Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest bank, has bought 11 Bitcoin for 1 million euros, marking the first direct Bitcoin investment by an Italian bank The purchase was revealed through a leaked internal email from Niccolò Bardoscia, head of Digital Assets Trading…
TLDR Deribit’s crypto options platform has received acquisition interest and appointed FT Partners as an advisor, although CEO Luuk Strijers clarifies that it is not actively for sale Potential valuation ranges from $4-5 billion or higher according to sources Crypto…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reportedly decided to conduct a trial by depositing compensation contributions to its officers’ digital currency wallets. According to a local media reportthe central bank has chosen to deposit part of the emission rights…
United States Congressman Bryan Steep (R-WI), a vocal advocate for the digital asset space and “innovation,” has been selected to chair the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence in the 119th Congress. According to…
The United Kingdom Treasury, the government department responsible for finance and economic policy, has amended Treasury laws to clarify that digital asset staking is not a collective investment scheme, allowing proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains to avoid—for now— the more onerous regulatory…
Drugs, ransomware, sanctions evasion and espionage – these are just some of the crimes uncovered by a global investigation into financial crimes and money laundering networks. Operation Destabilize, led by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA), targeted large-scale money laundering networks…
Kenya has launched its first comprehensive digital asset count and is seeking public feedback amid the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) call for the country to update its outdated “crypto” regulatory framework. The country’s National Treasury is behind the new bill,…
In early January, Thai Prime Minister Pichai Chunhavajira announced a pilot program that would allow foreign tourists in Phuket to use digital currencies for payments. The Deputy Prime Minister announced the program at a seminar organized by the Marketing Association…
India’s Timechain Labswho have trained developers and passed on talent to BSV ecosystemthinking of cooperating with fund companies for tokenization. Started off Rohan SharanTimechain Labs plans to cooperate with various issuers of financial instruments, such as mutual funds, and focus…
TLDR MANTRA blockchain and DAMAC Group partner to tokenize $1 billion in assets Assets include real estate, hospitality and data centers Launch planned for early 2025 DAMAC started accepting crypto payments in 2022 MANTRA received $11 million in infrastructure expansion…
