Tag: Launch

ECB To Launch Payment Provider Selection For Digital Euro

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The European Central Bank (ECB) is moving closer to a pilot for a digital euro, with Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone outlining plans to begin selecting payment service providers (PSPs) in early 2026, ahead of a 12-month test scheduled for the second half of 2027. Cipollone on Wednesday held an executive committee meeting of the Italian Banking Association. He said the pilot would involve a limited number of payment service providers, merchants and Eurosystem staff. Selection of participating providers is expected to start in the first quarter of 2026. Cipollone…

Bitwise and GraniteShares Join to Launch Prediction Market ETFs

The race for the prediction market sector is heating up with two ETFs giants entering the fray. Asset managers Bitwise and GraniteShares have filed prospectuses with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to the outcomes of US political elections. The filings, submitted on Tuesday, follow a similar move by Roundhill Investments earlier this week, signaling a competitive rush to bring event-based contracts to traditional financial markets. NEW: @BitwiseInvest filing for prediction market backed ETFs under brand name PredictionShares. pic.twitter.com/OMDqBYEEEt — James Seyffart…

X Money: Elon Musk’s X Ready to Launch Crypto and Stock Trading

Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is preparing to enable users to trade stocks and crypto directly within the app, aiming to transform the timeline into a financial hub. The company’s head of product confirmed X Money: the feature will roll out in the coming weeks, marking a significant step toward Musk’s “everything app” vision. This shouldn’t come as a surprise: Musk has long had an ambition to model X after China’s WeChat, integrating messaging, payments, and investment services into a single interface. X secured money transmitter licenses…

Aptos-Based Decibel to Launch USDCBL Stablecoin via Stripe-owned Bridge

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The Decibel Foundation said it will introduce a protocol-native stablecoin, USDCBL, issued by Bridge, ahead of the February mainnet launch of its Aptos-based decentralized derivatives exchange. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday, the US dollar-denominated token will serve as collateral for onchain perpetual futures trading, allowing the platform to internalize reserve-related economics rather than rely on third-party stablecoin issuers. Decibel, incubated by Aptos Labs, plans to launch in this month with a fully onchain perpetual futures venue using a single cross-margin account. The exchange said its December…

Cardano Price Prediction: CME Cardano Futures Launch Triggers 3% ADA Dip

The highly anticipated debut of Cardano (ADA) futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has materialised as a classic “sell the news” event. Despite institutional optimism regarding the regulated product, the launch was immediately followed by a 3% dip, sending the ADA price testing critical support levels near $0.25. Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar futures are now available to trade. Expand your trading strategy with the capital efficiency and flexibility of these new contracts, available in both larger and micro sizes. Start trading today. ➡️https://t.co/CMksnUfZpo pic.twitter.com/19thOQHGZk — CME Group (@CMEGroup) February…

Deel Partners with MoonPay to Launch Stablecoin Payroll in UK and EU

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Global payroll platform Deel will begin offering stablecoin salary payouts through a partnership with MoonPay, starting with workers in the UK and EU next month. The integration allows employees to receive wages directly in stablecoins to non-custodial crypto wallets, with a US rollout planned in a later phase. Deel processes $22 billion in payroll annually worldwide, to more than 150 million workers, the company said in October. It will use MoonPay to handle stablecoin conversion and onchain wallet delivery, effectively adding crypto settlement rails to its existing payroll infrastructure, according…

UK Central Bank to Launch Onchain Settlement Infrastructure Pilot

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The Bank of England has launched a new industry experimentation initiative to explore how tokenized assets could be settled using synchronized, atomic settlement in British pounds sterling as part of efforts to modernize the UK’s real-time gross settlement (RTGS) infrastructure. The Synchronisation Lab initiative will allow 18 selected companies to test delivery-versus-payment and payment-versus-payment settlement between the BoE’s next-generation RTGS core ledger, known as RT2, and external distributed-ledger platforms, in a non-live environment without using real money, according to a bank statement. The six-month pilot, scheduled to start in spring 2026, is…

Crypto.com Boss Rolls out Agentic AIs with ai.com Launch

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Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek has officially launched his new website ai.com to the public, allowing users to create personal AI agents that can perform everyday tasks on their behalf.⁠Brayden Lindrea⁠ The ai.com commercial aired during Super Bowl 60 on NBC on Monday, a sporting event that draws in over 100 million viewers a year, promoting the beta launch of the AI platform. For now, users can register their ai.com username handles but must then wait in a queue to have their private, personalized AI agents spun up. Marszalek said the…

Startale, SBI launch Strium for institutional FX, RWA trading

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Startale Group and Japan’s financial conglomerate SBI Holdings have launched Strium, a layer-1 blockchain designed to support exchange-layer and settlement infrastructure for institutional trading of foreign exchange, tokenized equities and real-world assets (RWAs). The platform is designed as an exchange-layer network, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. “Tokenization is an inevitable trend, and equities tokenization is clearly the next big market,” said Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Group. He added that Strium aims to bridge the gap between traditional offchain finance and the onchain ecosystem by enabling compliant dividend…

Trump Token Launch & the Rise of ‘Gym Bro’ $MAXI

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What to Know: The planned launch of Trump-associated tokens has validated a strength-based market narrative, paving the way for high-energy, personality-driven crypto assets. A broader market rotation into high-beta assets suggests that retail traders are increasingly seeking outsized returns through gamified, risk-on ecosystems. Maxi Doge has successfully raised over $4.5M in its presale, reflecting robust demand for a leverage-king narrative backed by audited smart contracts. The ecosystem utilizes a dynamic 68% staking APY and a dedicated ‘Maxi Fund’ to ensure high liquidity and sustained visibility post-listing. Donald Trump’s aggressive entry…