Tag: Digital

STS Digital Unveils Structured Products Platform in Partnership With Kraken – News Bytes Bitcoin News

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STS Digital, a derivatives trading firm, announced the launch of its global Structured Products platform on 25 March 2026 in Hamilton, Bermuda. The platform serves banks, institutional investors, and family offices by providing risk-managed exposure to a subset of 400 digital asset tokens. This initiative follows a recent collaboration where Kraken launched Dual Investment, leveraging STS Digital’s yield enhancement capabilities for bitcoin and ether. The new framework operates under a Digital Asset Business Act (DABA) M License issued by the Bermuda Monetary Authority to ensure high regulatory standards. It offers…

Company Partnering with Marshall Islands to Boose Digital Sovereign Bond

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The company behind the Republic of the Marshall Islands’ universal basic income (UBI) program using a US dollar-pegged sovereign financial instrument has attracted some significant crypto-tied backers. In a Tuesday notice shared exclusively with Cointelegraph, M1X Global announced that it had launched following a $3 million angel investment round by current and former executives connected to crypto and financial services companies. According to the company, the funding will support the development and adoption of the USDM1 digital sovereign bond which allows citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to…

European Central Bank Outlines Roadmap for Integrated European Digital Asset Ecosystem – News Bytes Bitcoin News

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Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone of the European Central Bank (ECB) addressed the House of the Euro in Brussels on 23 March 2026 regarding the future of tokenized finance. He detailed the transition of digital markets from exploration to production, noting that European issuers have placed nearly €4 billion in distributed ledger technology (DLT) instruments since 2021. The speech emphasizes that the Eurosystem is building the necessary “rails” to overcome platform fragmentation and provide a secure public settlement anchor. The initiative introduces Pontes, a bridging solution scheduled for launch in…

Defining a New Standard for Digital Native Retirement Accounts – Branded Spotlight Bitcoin News

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Crypto.com, a leader in the global digital asset ecosystem, has launched Crypto.com IRAs — a pioneering retirement investment account platform. Crypto.com IRAs are designed to integrate digital assets, equities, and tax-advantaged growth into an integrated platform. Crypto.com IRAs are the next era in retirement planning, providing the first crypto-native solution for Crypto.com App users to manage a diversified portfolio of digital assets, stocks, and ETFs within a tax-advantaged structure. Supporting both Roth and traditional IRA structures, the platform is engineered to offer users maximum flexibility and capital efficiency. Launch highlights…

Institutions Expect Digital Asset Prices to Rebound in 2026

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Institutional demand for crypto is holding up despite ongoing turbulence, with new data showing large investors are preparing to increase allocations even after the market’s sharp sell-off since October. At the same time, stablecoins are gaining traction across both retail and institutional channels. Japan is moving ahead with regulated USDC (USDC) lending products, while new models tied to real-world assets are beginning to take shape. Elsewhere, crypto companies continue to tap traditional capital markets, with Abra pursuing a public listing via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal. Together, the…

Digital Assets Move Into Core Finance, Ripple Survey Finds

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In a survey released on Thursday, Ripple said 72% of more than 1,000 global finance leaders believe companies must offer digital asset solutions to stay competitive. The survey found stablecoins were the most prominent use case, with 74% of respondents saying they can boost cash flow and unlock trapped capital. The report polled around 1,000 finance firms globally, including banks, asset managers, fintechs and corporates, on adoption, stablecoins, tokenization and custody priorities. The findings suggest many financial firms are focusing less on whether to engage with digital assets and more…

World Gold Council Introduces Digital Gold Platform

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The major gold trade association, World Gold Council, and the Boston Consulting Group have proposed a new platform to modernize how the precious metal operates in digital financial systems. The World Gold Council said on Thursday that it published a white paper on “Gold as a Service,” a new platform to “support the issuance and operation of scalable, interoperable digital gold products.” The open platform would connect the physical custody of gold with the digital systems used to issue and manage tokenized gold products.  “By standardizing essential market processes such…

ECB Opens Work on ATM, Payments for Digital Euro

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The European Central Bank (ECB) is seeking industry experts to contribute to workstreams focused on how the digital euro central bank digital currency would function across ATMs, payment terminals and acceptance infrastructure.  In an announcement published Wednesday, the ECB opened applications for two workstreams under its Rulebook Development Group (RDG), covering implementation specifications for ATM and terminal providers, as well as certification and approval frameworks for payment solutions.  The initiative revolves around defining how a potential digital euro would integrate with existing payment systems and hardware, including support for offline…

Australian Senate Committee Backs Digital Assets Framework Bill

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Australia’s Senate Economics Legislation Committee has backed a bill that would require crypto exchanges and tokenization platforms to comply with the country’s existing financial services regime, recommending that the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 be passed.  The move on March 16 brings Australia a step closer to a bespoke licensing framework for “digital asset platforms” (DAPs) and “tokenised custody platforms” (TCPs), aimed at closing gaps in oversight of platforms that hold customer assets following the collapses of high‑profile digital asset businesses, such as FTX. The bill, first introduced…

Anchorage Digital Integrates Puffer to Offer Institutional ETH Restaking

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Anchorage Digital has integrated with Puffer Finance to give institutional clients access to Ethereum liquid restaking through its custody platform. According to Thursday’s announcement, institutions can stake Ether held with Anchorage and receive Puffer’s liquid restaking token, pufETH, directly into their accounts. The token represents a restaked ETH (ETH) position that can be transferred or deployed across supported onchain applications while continuing to earn staking and restaking rewards. Institutions using the platform can participate in restaking without running validators or managing staking infrastructure themselves. The integration allows clients to access…