Analysis: Cryptocurrencies

Hong Kong regulator targets March for first stablecoin licences

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Eddie Yue said on Monday the regulator expects to issue its first batch of stablecoin issuer licences in March, with only a very small number to be...

Bitcoin falls below $80,000, continuing decline as liquidity worries mount

Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down by 6.53% at $78,719.63 at 12:48 p.m. ET on Saturday, continuing its decline from the previous session. On Friday,...

Investors gain some Fed clarity with Warsh choice, but mull rate path

The choice of Kevin Warsh to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve clears uncertainty on Wall Street about the central bank's likely next chair, but leaves investors weighing how the former Fed governor's...

Crypto bill advances in US Senate but faces obstacles

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, which oversees commodities trading, advanced a bill on Thursday that would establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies on a party-line vote, an...

Weaker dollar, stronger bitcoin?

DXY is at multi-year lows, but bitcoin's usual inverse response is breaking down amid volatility, tight credit, and rising bond yields.

Tether CEO aims to allocate up to 15% of its portfolio to gold

Tether plans to allocate 10%-15% of its investment portfolio to physical gold, the crypto group's CEO Paolo Ardoino said, adding to the bullion which it says already backs some of its products. ...

US banks may lose $500 billion to stablecoins by 2028, Standard Chartered warns

U.S. dollar-backed crypto tokens known as stablecoins could pull around $500 billion in deposits out of U.S. banks by the end of 2028, Standard Chartered estimated on Tuesday - new analysis that could...

Crypto money-laundering hit $82 billion in 2025, researchers say

Money launderers received at least $82 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up sharply from $10 billion in 2020, driven in part by fast growth among Chinese-speaking groups, blockchain researchers...

Tether says it bought 27 tons of gold in fourth quarter

Tether, issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, added about 27 metric tons of gold to its fund exposure in the fourth quarter of 2025, it said on Monday, broadly unchanged from its third-quarter...

Ledger targets IPO of over $4bn in 2026

The countdown to Ledger's stockmarket debut has begun. After a decade of growth, marked by both successes and turbulence, Ledger is preparing to clear a hurdle that few crypto start-ups can afford.

SEC agrees to dismiss case over crypto lending by Winklevoss' Gemini

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday agreed to dismiss its enforcement case against a cryptocurrency exchange founded by billionaire twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, after...

At Davos dinner with Eric Trump and others, African president pitches business deals

The president of Somaliland was at the World Economic Forum this week to win international recognition for and pitch investment opportunities in his breakaway region. At a closed-door...

UBS explores crypto investing for select private banking clients, Bloomberg News reports

UBS is planning to offer cryptocurrency investment options to some private banking clients, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.  The Swiss lender...

Yen pressured as BOJ holds rates, dollar set for steep weekly drop

The yen stayed under pressure after the Bank of Japan held rates steady on Friday, as expected, while the U.S. dollar headed for its steepest weekly drop since June as geopolitical tensions and abrupt...

Bitwise and Proficio Capital Partners ETF targets gold, metals, bitcoin as alternative to currencies

As geopolitical tensions soar and government debt loads rise in many nations, digital assets investment firm Bitwise and Proficio Capital Partners, a division of a Florida-based multi-family office,...

CLARITY in limbo: why the important crypto bill now hangs by a thread

A canceled Senate hearing and industry infighting threaten a landmark crypto bill meant to end regulatory uncertainty.

ECB's Panetta sees fully digital commercial bank money in future

Commercial bank money is bound to become fully tokenised in the future, like central bank money, and the two types of currency will continue to anchor the monetary system, a top European Central Bank...

Wall Street posts biggest daily drop in three months, Trump Greenland tariff threat triggers wide selloff

All three major Wall Street indexes ended Tuesday with their biggest one-day drops in three months, in a broad selloff triggered by concerns that fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump...

Bitcoin hoarder Strategy buys $2.13 billion in bitcoin in eight days

Billionaire Michael Saylor's bitcoin-focused firm Strategy said on Tuesday it bought about $2.13 billion worth of bitcoin over the past eight days, stepping up purchases even as its stock has been...