Institutional-grade infrastructure is expanding XRP beyond payments as regulated wrapped XRP launches with deep liquidity, enabling cross-chain DeFi activity, new trading pairs, and broader utility across major blockchains through Hex Trust.

Federal regulators moved crypto deeper into U.S. banking as the OCC conditionally approved five digital-asset trust banks, signaling growing confidence in federally supervised crypto custody, payments and blockchain-based financial services.

With the acquisition, Buenbit users will gain access to Nexo’s suite of products, which will be available under the Buenbit brand, at least for the foreseeable future. Nexo’s purchase aims to make Buenos Aires a regional crypto hub and a launchpad to reach other markets in Latam.

Fears of a bubble that may soon burst seem to have transcended ecosystems, pouring cold water on what might have otherwise been a year-end rally.

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The plan, which will be implemented across over 5,000 public schools in El Salvador, will allow a personalized experience for each student, as El Salvador will co-develop the AI education program. The milestone constitutes the first time this has happened at a country level.

A UK lawyer faces disciplinary action for allegedly threatening a Onecoin victim as regulators probe her role.

Ripple secured conditional OCC approval to launch a national trust bank, positioning its RLUSD stablecoin under federal and state oversight as U.S. institutions accelerate adoption of regulated, enterprise-grade digital dollars.

Amina Bank, a Switzerland-based financial institution, has announced the implementation of Ripple Payments, Ripple’s integral cross-border payment solution. With this move, Amina Bank becomes the first European bank to adopt Ripple’s service, reducing costs and friction for stablecoin and fiat payments.

Satoshi Nakamoto remains one of the most enduring mysteries in the digital asset world, and 15 years ago today, the inventor published the final entry — the 575th — on bitcointalk.org. As Nakamoto quietly receded from the project in the closing stretch, those last days were spent locked in a two-front effort: strengthening the software against would-be attackers on the technical side while simultaneously trying to sidestep the growing attention from the U.S. government.

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Bitcoin’s price stands at $92,364 on Friday morning. The leading crypto’s market cap currently hovers at $1.84 trillion, with a 24-hour trading volume of $55.80 billion cutting through a tight intraday band between $89,425 and $93,467. Moreover, bitcoin’s chart action may look tame, but under the surface, momentum is quietly shifting—and it’s not whispering sweet nothings.

Silver, the so-called “devil’s metal,” has continued to bash records on its way up, reaching prices of over $64 per ounce for the first time in its history. Nonetheless, the rally is still raging, and some analysts predict triple digits as the monetary repricing of the metal continues.

Bitcoin and ether ETFs ended their midweek momentum with fresh outflows on Thursday, while solana and XRP ETFs delivered steady inflows. It was a mixed session that underscored different sentiments across the major asset classes.

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