Electronic Transactions Association CEO Expecting More Partnerships with Bitcoin Startups
Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) CEO, Jason Oxman, indicated that members of his organization might start recognizing Bitcoin’s disruptive potential,…
Trump targets Brazil's payments system while dollar stablecoins are quietly overtaking country's payments
Washington views Brazil’s promotion of nondollar payment channels, including Pix and the growth of stablecoins, as a potential threat to dollarbased trade,…
Ordinals dev Leonidas proposes new Bitcoin client: ‘$DOG Mode’
“Over time the economic incentives will drive $DOG Mode’s adoption and force Bitcoin Core to stop gatekeeping and allow these completely valid transactions,”…
Japan’s biggest card network taps Circle to bring stablecoins to 40 million merchants
JCB and Circle will explore using USDC for crossborder payments and merchant transactions as Japan ramps up efforts to bring stablecoins into everyday…
Swift rolls out new blockchain ledger to bring 24/7 banking to 17 global giants
HSBC, UBS, Wells Fargo and Citi are among the 17 banks now preparing to pilot live transactions using tokenized digital assets on Swift’s new blockchain…
India crypto tax filings lag trading activity: Report
India’s tax department reportedly found that fewer than a quarter of the 645,000 people who made crypto transactions reported them on tax returns.…
Kazakhstan president signs decree to accelerate crypto adoption
Kazakhstan targets gaspowered electricity for mining, income tax exemptions for regulated crypto transactions and crossborder stablecoin payments in a new…
Bitcoin Covenants part 3: SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT
APO lets a Bitcoin signature authorize any compatible UTXO rather than one fixed outpoint. It allows for rebindable presigned transactions for Lightning,…
Iran-linked entities moved $3.8B through CoinEx, TRM says
TRM Labs traced $3.8 billion moved by 60 sanctioned Iranian entities through CoinEx and said that the exchange’s 8% share of illicit transactions was…