Coinbase has received approval from the CFTC to operate as a designated contract market, completing its derivatives infrastructure. The company can now list, broker and clear fully collateralized products in-house.
TThe BlockOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-29 02:02
The European Commission rejected Ukraine’s request for €220 million to support farmers and provide liquidity to the agricultural sector, Bloomberg reported, citing Agriculture and Food Policy Minister Taras Vysotsky. He said the country would obtain the needed funds through a $250 million concessional World Bank loan. Ukraine has also sought larger EU duty-free import quotas for bioethanol and sugar in 2027.
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TASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-29 00:19
Goldman Sachs plans to let individual shareholders choose whether the board determines how their votes are cast. The move follows a year in which the company’s executive-compensation proposal came closer than ever to rejection.
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Bloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-29 00:00
Bloomberg News examined nearly 3 million auto loans originated by four leading subprime lenders and placed into publicly securitized ABS deals from 2021 to 2023. As the loans aged, differing approaches emerged in how the lenders handled customers in financial distress.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 22:24
JPMorgan Chase’s trading desk shifted its view on US equities from tactically neutral to bullish, saying economic data and earnings will support a sustained market boom.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 22:00
UnitedHealth executive Robert Hunter said in a LinkedIn post on Monday that he will become president of UnitedHealthcare, the company’s insurance division.
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ReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-28 20:45
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s recent whirlwind visit to Hong Kong included meetings with entrepreneurs and business leaders linking China to global markets. His increasingly prominent focus on economic growth and world affairs appears to have broadened his role beyond market strategy and financial-industry leadership.
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South China Morning PostOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 20:00
Bridgepoint and Astorg are considering selling Fenergo as dealmaking in the sector accelerates, according to three people familiar with the matter. One of them said the Irish fintech could be valued at more than £2 billion ($2.7 billion).
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 19:35
A new Senate investigation says Tether and its USDT stablecoin have become central to what it calls Iran’s “shadow banking system.”
TThe BlockOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-28 19:10
Goldman Sachs is bringing its roughly $100 billion Treasury fund to institutional crypto firms, but it will not create a tokenized version of the fund.
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CoinDeskOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 18:00
Coinbase is broadening its partnership with Citi to give businesses infrastructure that links conventional fiat payments with stablecoins.
TThe BlockOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 17:22
President Vladimir Putin has extended until April 1, 2027, authorization for foreign buyers to purchase Russian gas in rubles through Russian banks other than Gazprombank. The payment procedure was revised after the United States imposed sanctions on Gazprombank.
TTASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-28 17:18
After nearly a decade at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Hester Peirce is completing her final week at the agency. She reflects on her time there and the work she still hoped to accomplish, saying there is no good time to leave.
TThe BlockOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 16:35
Russia’s new Bank of Russia admission rules take effect on October 5, allowing crypto exchanges and digital depositories to apply for official registry entry. Each application still requires a separate decision, and the procedure does not itself authorize operations or finalize which assets non-qualified investors may trade.
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CryptoSlateOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-28 16:30
Hungary’s OTP Bank is considering leaving Russia entirely, Bloomberg reports, but says selling its business there is currently almost impossible. Regulators are examining OTP’s Russian presence as they review its planned acquisition of Baltic lender Luminor. OTP says its Russian profit has risen more than fivefold since 2021 to $635 million.
MMeduzaOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-28 16:05
Russia’s Finance Ministry says it has paid 8.6 billion rubles, equivalent to $102 million, in coupon obligations on Eurobonds maturing in 2035. The payment agent, the National Settlement Depository, received the funds under a Russian decree establishing a temporary procedure for servicing state debt owed to residents and foreign creditors.
TTASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-28 15:26
Apollo economist Torsten Slok warns that AI agents could automatically move household cash from low-interest checking accounts into higher-yield alternatives, potentially triggering a bank run.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 13:06
JPMorgan says the EU’s drive to expand data-centre capacity is already attracting more investment into nuclear energy projects, as the bloc pursues decarbonisation while also seeking to secure its energy supply.
EeuronewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 10:16
Stablecoin payments company RedotPay said the completed audit is part of its preparations to go public, disputing an August report that its listing had been put on hold.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-28 07:50
Indonesia’s central bank has reduced its intervention in the spot foreign-exchange market to 30% of total intervention because the measure was too costly, Governor Destry Damayanti told a parliamentary hearing on Monday.
RReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-28 07:45
Aave’s Base market has accepted seven Coinbase stock tokens as collateral for USDC loans since Sept. 25. The equity price feeds freeze over the weekend while borrowing and liquidation remain open. If prices fall when feeds resume Sunday, liquidations may not recover enough value, leaving opted-in USDC suppliers exposed to bad debt.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-27 22:15
Quebec’s securities regulator says Pump.fun is not registered with the Autorité des marchés financiers and is not authorized to solicit investors in the province. The warning concerns the platform’s regulatory status; it does not announce a website ban, enforcement order, fraud finding or change to users’ wallet access. Residents are advised to use caution and check AMF registers.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-27 19:05
Visa’s September 18 data refresh reduced its adjusted stablecoin volume measure, while adjusted transaction counts fell by less than 2%. The company attributed the reset to broader address labeling and revised filters, which exclude more transfers from the measure. The classification changed, but the release provides no direct evidence that real-world payment activity declined.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-27 14:00
Crypto projects spent about $638 million on token buybacks through late August 2026, a record led by Hyperliquid and Pump.fun. SEC corporation-finance staff said a buyback announcement for a non-security token on a functional network is outside the Howey test’s essential-managerial-efforts promise, while warning that younger projects may invite investment-contract scrutiny by marketing buybacks as returns.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-26 20:20
The Federal Reserve’s proposed rules would give supervised payment stablecoin issuers 24 hours to report a reserve shortfall and submit a recovery plan. If the gap remains, they must begin liquidating reserves and redeeming tokens by 5 p.m. the next business day—often within 48 hours. The proposal also allows minting during the rescue window, to avoid signaling distress on public blockchains.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-26 17:55
The Federal Reserve’s proposed framework would tie a payment stablecoin issuer’s baseline operational-risk capital charge directly to coins outstanding. A hypothetical supervised issuer with $1 billion in circulation and no non-reserve revenue would face a $20 million baseline charge, while also needing reserves equal to the coins’ par value. The OCC has proposed a different, business-specific approach.
The British government said on Saturday that it will confirm its new equity loan programme, called “Your First Home,” in next month’s budget.
RReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-26 17:40
Switzerland’s finance minister said UBS was unlikely to leave its Swiss base after the upper house of parliament voted this week in favor of tougher capital requirements.
RReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-26 17:25
Cash accounted for only 8% of UK payments in 2025, down from 58% in 2009, yet the value of banknotes on the Bank of England’s balance sheet nearly doubled to £99 billion. The article argues that people still value cash as an immediately usable fallback when digital payments fail, while also offering greater privacy and independence from financial institutions.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-26 11:05
Brazilian digital bank Nubank is in early discussions with British digital bank Monzo over a possible combination that could value Monzo at between £8 billion and £10 billion, Sky News reported on Saturday.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-26 10:25
UK fintech Monzo is discussing a possible sale with Brazil’s Nubank and is also in talks with private equity firms about selling a significant stake in the business.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, sometimes called “Crypto Mom,” will leave the agency on Oct. 2. Her long-anticipated departure was announced as the SEC released its latest crypto-related work.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-25 22:17
SEC staff said that promoting a network’s current uses generally would not create an expectation of profit, as the agency’s crypto FAQ covers token buybacks, network upgrades and promises of profit.
TThe BlockOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-25 20:32
Insurance firm TFP Group, better known as the Fidelis Partnership, filed on Friday for an initial public offering in the United States.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-25 20:25
KoBold Metals’ top executive said Western mining companies could match China’s pace in developing critical-minerals projects in Africa without lowering compliance standards, provided governments streamline approvals and improve coordination among regulators.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-25 17:05
The Bank of Russia is prepared to provide additional capital to the Russian National Reinsurance Company if necessary, First Deputy Governor Vladimir Chistyukhin said. RNRC suffered significant losses amid intense attacks on Russian facilities, vessels, oil and gas infrastructure and warehouses. The regulator has already approved a 165 billion-ruble injection.
TTASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-25 11:18
Hong Kong banks have closed about 40 per cent of their physical branches in recent years, with the total falling from 1,500 to roughly 900, according to local banking executives. The number of licensed banks has remained stable at around 150, said Shanghai Commercial Bank CEO Sunny Cheung.
SSouth China Morning PostOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-25 10:01
US prosecutors allege that payments group Capstone illegally moved hundreds of millions of dollars for crypto companies Tether and Bitfinex, acting at the direction of a Caribbean bank. Authorities have seized the group’s bank accounts.
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Financial TimesOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-25 09:58
HSBC and Hang Seng Bank will harmonise employee-benefit frameworks across Hong Kong from January 1, according to internal memos. The change is intended to simplify administration, create a shared standard and support internal career mobility between the two lenders. HSBC Hong Kong CEO Maggie Ng said most existing benefits would improve.
SSouth China Morning PostOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-25 05:26
After Morgan Stanley accidentally disclosed internal deal information in a client email, rival investment banks in Hong Kong have been aggressively approaching the companies named in the leaked document, according to people familiar with the matter. The breach has also prompted security warnings among banks.
SSouth China Morning PostOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-25 04:34
At least a dozen Chinese banks plan to wind down leveraged precious-metals trading for retail investors, who use margin to speculate on gold and silver contracts without owning the metal. Sources at two banks, including ICBC, said the Shanghai Gold Exchange mandated the latest withdrawals amid sharp swings in international gold prices.
SSouth China Morning PostOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-25 03:00
For graduates around the world trying to land their first job, Japan may appear to be a hiring paradise as banks and hedge funds compete for top talent amid a jobs boom.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-25 02:37
Four years ago, the instincts that helped commodities trader Kelvin Chiu get rich also cost him a small fortune. The former Goldman trader is now building a small pod-style investment shop with an unconventional approach to hiring.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-25 00:30
Swiss lawmakers’ decision to reject calls from UBS and big business for softer new banking rules has exposed lingering concern about the risks posed by one of the country’s most prominent institutions after Credit Suisse collapsed in 2023.
RReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-24 20:10
Bullish, Alpaca and Apex Fintech have formed a coalition seeking to connect onchain shares with official shareholder records, following the US SEC’s innovation exemption for tokenized stock trading.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 20:05
The U.S. derivatives regulator is continuing to develop guidance that welcomes tokenization and blockchain recordkeeping as standard elements of the commodities industry.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-24 20:04
Insurance for oil tankers loading at Saudi Arabia’s main Red Sea port has tripled in recent weeks, industry sources told Reuters, deepening the major crude producer’s difficulty in finding a viable route for its exports.
RReutersOriginal★★★★☆2026-09-24 18:40
JPMorgan analysts said bitcoin’s sustained move above their estimated $85,000 production cost could reduce selling pressure from miners.
TThe BlockOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 18:22
Coinbase’s fixed-rate Bitcoin-backed USDC loans add a separate liquidation risk: borrowers must repay the full balance by a set maturity date. If they miss it, Morpho liquidators may take collateral even when the loan-to-value ratio remains healthy. A falling collateral value can still trigger liquidation before maturity.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 15:30
Barclays, NatWest, HSBC and other banks used tokenized deposits in remortgage transactions and a marketplace-payment test, extending bank-issued digital cash beyond a single institution.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 15:07
Qivalis CEO and founder Jan-Oliver Sell said the entire trade finance supply chain is moving into stablecoins.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 14:41
Staff in the CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight says contracts tied to a named person’s words, appearances or interactions face heightened manipulation risks. Its nonbinding advisory asks exchanges for contract-specific safeguards, while stopping short of banning speech markets. Kalshi continued listing them the next day.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 14:30
Morgan Stanley moved quickly to limit the damage from a leaked deal list as clients demanded explanations and at least two regulators started assessing the possible consequences.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 14:00
European regulators will map how financial firms use AI and tokenization in products aimed at clients, then begin checks on the businesses most affected by the technologies.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 12:26
Europe’s payment sovereignty exposure lies less in the card people carry than in the currency underpinning it. The article argues that Europe needs to strengthen the euro’s international role.
EeuronewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 10:52
Tencent has launched a payments app aimed at helping overseas visitors navigate China’s largely cashless economy. The service is positioned as a rival to Alipay.
FFinancial TimesOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 09:34
Bank of America said on Thursday that it plans to hire 1,000 more apprentices over the next two years, expanding skills-based recruitment in local communities.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 09:10
Britain’s biggest banks have carried out what the industry calls the first transactions anywhere in which tokenised deposits were used to transfer funds between banks. The blockchain-based form of bank money is favoured by the Bank of England over privately issued stablecoins.
EeuronewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-24 08:55
Prime Minister Mark Carney says international payments can be used as leverage against countries and has told the EU he wants “deep co-operation” in this area. As concerns grow over U.S. influence on other countries’ financial systems, what would Canada need to do to shield itself from American “rogue behaviour”?
CCBC NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-24 08:00
Economists say Australians are “scrambling” to find extra work as living expenses and mortgage costs climb. Unemployment rose unexpectedly from 4.5% in July to 4.6% in August, its highest level since the pandemic, but analysts say the increase is unlikely to deter the Reserve Bank of Australia from raising rates again next week.
TThe GuardianOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-24 06:12
MoonPay has agreed to acquire North Capital Investment Technology, subject to regulatory approval and other closing conditions. If completed, North Capital and its PPEX alternative trading system would join MoonPay, but the companies have not disclosed whether customers will gain access to private-securities trading, under what terms or when.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 06:10
Analysis of the SVB episode continues, alongside a note on quality.
FFinancial TimesOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 05:30
An accidental disclosure by a Hong Kong-based Morgan Stanley employee has alarmed the city’s banking industry, listed issuers and regulators, according to people familiar with the matter. A Tuesday email included a file detailing more than 100 Greater China deals in the pipeline, covering IPOs, private equity arrangements, pension fund positions and other projects.
SSouth China Morning PostOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 04:33
Britain’s largest banks have carried out the world’s first transactions using tokenised deposits to transfer money between one another. Supporters say the blockchain-based form of commercial bank money could be safer than stablecoins.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 23:10
Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman is considering a sale of insurance software provider Applied Systems that could value the company at as much as $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 22:15
BlackRock says increasingly autonomous AI systems could become a new class of stablecoin customer, making continuous micropayments for data, software and computing resources. Its report says stablecoins may benefit from machine-native commerce, though traditional payment networks could adapt and the value captured by crypto assets will depend on fees, staking and gas-sponsorship models.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 20:50
Prediction market Kalshi says the CFTC is not investigating its trading activity. It attributes unusual patterns in its ether perpetual market to liquidity incentives.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 19:04
The Bank of Russia plans to issue comprehensive recommendations requiring banks to examine the origins of clients’ cash and update suspicious-transaction typologies. Official Bogdan Shablya said cash of “unknown origin” comes mainly from illegal cryptocurrency exchanges in Moscow. Cash in circulation has risen by 2.5 trillion rubles since the year began, while businesses’ demand has grown partly as they adjust to 2026 tax changes.
MMeduzaOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-23 18:30
A Morgan Stanley staffer accidentally emailed an internal document listing more than 100 investment-banking deals the firm is pitching or monitoring in Asia. The employee later tried to retract the message.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 15:54
Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said the mass launch of the digital ruble on September 1, 2026, proceeded as planned. She said citizens and businesses now have an additional tool for payments and settlements, meaning Russia has all components of a national payment infrastructure.
TTASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-23 14:29
The Canadian government views Mexico as a growing tourism market and expects visits to increase by 40% over the next four years, reaching nearly half a million visitors who spend about $1 billion annually by 2030. A tour operator says Canada’s visa requirements constrain that potential.
CCBC NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 13:11
MoonPay plans to acquire SEC-registered North Capital in an all-stock transaction valued at $60 million. CEO Ivan Soto-Wright said the deal will support the company’s push for mass adoption of tokenized real-world assets.
CCoinDeskOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 13:00
A Visa study says U.S. consumers’ intent to adopt stablecoins would rise from 36% to 56% if they came with hypothetical bank-level consumer protections.
TThe BlockOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 13:00
The Asian Development Bank projects 5% economic growth this year for developing Asia and the Pacific, 0.1 percentage points above its July forecast. India is expected to lead the region at 7% growth, while China’s forecast remains 4.6% and Southeast Asia’s average is seen at 4.7%.
TTASSOriginal★★★★☆2026-09-23 12:58
Indonesia’s central bank left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, as markets expected, at its first meeting since Destry Damayanti became governor earlier this month. She stressed the need to preserve momentum in economic growth.
RReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-23 12:00
Airtel Money, the African mobile-money arm of Airtel Africa and ultimately controlled by Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal, plans to raise about $800m in a London IPO at a targeted valuation of $8bn to $9bn. The listing would be a major boost for the struggling UK market. The company has 53 million monthly active users across 13 sub-Saharan African countries.
TThe GuardianOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-23 11:08
The Asian Development Bank lifted its 2026 growth forecast for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific to 5%, just above its July projection but below 2025’s 5.5%. It cited domestic demand, government stimulus and resilient technology industries, while warning that energy prices, conflicts, El Niño, trade uncertainty and AI-stock valuation adjustments could weigh on activity.
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China News ServiceOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-23 10:29
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said financial market growth must balance innovation with regulation and advanced technology with consumer protection. In a message to the International Banking Forum, he said new infrastructure, including the digital ruble, fast-payment systems and artificial intelligence, is driving change.
TTASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-23 08:40
The European System of Central Banks reportedly wants the EU to remove MiCA’s fixed requirement for stablecoin issuers to hold part of their reserves as deposits with EU credit institutions. An alternative would test how quickly reserves can become cash, preserving redemption liquidity while loosening the token-bank funding link.
CCryptoSlateOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 08:10
Canada’s six largest banks are exploring a tokenized deposit system to modernize payments. They said the project’s first phase will focus on moving tokenized deposits efficiently between financial institutions.
TThe BlockOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 04:57
Rivals Revolut and Nubank are using an unusually lax regulatory window to gain ground in the highly competitive US banking market.
FFinancial TimesOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-23 04:00
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