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Ripple Gets FCA Green Light for UK Payments via Local Unit, but with Tight Limits
Ripple has secured a key regulatory approval in the UK that lets its local subsidiary offer regulated payment services, while the country moves toward a full licensing regime for crypto assets. The decision gives Ripple a clearer base in one of the world’s major financial centres.
The Financial Conduct Authority granted Ripple Markets UK an Electronic Money Institution registration and
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BingX Expands TradFi Futures as Crypto Platforms Move Closer to Broker Territory
Crypto exchange BingX has launched BingX TradFi, a new feature offering futures tied to traditional assets. The move reflects a broader industry shift toward building one-stop financial platforms rather than single-purpose trading venues.
With this latest expansion, BingX joins an increasingly competitive push by crypto platforms to move beyond digital assets and into multi-asset
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Crypto Firms Must Apply for FCA Authorisation Starting September This Year
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has outlined requirements for firms seeking to undertake new regulated cryptoasset activities, with the application period expected to open in September 2026.
Firms will need authorisation under the Financial Services and Markets Act before the new regime begins in October 2027. The move is part of efforts to
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After Securing MiCA Licence, StoneX Digital Partners with EDG for Structured Products
StoneX Group Inc. and Enhanced Digital Group Inc. announced a partnership to expand their digital asset offerings. As part of the agreement, StoneX led EDG’s Series A funding round and acquired a minority stake in the company.
The development follows StoneX Digital
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Turkmenistan Opens Its Crypto Market to Miners and Exchanges — But Will They Come?
Turkmenistan’s new Law on Virtual Assets, which came into force on January 1, 2026, has formally legalised cryptocurrency mining and digital asset exchanges in a country with some of the world’s lowest energy costs.
While the move is designed to attract foreign investment, it does so within a tightly controlled, licence-driven framework that may deter all but the most compliant
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Ripple Doesn’t Want Wall Street, and Its $500 Million War Chest Explains Why
Ripple is dialing down expectations of a near-term Wall Street debut as it leans on a fresh war chest and a burst of deal-making to drive its next phase of growth.
The company signals that it prefers to build out a broader enterprise crypto platform behind closed doors rather than submit to the scrutiny and short-term pressure of public markets.
Ripple Pushes Back on IPO
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Dow Jones Brings Polymarket Prediction Markets to Newsroom, Turning Headlines Into Probabilities
Dow Jones has signed an exclusive agreement to use real-time prediction market data from Polymarket across The Wall Street Journal and its other consumer platforms, bringing market-implied probabilities into the daily news experience for millions of readers.
Dow Jones and Polymarket entered an
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Lloyds Runs First UK Tokenised Deposit Deal on Public Blockchain Network
Lloyds has completed its first digital assets transaction using Tokenised Deposits. The bank said this was the first time in the UK that tokenised deposits had been issued on a public blockchain. It also said this was the first global use of sterling deposits in this format.
The transaction was carried out on the Canton Network. This is a public blockchain designed for regulated
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Cambodia Arrests Tycoon Tied to DOJ’s Record $15B Bitcoin Seizure, Extradites Him to China
Police reportedly detained Chen Zhi, the founder and chairman of Prince Group, before deporting him to China for investigation by Chinese authorities. According to Bloomberg, Zhi left Cambodia under escort to face questioning over alleged financial crimes and scam operations.
Sanctions, Bitcoin Seizure and Fraud Allegations
In October,
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Polymarket Introduces Dynamic Fees to Curb Latency Arbitrage in Short-Term Crypto Markets
Prediction market platform Polymarket has introduced a dynamic taker-fee model for its 15-minute crypto markets. This change aims to neutralise latency-based arbitrage strategies that had emerged under the platform’s previous zero-fee structure.
The update applies only to takers executing against existing liquidity on these short-term markets. Most other Polymarket markets remain
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Forex.com Owner StoneX Adds Crypto Offering Under MiCA Licence
StoneX Digital has received a Crypto-Asset Service Provider licence under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. It was granted by the Central Bank of Ireland.
StoneX Group also operates the retail trading brand Forex.com, which became part of the group after StoneX acquired GAIN Capital in 2020. Forex.com provides foreign
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U.S. Home Prices Become Tradeable Events as Polymarket Taps Parcl Data
Polymarket and Parcl are moving real estate into onchain prediction markets, creating a new venue where traders can speculate on the direction of housing prices without touching physical property or long-term mortgages.
The integration links Polymarket’s event-based markets with Parcl’s
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How Venezuela’s Long Reliance on Crypto Turned a Geopolitical Shock into a 24/7 Headache for Brokers
The crypto market staged a surprise rally of more than $100 billion following the U.S. military operation in Venezuela. With traditional financial markets closed at the time, digital assets became the primary venue where global risk was repriced in real time.
The episode provided a rare, real-world stress test for the crypto market and delivered a clear signal to traditional
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“Thanks to Trump’s Law”: $4B Bitcoin Hacker Credits Regulations for Early Prison Release
Ilya Lichtenstein, who hacked crypto exchange Bitfinex and stole nearly 120,000 Bitcoin, said he has been freed from prison early. His wife, Heather Morgan, who also pleaded guilty as part of the Bitcoin laundering scheme, celebrated her husband’s apparent release.
...Thanks to President Trump's First Step Act, I have been released from
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Liquidity, Clearer Regulations and More: Crypto Executives Are Bullish for Bitcoin in 2026
Bitcoin ended 2025 with a negative return. However, industry insiders are now bullish on the cryptocurrency’s performance in 2026. Bill Barhydt, CEO of crypto exchange and wallet company Abra, believes that easing monetary policy would inject “massive” liquidity into markets, pushing Bitcoin prices higher.
Coinbase’s head
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