Tag: Digital

Stablecoins Become Institutional Digital Cash, Says Moody’s

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Stablecoins are shifting from a crypto native tool to a core piece of institutional market plumbing, according to a new cross-sector outlook report from Moody’s. In the report, published Monday, the ratings agency said stablecoins processed about 87% more settlement volume in 2025 than the year before, reaching $9 trillion in activity based on industry estimates of onchain transactions, rather than purely bank‑to‑bank flows. Moody’s said fiat‑backed stablecoins and tokenized deposits are evolving into “digital cash” for liquidity management, collateral movements and settlements across an increasingly tokenized financial system. Stablecoins…

MSCI Keeps Digital Asset Treasury Companies in Indexes

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MSCI announced it will keep digital asset treasury companies in its global indexes, citing investor feedback and the need for further study on non-operating firms. Shares in Michael Saylor’s Strategy rose 5% after Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) decided not to exclude digital asset treasury companies from its market index, for now. In a note published Tuesday, MSCI said digital asset treasury companies (DATCOs) would, however, be subject to broader consultations to distinguish between investment companies and other companies that hold digital assets as part of their core operations. ”This…

Privacy Among Digital Euro’s ‘Hardest Political Tradeoffs’

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Trade-offs between local institutions are expected to shape the digital euro’s final form, as debates continue over holding limits and privacy features. The EU Council recently announced that it is backing the European Central Bank’s digital euro design, which includes both online and offline functions. According to Apostolos Thomadakis, head of the financial markets and institutions unit at the European Policy Studies think tank, “cash-like privacy” with anti-money laundering rules is among the digital euro’s “hardest political tradeoffs.” He told Cointelegraph that he expects the European lawmakers and the ECB…

Happy New Year, Mark Cuban: Judge dismisses lawsuit over Voyager Digital

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The class-action suit, filed against Cuban and others in August 2022 shortly after Voyager filed for bankruptcy, alleged “false representations and other deceptive conduct.“ A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Voyager Digital investors against billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban over the basketball team Dallas Mavericks’ partnership with the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. In an order filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judge Roy Altman granted a motion to dismiss the case over claims that the investors “fail[ed] to establish personal jurisdiction,”…

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Voyager Digital

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Voyager Digital investors against billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban over the basketball team Dallas Mavericks’ partnership with the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. In an order filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judge Roy Altman granted a motion to dismiss the case over claims that the investors “fail[ed] to establish personal jurisdiction,” among other reasons.  The class-action lawsuit, filed in August 2022 shortly after the crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy, alleged “false representations and other deceptive…

Trump Media To Issue Digital Tokens to Shareholders

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Trump Media and Technology Group, operator of US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, said Wednesday it plans to roll out a blockchain token for shareholders that entitles them to perks and rewards. The DJT token will be launched in collaboration with crypto exchange Crypto.com, and the distribution to existing shareholders set at a 1:1 ratio, or one token per share owned, according to the announcement from the company. The token “may” include rewards and perks for DJT shareholders, including discounts on the Truth Social media platform, the Truth+ media…

XRP Becomes Most Bought Digital Asset, Bitcoin And Ethereum Bleed $500 Million

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XRP, Bitcoin, and Ethereum are displaying sharply diverging fund flow trends, with XRP emerging as the most accumulated digital asset in the latest CoinShares Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report. With Bitcoin and Ethereum jointly recorded nearly $500 million in outflows, the data illustrates a shift in investor positioning away from the market’s largest assets toward select alternatives amid ongoing volatility. XRP Inflows Highlight Selective Demand Contrasting sharply with the redemptions sweeping through Bitcoin and Ethereum products, XRP has continued to register major inflows. CoinShares data shows XRP-linked investment vehicles…

China Digital Yuan Interest Plan Starts Jan 2026

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China’s central bank is rolling out a new framework for the digital yuan that will allow commercial banks to pay interest on e-CNY wallet balances starting Jan. 1, 2026, a move officials say will push the central bank digital currency (CBDC) beyond its original role as a cash substitute. The new CBDC framework will allow banks to treat the digital yuan as part of their asset-liability operations, Lu Lei, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, wrote in a PBOC-affiliated China Financial News article, republished by Sina Finance…

China Unveils Plan for Banks to Pay Interest Rate on Digital Yuan

Key Notes Commercial banks in China that offer digital yuan wallets are required to pay interest to users. A new action plan has been approved for China’s CBDC development. The authorities are hopeful that this will bring the much-needed change to the coin’s adoption. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) recently announced a major update in the development of Digital Yuan, its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The details for its digital yuan overhaul is contained in a document titled, “Action Plan on Further Strengthening the Construction of Digital RMB Management…

Galaxy Digital Explains The Setup

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Bitcoin is heading into New Year’s Eve on the verge of printing a red yearly candle, an awkward setup after a year packed with pro-crypto policy and institutional headlines. Galaxy Digital head of research Alex Thorn said BTC is down 6.3% year-to-date and 8.25% year-over-year, and would need a daily close above $93,389 on New Year’s Eve to finish 2025 positive. The late-year mood has been defined by a soft Q4 tape and a deeper drawdown than many bulls expected this late in the cycle. Thorn noted BTC traded as…