MiCA’s arrival reshapes the stablecoin battlefield, and Paxos wants to lead the charge.
The announcement
On July 2, 2025, Paxos announced the launch of a MiCA-compliant euro-denominated stablecoin, called Paxos...
Crypto payments arrive at the Côte d’Azur, but can they outlast the summer?
The pitch: Spend crypto in Saint-Tropez
Binance Pay, the crypto payment arm of...
The world’s biggest stablecoin issuer clashes with a collapsed lender. What’s really at stake?
The story so far
In a dramatic legal twist, Tether — issuer of the...
Sweden’s banking giant buys the country’s biggest digital mortgage player. Here’s what it signals.
The deal at a glance
Swedbank has agreed to acquire 100% of shares...
Post-Celsius, new platforms rethink crypto lending from the ground up
From collapse to comeback
The 2022 collapses of Celsius Network, Voyager, and BlockFi were supposed to kill crypto lending. Instead,...
Kraken, Coinbase, and Bitstamp lead the charge as MiCA draws a new battle line across the EU
MiCA unlocks the European battleground
As the Markets in Crypto-Assets...
Real estate. Crypto. No license. What could go wrong?
Crypto meets condos—without a license?
According to a recent investigation by FinTelegram, crypto payment processor CoinsPaid has quietly launched a real...
Securities Commission wants to vet tokens before they’re made available to the public
A pre-clearance model for crypto trading
Malaysia’s top financial regulator, the Securities Commission Malaysia...
Berlin neobank turns to a Santander heavyweight after Carina Kozole announces her exit
Why the shake-up?
German business daily Handelsblatt reports that chief risk officer Carina Kozole will leave N26 on 31 July 2025. Stepping...
Why global watchdogs are eyeing stablecoins, and why firms like Chainalysis say it’s not a war on crypto
Stablecoins under the spotlight
The Financial Action Task Force...
