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Brazilian merchants, who are used to waiting months for credit card payments, could soon receive cash instantly through an initiative that allows them to sell the debt, tokenizes it and rewards the purchasers with double-digit returns in a $100 billion market for merchants desperate for working capital. Onchain asset management and payments platform BlackOpal said it will buy the debt at a discount, tokenize it on its GemStone platform using the Plume Network blockchain and sell it on to institutional buyers worldwide. The platform goes live later Thursday. The program spotlights tokenization’s growing uses in emerging markets, shifting beyond government…

Stephen Gandel believes that stablecoins rewards will not endanger the banking system and that estimates of deposit flight are excessive. Nonetheless, he acknowledged that the equity returns of banking institutions might be affected, as banks will be forced to pay higher interest rates. Analyst: Bank’s Stablecoin Reward-Tied Deposit Flight Numbers Are Flawed The discussion of stablecoin rewards in the CLARITY bill has prompted concerns from banks, which claim these rewards might endanger the credit system. According to Bank of America’s CEO Brian Moynihan, banks could lose up to $6 trillion in deposits, as customers seek higher yields by holding stablecoins…

Crypto.com gains ISO 42001 AI certification in 2026, expanding its regulated security and AI governance stack. Summary Crypto.com is the first digital asset platform to earn ISO/IEC 42001:2023, the new global Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS) standard. The exchange already holds ISO 27001, 27701, 22301, $PCI:DSS, SOC 2 Type 2, and Tier 4 NIST cyber and privacy assessments, building a layered compliance stack. Recent AI moves include partnerships with CoincidenceAI and Doblox plus the $70m ai.com acquisition, positioning Crypto.com to deploy autonomous AI agents under formal governance. Crypto.com has become the first digital asset platform to secure ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification,…

European institutions are strengthening their focus on inclusive finance as the digital euro app becomes a key tool for future payments across the euro area. ECB and ONCE Foundation sign accessibility-focused agreement Accessibility and inclusion as core design principles Beyond minimum legal standards and market practice Digital financial inclusion and user-friendly features Insights from vulnerable consumers and onboarding needs Regulatory alignment and non-remunerated cooperation ECB and ONCE Foundation sign accessibility-focused agreement The European Central Bank (ECB) and the ONCE Foundation for Cooperation and Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities have signed a collaboration agreement to ensure the digital euro app…

On some Ethereum L2s, bots now burn over half the gas just searching for MEV, and they don’t pay proportionally for it. That’s a scaling and market-fairness problem rooted in market structure. The privacy conversation in crypto has finally escaped the “anonymous money” framing that dominated the last cycle. In early 2026, the urgency is economic and rooted in immediate financial realities. The industry faces a structural problem: on-chain transparency generates extractable value at massive scale, and that extraction has grown into a scaling bottleneck rather than remaining a purely philosophical concern. Flashbots has documented how MEV-related “search spam” can…

Table of Contents A Gated Trading Venue Built for Regulated InstitutionsHow Does the XRPL Permissioned DEX Actually Work?Why Does This Matter for Banks and Traditional Finance?What Are the Three Upgrades Working Together?What Is the $XRP Ledger?What Does This Mean for Retail $XRP Users?ConclusionResourcesFrequently Asked Questions A Gated Trading Venue Built for Regulated Institutions The $XRP Ledger’s Permissioned DEX, activated under amendment XLS-81, is a members-only version of XRPL’s built-in decentralized exchange. Unlike the network’s standard open order book, where anyone with a wallet can place and fill trades, this upgrade lets designated administrators control exactly who is allowed to participate.…

The digital finance strategy of Europe is transitioning to practice and Stellar has recently passed a significant technical milestone. The Stellar network transactions are now validated and accepted in the system of Unified Digital Ledger in Europe. Consequently, the Stellar-based activity is technically compatible with the digital financial infrastructure adopted by the continent. This update emerged via the social media but its consequences are far-reaching than just a single post. It is an indicator of the way Europe is gradually choosing what blockchain rails may run within its controlled financial future. What Europe’s Unified Digital Ledger Actually Represents Apparently, the…

Spot Ethereum ($ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are facing immense selling pressure, having recorded four consecutive weeks of net outflows. Over that stretch, between January 17 and February 13, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs have shed roughly $1.26 billion worth of the cryptocurrency, according to historical data accessible on SoSoValueat press time, February 17. If redemptions continue this week, the market will thus log a fifth straight week of outflows, a streak not seen since spring 2025, when institutional flows ended up in the red for two months straight between late February and late April. The signs that outflows might continue are…

South Korea is ramping up financial watchdog technology, with fresh AI tools and hardware upgrades designed to tighten fss crypto oversight across domestic trading platforms. FSS expands AI infrastructure with additional H100 capacity VISTA upgrades target deeper manipulation and account patterns AI-driven market surveillance scales with rising risk reports Strategic roadmap for automated crypto enforcement FSS expands AI infrastructure with additional H100 capacity The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) expanded its internal AI infrastructure for 2024 after securing a new budget for hardware. The authority allocated funds to acquire an additional Nvidia H100 unit to reinforce its existing GPU cluster and…

Cryptocurrency is again swept in an atmosphere of speculation. This time however, the focus has gone on Wintermute, which is a big liquidity provider, as people have alleged that it is selling off big volumes of Bitcoin and Ethereum. On-chain data cited by Arkham Intelligence show that there have been large wallet transfers across large exchanges. Consequently, some of the traders feel that this practice is causing current price weaknesses. The case, however, might be not as simple as that.. 🚨 BREAKINGWINTERMUTE IS NON-STOP DUMPING MILLIONS IN $BTC AND $ETH TO LIQUIDATE LONGS AHEAD OF TRUMP’S ECONOMY ANNOUNCEMENT!IS THIS EVEN…