Crypto will be regulated in the UK from October 2027 and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is finalising the wider cryptoasset regime

MoonPay, the leading global crypto payments network, announced a partnership with Moonshot, the popular Solana-based mobile app for onchain trading. The integration brings MoonPay Deposits* to the Moonshot platform, allowing users to fund their accounts by depositing crypto from any wallet across supported blockchain networks.

CFC, the specialist insurance provider, pioneer in emerging risk and market leader in cyber today warns of overlooked operational and governance risks emerging as stablecoins scale. The sector has reached a new phase of maturity, with adoption accelerating across payments, treasury and cross-border settlement. The global stablecoin market hit a record $308 billion in value in 2025, reflecting strong momentum as businesses increasingly use them to move money faster and more efficiently.

COINPAYMENTS, a global leader in cryptocurrency payment processing, today announces the appointment of Stacy Belf as Head of Sales, North America, where she will lead on scaling the business’ commercial presence and growth across the North America region. The appointment follows COINPAYMENTS’ re-entry to the market at the end of 2025.

Superset, the unified liquidity execution layer for stablecoins and onchain FX, announced today that it has selected Arbitrum as the hub chain for its architecture. Superset will route liquidity and execution through Arbitrum, placing the network at the center of a system designed to bring fragmented liquidity across chains into a single market.

Polygon Labs has launched sPOL, a protocol-level standard that allows holders of its native POL token to keep their assets productive in two ways at once: securing the network and participating in the onchain economy it supports.

KRWQ, the issuer of the first tradable Korean Won (KRW) stablecoin, today announced the listing of its stablecoin on EDX Markets. Following KRWQ’s recent launch as the world’s first Korean Won stablecoin perpetual futures on EDXM International, this marks the first time a non-USD stablecoin is available across a fully integrated, institutional-grade trading stack spanning both spot and derivatives.

Yield Basis (YB), a liquidity protocol built on Curve Finance infrastructure, has introduced Hybrid Vault — a new deposit mechanism designed to expand capacity beyond existing limits by linking protocol growth directly to demand for crvUSD.

GCEX Group, a regulated digital prime brokerage providing institutional and professional clients with access to digital asset and FX markets, has announced a liquidity partnership with Cumberland, a leading global digital asset market maker. The partnership will give GCEX’s institutional and professional clients access to Cumberland’s spot cryptoasset liquidity, with the aim of delivering competitive spreads and improved execution quality.

Bitget, the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today launched CFD Copy Trading, expanding access to traditional financial markets and allowing users to automatically follow professional traders across forex, commodities, and indices directly from the Bitget platform.

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched IPO Prime, introducing a new market structure that enables users to access and trade pre-IPO exposure to global unicorn companies such as SpaceX.

PCP (Programmable Credit Protocol), the credit orchestration infrastructure for tokenized assets, today announced partnerships with Digital Asset, the technology company behind the Canton Network, and the Canton Foundation, the independent governing body of the Canton Network, to bring institutional credit infrastructure to the Canton ecosystem.

Technology holding company Hawkeye Systems Inc. (OTC: HWKE) (“Hawkeye” or the “Company”) today announced that an investment group led by David Wachsman, a crypto pioneer and the founder and CEO of Wachsman, has taken a controlling interest in the Company.

RealFi today announced the launch of its platform alongside the introduction of USDr, a decentralised, yield-bearing stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. USDr serves as the entry point into the RealFi ecosystem, enabling investors to put their dormant stablecoins to work, earning real returns.

Global Settlement Holdings Inc. ("GSH") today announced it will acquire a controlling stake in AKIBA International Limited ("AKIBA") to build a regulated broker-dealer and exchange platform for tokenized infrastructure, mining assets, and trade finance instruments in Uganda. The joint venture will target up to US$1.5 billion in capital commitments for real-economy tokenization projects and will operate under the Bank of Uganda's Regulatory Sandbox Program with banking integration through local banking partners.