted
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Revolut, the London-based crypto-friendly fintech, said it has received a full banking license in the UK, allowing it to offer a wider range of services and provide deposit protection for eligible funds almost two years after receiving restricted registration. The company, valued at around $75 billion in a November funding round, created a new entity
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