Circle signed separate partnerships with Kakao Group and Toss Bank to explore stablecoin payments, cross-border transfers and blockchain-based financial services in South Korea.

HSBC has become the first financial institution approved by the Bank of England to operate a live digital securities platform, marking a major step in the United Kingdom’s push to bring government debt and capital markets onto blockchain infrastructure.

As an export-oriented country, Germany places even greater emphasis on its relationship with China in the context of rapid global technological development and an increasingly complex geopolitical situation.

Sony Bank has won conditional US approval to set up a national trust bank and launch a dollar-backed stablecoin by 2027. The project still needs final regulatory approval before it can begin.

Russia's largest private lender, Alfa-Bank, has begun testing cryptocurrency trading as the country's biggest banks position themselves for the launch of a regulated digital asset market.

Kraken is seeking a full European banking licence in Lithuania, which would make it the first crypto exchange to hold one if approved. The move would allow the company to expand beyond crypto trading into banking services across Europe.

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BNK Busan Bank and its partners successfully tested a blockchain-based digital currency system in a real banking environment. The trial recorded a 100% transaction success rate and supports South Korea's growing won-backed stablecoin efforts.

Many people have a misunderstanding about Hong Kong's Web3 policy: Hong Kong supports the development of virtual assets, so buying and selling cryptocurrencies, doing OTC business, and doing stablecoin business in Hong Kong are all legal and safe.

On July 2, AI and semiconductor stocks experienced a concentrated sell-off, and the memory sector was also caught in the crossfire.

Crédit Agricole, Europe’s third-largest bank by assets, has entered the regulated stablecoin market with the launch of EURXT, a euro-backed digital token issued through its asset servicing arm, CACEIS.

Thailand's central bank plans to introduce a fully backed baht-pegged stablecoin, initially for use by financial institutions in payment settlements. Authorities are also tightening rules on foreign currency payments and speculative forex activities, warning of fines, licence revocations and prison sentences for violations.

MetaMask is expanding beyond digital asset storage with the launch of Money Account, a new product that allows users to earn yield on stablecoins while spending those funds through a payment card.

Strategy is gradually transforming from a "Bitcoin hoarding company" into a capital platform operating around Bitcoin.

Following UNI, Standard Chartered Bank has made another bold prediction for the crypto industry: AAVE is expected to surge 50 times to $3,500 by the end of 2030.

South Korea is moving its Project Hangang digital currency from testing into real banking and payment systems, including government use. Banks support the idea but warn it will be costly and require major system upgrades.

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The market widely expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates on June 16, which could amplify volatility in high-beta assets.

Georgia is moving deeper into digital finance by partnering with Tether to launch a new lari-backed stablecoin, but not before it receives the blessing from the country's central bank.

The Bank of England supports the responsible adoption of tokenization technology, believing it can help improve the efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance the functionality of retail payments and wholesale financial markets, while serving financial stability and sustainable growth.

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Italy’s largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, dramatically expanded its crypto exposure in the first quarter of 2026, more than doubling its digital asset holdings from roughly $100 million at the end of 2025 to $235 million by March 31 — another sign that Europe’s banking giants are accelerating deeper into crypto markets.

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Bank of America warned that huge IPOs from SpaceX and Anthropic could pressure major tech stocks as investors shift money into the new listings. Anthropic also signed a compute deal with SpaceX to expand Claude’s AI capacity using more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs.