Short-Term Moving Averages Turn Bullish as Bitcoin Holds Above $62,500

Bitcoin traded near $62,743 on Thursday morning at 8 a.m. EDT, up 1.0% over the past 24 hours as the asset consolidated inside a $61,507 to $63,116 range. Short-term technical readings point to consolidation, while longer-term moving averages continue to signal a corrective phase across the one-hour, four-hour, and daily charts. Hourly Chart Shows Tight, […]

B3 Launches Bitcoin, Ether and Solana Futures Options in Brazil

Brazils B3 stock exchange has expanded its regulated cryptocurrency derivatives lineup by launching options on bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and solana (SOL) futures, giving investors new tools to hedge digital asset exposure and trade market volatility. The new crypto derivatives became available for trading on July 6, according to a circular issued by B3. The […]

PayPal’s Stablecoin Lands on Polygon With Built-In Compliance and Fiat Access

PayPal’s US dollar-backed stablecoin, PYUSD, has launched on the Polygon blockchain through a native issuance by Paxos. The latest move allows businesses to use the token for cross-border payments through Polygon’s Open Money Stack. Companies already processing payments on Polygon can now access PYUSD directly through the wallets, fiat ramps, and compliance services they already […]

SWIFT’s Blockchain Ledger Goes Live, but Old Bottlenecks Persist

SWIFT’s blockchain-based shared ledger has moved from testing to live deployment. Seventeen major banks are now preparing to process real transactions using tokenized deposits, though the system still leans on SWIFT’s older infrastructure to finish each transfer. Citi, HSBC, UBS, and 14 other banks across six continents will run pilot transfers. Their tokenized transfers speed […]

Age verification is the surveillance nobody voted for

KOSA and Chat Control both retreated on their most-criticized measures this week, but both kept mandatory age verification, the quiet mechanism that turns anonymous browsing into identified browsing for all of us, argues Billions CEO Evin McMullen.

Swift, 17 Global Banks Launch Live Blockchain Ledger Tests for 24/7 Cross-Border Payments

Swift and a group of 17 major global banks are preparing to begin live testing of blockchain-based transactions through Swifts new shared ledger platform, marking another step toward enabling 24/7 cross-border payments using tokenized deposits. The global financial messaging network announced Thursday that the ledger is ready for initial use by participating banks across six […]