Ripple to Buy Stablecoin Platform Rail for $200M

Ripple announced Thursday that it will acquire stablecoin-powered payments platform Rail for $200 million, with the deal expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025. The company said the move aims to expand its enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure and “deliver the most comprehensive stablecoin payments solution available in the market.” Ripple expects the acquisition to enable it to offer stablecoin on- and off-ramps without requiring customers to hold cryptocurrency, and to facilitate customers in managing multiple payment types on behalf of themselves and their internal treasury flows. The company…

‘Nothing else I can do’: Bitcoin investor pleads with city for lost millions

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Computer engineer James Howells joins ‘Varney & Co.’ to discuss losing his hard drive with over 8,000 Bitcoin in 2013 and his attempts to recover it. #crypto #foxbusiness #news #world Subscribe to Fox Business! Watch more Fox Business Video: Watch Fox Business Network Live: FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel delivering real-time information across all platforms that impact both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York — the business capital of the world — FBN launched in…

Bitcoin Volatility Drops to 2-Year Low & Bitcoin Hyper Gains

Bitcoin’s volatility just hit its lowest point since September 2023. This event could be a signal that a major shift in Bitcoin and crypto market conditions is unfolding. According to the BVIV index by Volmex, Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility fell to a low of 36.11%. These levels haven’t been seen since September 30, 2023, back when BTC was trading below $30,000. And then, it was just days away from aggressively breaking out to the upside. Fast forward to today: Bitcoin is holding strong well above $114K, and yet, volatility has…

EU banks must hold 12.5x capital against BTC under new rules

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has finalized rules requiring banks to hold significantly more capital against so-called “unbacked” cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether. In its final draft of regulatory technical standards released on Tuesday, the EBA said the rules aim to “address implementation aspects and will ensure harmonisation of the capital requirements on crypto-asset exposures by institutions across the EU.” The framework applies to European Union-based banks holding crypto assets on their balance sheets. According to the accompanying documentation, digital assets in group 2 (a and b) are subject to…

Trezor Academy: 150 Million Swahili Speakers Can Now Learn Bitcoin in Their Language

This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. More than 150 million people speak Swahili across Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo — regions where interest in bitcoin is growing, but educational materials in local languages remain scarce. This has long limited access to essential knowledge about how bitcoin works […] Original

Salomon Brothers Say It Has Completed Process of Notifying ‘Abandoned’ Crypto Wallets

The revived Salomon Brothers announced on Thursday that it has completed the process of inserting OP_Return notices to bitcoin (BTC) wallets assumed to have been abandoned. According to a press release shared with CryptoX, the New York-based investment bank are sending the notices to prevent “rogue states and criminal organizations with significant resources” from potentially accessing these wallets in future. The process itself has created a wealth of debate, with speculation suggesting the Salomon Brothers have ties to people like Craig Wright. “[They] are using Bitcoin’s own infrastructure as a…