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Oobit Integrates Pix: How the Tether-Backed App is Bringing USDT to 170 Million Brazilians
The payments company announced on Tuesday native integration with Brazil’s fast payment network Pix, allowing users to purchase and spend USDT with Oobit’s platform. The action targets a market of over 170 million users part of the Pix…
HSBC Expands Orion Network to UAE, Enabling Real-Time Dirham Liquidity Flows
HSBC has launched its tokenized deposit service in the United Arab Emirates, introducing the UAE dirham to its blockchain-based corporate cash management network. Regulatory Readiness Meets Market Demand HSBC Bank Middle East Limited has…
Bitmine and Sharplink Fund Ethlabs to Scale Ethereum for AI and Institutions
Ethlabs, a new independent nonprofit research lab founded by former Ethereum Foundation researchers, has launched to strengthen Ethereum’s core infrastructure. The group is backed by major ecosystem participants, including Bitmine,…
Enso Connects 500+ Tokenized Assets Through xStocks and Ondo, Cutting Friction
Enso, an onchain finance platform, has launched its real-world assets (RWA) app and announced major integrations to solve the fragmentation of tokenized real-world assets. Tackling Fragmentation in Asset Tokenization Enso, an execution and…
Senate Votes 85-5 to Ban a Fed Digital Dollar Through 2030
The U.S. Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act late Monday in an 85-5 vote, attaching a four-year ban on a Federal Reserve central bank digital currency (CBDC) to the sweeping housing package. The bill now moves to the House,…
The ‘Zksync.jp’ Scam: How a Fentanyl Smuggling Ring Defrauded Crypto Investors in Japan
According to local reports, a Chinese organization that exported fentanyl precursors to the U.S. was also involved in millionaire cryptocurrency fraud in Japan. The group issued a token linked to a domain similar to a Japanese fast-payments…
Safaricom Teams With Chainalysis as AI Hunts Payments Linked to Illegal Wildlife Trade
Safaricom, along with major technology and cryptocurrency companies, including Chainalysis, has joined Prince William’s United for Wildlife taskforce to combat the $23 billion illegal wildlife trade. Squeezing the Financial Flows Kenyan…
Thailand Expands $307M Crypto Mining Probe as Chinese Financiers Face Arrests
Thailand has expanded a probe into a transnational Chinese criminal network that used illegal crypto-mining to launder over $300 million annually from online scams and gambling. Rigs Seized and Power Stolen Thai authorities have expanded an…
Bitcoin Steadies Around $64,000 as US and Iran Agree on Roadmap to a Final Deal Within 60 Days
Mediators Qatar and Pakistan say the United States and Iran have agreed on a roadmap toward a final deal within 60 days, with technical talks beginning immediately. A 60-Day Window The two mediators said a high-level committee agreed on a…
Base Activates Beryl Upgrade June 25 as B20 Token Standard Goes Live
Base, the Ethereum layer-two network backed by Coinbase, plans to activate its Beryl upgrade on mainnet this coming week on June 25, 2026, at 18:00 UTC. A New Native Token Standard The upgrade introduces B20, a new native token standard…