Tag: Bank

Stablecoin Industry Opposes Bank of England’s Unhosted Wallet Ban

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As the UK considers options to attract and develop the crypto industry at home, the Bank of England (BOE) has put forward several proposals for how it might regulate stablecoins to mitigate perceived financial risks. These have included a ban on custodial wallets for stablecoin holdings. The UK crypto industry, from stablecoin issuers to Bitcoin hardliners, has predictably taken issue with the ban. “This would be a serious misstep for the UK, risking long-term damage that is hard to unwind,” said Benoit Marzouk, CEO of stablecoin issuer tGBP told Cointelegraph.…

Bank of Italy Deputy Governor Urges EU to Evaluate Tokenized SEPA Payments

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European financial institutions should assess whether the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) can be extended into tokenized payments, Bank of Italy Deputy Governor Chiara Scotti said, as policymakers look for ways to keep euro-denominated settlement central to digital finance. Scotti called a tokenized extension of SEPA an “important area for reflection” during a Monday speech at the Digital Assets and Monetary Policy Transmission workshop in Rome, saying Europe’s existing payments framework offers scale, shared standards and interoperability. Her comments come as the Eurosystem prepares a pilot for Pontes, a distributed…

North Korea denies crypto hacks, Upbit’s bank tests Ripple: Asia Express

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Everything that happened in crypto news in Asia over the past seven days: Asia Express. In this issue North Korea denies cybercrime claims amid crypto hack allegations Upbit’s bank partner tests remittances with Ripple South Korean industry heavyweights test blockchain remittances Hong Kong flags fake stablecoins impersonating licensed issuers Bitcoin reserve proposal reaches Taiwan policymakers Startale adds private transfers to its app on Sony’s blockchain Japan warns of crypto use in property transactions Canaan expands Tether partnership with new hardware deal Bybit removed from Malaysia’s alert list North Korea denies…

Morgan Stanley says Bitcoin on bank balance sheets

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Morgan Stanley head of digital asset strategy Amy Oldenburg said at the Bitcoin 2026 Conference in Las Vegas that Bitcoin on US bank balance sheets is “not totally out of the question,” citing 16 months of regulatory progress while warning that Basel capital rules and Fed guidance still stand in the way. Summary The Basel Committee’s 1,250% risk-weight on unbacked crypto makes direct Bitcoin balance-sheet exposure economically unviable for major banks under current rules. Morgan Stanley’s MSBT launched April 8 as the first US bank-affiliated Bitcoin ETP, hitting $100M in…

XRP Bulls Eye Breakout As Ripple Unveils 13,000 Bank Connections Worldwide

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Ripple’s own top engineer has thrown cold water on one of the XRP community’s most persistent theories — that the company’s 1,700 non-disclosure agreements are hiding secret, large-scale adoption plans. Related Reading Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz said those NDAs are standard business practice and that claims of massive undisclosed events are “almost always completely false.” No coordinated government plans. No hidden catalysts. Just routine confidentiality agreements. What The Numbers Actually Show That clarification comes at an odd moment — right as Ripple is touting figures that have the XRP…

Brazil Central Bank Bars Virtual Assets From eFX Payments

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Brazil’s central bank, Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), has barred the use of virtual assets in certain regulated international payment and transfer services, tightening rules for cross-border payment providers operating under the country’s eFX framework. On Thursday, BCB published Resolution BCB No. 561, amending existing rules for eFX, a regulated category covering international payments and transfers. The resolution states that payments or receipts between an eFX provider and its foreign counterparty must be carried out exclusively through a foreign exchange transaction or movement in a non-resident Brazilian real account, with…

MiCA-licensed Banking Circle joins bank stablecoin settlement race in Europe

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Banking Circle’s stablecoin settlement launch follows its CASP approval, entering a crowded market with SocGen, Sygnum and a 12-bank euro stablecoin consortium. Luxembourg-based Banking Circle has launched stablecoin settlement services after receiving a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from Luxembourg’s financial regulator on April 15, expanding into regulated fiat-to-stablecoin and stablecoin-to-fiat settlement for institutional clients. The rollout includes support for Circle’s USDC, Paxos’ USDG and Banking Circle’s own euro stablecoin EURI, expanding the bank’s digital asset settlement capabilities beyond its initial EURI launch in August 2024. In a Monday…

Largest Bank in Brazil Moves to Invest in Bitcoin Mining

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Key Takeaways: Itau Ventures invested up to $10M in Minter for mobile data centers that mine bitcoin. Brazil lost $1.2B to 20% energy curtailment in 2025, a market Minter targets. CEO Stefano Sergole plans to grow Minter to 500MW capacity by 2029 across Brazil and the U.S. Brazil’s Itau Invests In Bitcoin and Data Center Company Minter Itau, one of the largest banks in Brazil, has turned its gaze on bitcoin mining and data centers. According to local media, Itau Ventures, the bank’s investment arm, has made an undisclosed investment…

Largest Bank of Russia Prepared to Offer Cryptocurrency Trading Services

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Key Takeaways: Sberbank readies crypto trading for its 110M clients, awaiting upcoming Bank of Russia regulations next. Following a December loan to Intelion, Sberbank plans to expand crypto-backed lending to more firms next. A December Bank of Russia draft caps retail buys at $4,000 yearly, paving the way for future market access. Sberbank Ready To Offer Crypto Services As Soon As Regulation Arises Cryptocurrencies are poised to make inroads into the Russian banking system as soon as a regulatory framework for these assets is established. Sberbank, one of the largest…

Singapore Gulf Bank Adds Fiat-to-Stablecoin Conversion Feature

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Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) has introduced a service that lets institutional clients mint and redeem stablecoins directly from their bank accounts, using the Solana layer-1 blockchain network to enable round-the-clock settlement between fiat and digital assets. The service will initially support Circle USDC (USDC) transactions above $100,000 and includes temporary fee waivers for minting and redemption on the Solana network, according to SGB’s announcement. Additional assets such as Tether’s USDT (USDT), Ethena’s USDe (USDe) and Global Dollar (USDG) are expected to follow, the company said. The new feature is integrated…