Until recently, the idea of taking out a mortgage backed by cryptocurrency sounded more like a blockchain enthusiast’s fantasy than a serious financial product. But by 2025, crypto mortgages have…

Japanese digital bank Minna no Ginko launched a project to explore the issuance of stablecoins on the Solana blockchain and the creation of a Web3 wallet for businesses and individuals….

Mercado Bitcoin plans to tokenize financial assets worth over $200 million, marking the largest initiative of its kind in the Latin American market. Mercado Bitcoin (MB), the largest digital asset…

Binance Pay is rolling out crypto payment options at over 80 locations along the Côte d’Azur, including stores, restaurants, and hotels. Binance Pay announced a partnership with French FinTech company…

AllUnity will become the first licensed issuer of a euro-pegged stablecoin in Germany, launching an asset fully compliant with MiCA requirements. AllUnity obtained an EMI (Electronic Money Institution) license from…

The European Central Bank (ECB) approved a two-track plan to integrate digital asset settlements via distributed ledger technology (DLT), aimed at ensuring secure and efficient settlements using central bank money….

Bitget Wallet launched a zero-fee crypto card on the Mastercard payment network. The new product allows users to pay directly from their decentralized wallet at over 150 million merchants worldwide….

Germany’s largest banking groups officially confirmed plans to launch crypto services for private clients in 2026. The German banking groups Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe and Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken (Genobanken) plan to offer…

FinTech company Circle officially submitted an application to create a federally regulated trust bank that will manage USDC reserves and provide custodial services to institutional clients. Circle Internet Group, Inc.,…