Coinbase Teams Up with Stablecore to Offer Digital Assets

Coinbase has formed a strategic partnership with Stablecore to expand digital asset services to over 3,000 community and regional banks and credit unions in the U.S. This collaboration aims to enable these institutions to offer services such as digital asset custody and stablecoin payments through their existing banking platforms. The move signifies a crucial step […]

UK Lords Want Gambling Ads Banned, Sector Growth Goal Dropped

A cross-party House of Lords committee has told the UK government to ban almost all gambling advertising as soon as it is “practicable” to do so, and to abandon its objective of growing the sector along the way. The industry’s lobby group, the Betting and Gaming Council, immediately called the report “deeply misguided.” A Ban […]

Lagarde Reportedly Opposed Binance EU License Over Compliance, Stablecoin Risks

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde reportedly raised objections to Binances attempt to secure a European Union crypto license, citing the exchanges past U.S. regulatory violations and concerns over the growing use of dollar-backed stablecoins in Europe. Binance sought authorization as a crypto-asset service provider through Greek regulators under the EUs Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) […]

Zcash ETF Inflows Surge as Ether Funds See Third Day of Outflows

U.S. spot ether exchange-traded funds extended their withdrawal streak on Thursday, recording roughly $39 million in net outflows even as the broader cryptocurrency market rallied. According to SoSoValue data, Ethereum ETFs have now posted three consecutive days of withdrawals. About $224 million exited the funds on Wednesday after approximately $141 million flowed out on Tuesday. […]

Bitcoin Rises as BOJ Lifts Rates to 31-Year High

The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Friday to 1.25%, its highest level in 31 years, as policymakers respond to persistent inflation and continued weakness in the Japanese yen. The BOJ said the rate hike was necessary as rising import costs and energy prices increase the risk that […]

Bank of Japan Follows Fed and ECB With Rate Hike to 1.25%

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its interest rate to 1.25% on Friday, the highest level since 1995, as energy costs from the war in Iran pressure economies. The board split 7-2 on the decision, with members Toichiro Asada and Ayano Sato dissenting. Markets had priced in the move almost entirely before the meeting ended. […]

Liverpool signs Alexander Isak for British record £125M transfer

Liverpool’s record-breaking transfer of Isak highlights the escalating financial stakes in football, raising questions about sustainability and pressure. The post Liverpool signs Alexander Isak for British record £125M transfer appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Fake AI crypto software is secretly replacing browser wallet extensions

HP Wolf Security, the company’s threat-research team, said a fake AI crypto-trading assistant distributed malware that could replace browser crypto wallet extensions on an infected Windows computer and turn the familiar wallet interface into a credential trap. The campaign appeared in HP’s September threat report, published Sept. 17 and based on threats observed from April […]