Cassie Craddock, Ripple's UK and Europe head, says banks want crypto benefits without the complexity. Circle and Cecabank now sell the same model.
Category: Crypto
UK Crypto Holders File 286,000 Bank Complaints Over Blocks
UK crypto holders are filing 286,000 formal bank complaints over transfer restrictions, citing data that 40% of transfers to exchanges face blocks.
Banking Circle Banks Stablecoin Payouts for Stripe’s Bridge
Banking Circle is now powering Stripe-owned Bridge's stablecoin payouts across EUR, GBP, and USD, with AUD support in the third quarter of this year.
Japan’s Megabanks Set a Yen Stablecoin Deadline: March 2027
Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho will jointly issue a yen stablecoin during the fiscal year ending March 2027, with a council to set the rules.
The Basel Rule Senators Say Locks US Banks Out of Bitcoin
Six US senators pressed the Fed, FDIC, and OCC to fix Basel's 1,250% Bitcoin risk weight, which they argue makes bank holdings unviable regardless of what Congress authorizes.
CZ Says Banks Will Go Obsolete as Binance Eyes Risky Manila Return
Changpeng Zhao, the former Binance chief executive known as CZ, says legacy banks will become obsolete if they keep fighting crypto instead of adopting it. He said it just as...
Crypto Walked So Banks Could Run on Tested Rails
By mid-May 2026, roughly $31.4 billion in tokenized real-world assets (RWA, physical or financial assets represented as blockchain tokens) sat on public blockchains, and almost none of it arrived because...
Warren Demands OCC Records on Nine Crypto Trust Charters
Senator Elizabeth Warren sent the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency a letter on May 18 demanding the full charter files for nine crypto firms the agency has greenlit...
Wall Street v. Crypto: Winklevoss Blasts Banks for ‘Sabotaging’ Trump’s Fintech Future
Gemini co-founder says JPMorgan and peers are gutting consumer rights in a bid to kill open banking—and crypto innovation with it Tyler Winklevoss has never been one to mince words,...
Crypto Showdown in Washington: Senate Battle Lines Drawn Over Digital Asset Rules
The U.S. Senate is split, and the heat is rising. On Wednesday, a fiery hearing on Capitol Hill laid bare just how far apart Democrats and Republicans remain on the...