Cryptocurrency News

As Gen Z weighs the $108,584 average cost of a four-year degree, Walmart has been expanding paid, debt-free pathways that move frontline associates into higher-paid roles, including truck drivers, skilled technicians, and licensed opticians. Its Associate to Driver program, launched in 2022, pays workers while they earn a commercial driver’s license, and graduates can make…Read More

Brazil banned sports betting and online casino games on Sept. 25, nine days before the first round of its presidential election. The decision ends a licensed market that opened in January 2025; the government is nevertheless keeping the $492 million (R$2.55 billion) operators paid for their licenses. A Seismic iGaming Change Just Before Presidential Vote…Read More

Spanish institutional custodian Cecabank is expanding its regulated crypto-asset custody services to Luxembourg via the MiCA European passporting process. Strategic Push via MiCA Passporting Spanish institutional custodian Cecabank has reportedly launched a push to extend its regulated crypto asset custody services into Luxembourg, about 18 months after opening its branch in the Grand Duchy. Cecabank…Read More

China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) stressed that while criminals have promoted cryptocurrency as a way to escape oversight, this anonymity is a false premise, as transactions leave digital traces that can potentially be followed to the user’s identity.   China Warns Cryptocurrency Transactions Are Not Untraceable The Chinese government has clarified that while cryptocurrencies…Read More

The Circle Foundation, the philanthropic initiative of Circle Internet Group, has announced new grant initiatives with the United Nations Development Program and the World Food Program to modernize international aid delivery using regulated stablecoins. Accelerating UNDP Program Delivery The Circle Foundation announced two new grant initiatives in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Belarus Approves the Country’s First Crypto Banks: Report  Belarus earlier this year signed a legal framework for crypto banks in the country. This post Belarus Approves the Country’s First Crypto Banks: Report  first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Blasts Nigel Farage’s ‘Bitcoin Account’  The UK’s finance minister has criticized the pro-Bitcoin leader of Reform UK. This post UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Blasts Nigel Farage’s ‘Bitcoin Account’  first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Citi and Coinbase Working Together To Build Stablecoin Infrastructure for Businesses Citigroup is working with America’s biggest crypto exchange, Coinbase, in its latest blockchain-based venture.  The two companies said in a joint statement Monday that they were teaming up to allow Citi clients to move between regular money and stablecoins without having to…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy and Strive Scoop Up More Than 2,700 Bitcoin in a Week The two top bitcoin treasuries last week spent a combined $232.5 million on BTC. This post Strategy and Strive Scoop Up More Than 2,700 Bitcoin in a Week first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Dollars In, Bitcoin Out: Breez SDK Debuts New Stablecoin Feature Despite being so-called digital dollars, stablecoins aren’t always simple to use. They run on various crypto networks that need different digital wallets — the type of thing that can put crypto newbies and seasoned bitcoiners alike off.  But Bitcoin software provider Breez has…Read More