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The Financial Conduct Authority has released plans to support tokenisation in asset management. According to the regulator, the initiative aims to promote innovation and efficiency across the sector, including new guidance to help firms adopt digital technology with greater clarity. Matthew Smith, CEO and Chairman of EC Markets (Photo: LinkedIn) Retail investors could indirectly benefit. Tokenisation may lower costs, improve fund operations, and expand access to investment products, allowing smaller investors to participate in diversified or private funds once limited to institutions. Digital assets meet tradfi in London at the fmls25 Matthew Smith of EC Markets sees tokenisation as valuable…

Global bank regulators are preparing to revisit their most stringent crypto rules after the United States and the United Kingdom refused to implement them, a move that threatens to unravel the long-standing consensus of the Basel Committee. In an interview with the Financial Times, Erik Thedéen, the governor of the Swedish central bank and chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), said they may need a “different approach” to the current 1,250% risk weighting for crypto exposures. According to global law firm White & Case, the application of the 1,250% risk weight means that credit institutions must hold…

Pump.fun gains strong energy through rising user flows in the latest DeFi cycle. Raydium records steady movement with active traders shaping constant liquidity depth. DeFi usage shifts rapidly as platforms rise or fall through sharp changes in demand. New sector-wide figures reveal a major change in DeFi usage as Pump.fun and Raydium lead the latest 30-day rankings from CryptoRank and DappRadar. Pump.fun reached 5.22 million active users, a growth of 4.5%, while Raydium followed with 5.06 million users, a 22.1% drop. Other platforms recorded varied user counts, and market data from CoinMarketCap added additional context through fresh price movements and…

Bitcoin ATMs were spotted across major shopping malls in Nairobi days after Kenya implemented its first comprehensive cryptocurrency law, creating an immediate stress test for regulators who claim that no crypto provider is yet authorized to operate. Local media outlet Capital News reported that several major malls across Nairobi had new machines branded “Bankless Bitcoin” installed beside traditional banking kiosks, offering cash-to-crypto services to the locals. This isn’t the first time Kenya has seen Bitcoin ATMs. In 2018, The East African reported that ATM provider BitClub installed Bitcoin ATMs in Nairobi, although adoption remained minimal and the devices did not…

Have you ever wondered how much criminal activity actually occurs on major cryptocurrency exchanges? The answer might surprise you. According to Binance CEO Richard Teng, the reality is far different from what some media reports suggest. The actual percentage of illicit transactions on top cryptocurrency platforms is astonishingly low. What’s the Real Story Behind Illicit Transactions? Recent media reports created quite a stir in the crypto community. However, the actual data tells a different story. Chainalysis and TRM Labs, two leading blockchain analytics firms, provide statistics that challenge the narrative of widespread criminal activity. Their research shows that illicit transactions…

Everstake, a global non-custodial staking provider for institutional and retail clients, has partnered with Paribu Custody, Turkey’s first institutional digital-asset custody provider. The collaboration aims to offer secure and compliant staking services for enterprises and financial institutions in the region. Through this partnership, Paribu Custody clients can stake assets on networks including Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Cosmos (ATOM), Cardano (ADA), Aptos (APT), and Celestia (TIA) using Everstake’s validators. This integration allows Turkish institutions to participate in staking directly from their custody environment while maintaining governance, control, and auditability. Turkey’s cryptocurrency market is growing rapidly, with revenues expected to reach $2.2…

Sharp traders on Polymarket are securing risk-free gains by exploiting mispriced odds and lightning-fast trades, while most users struggle to keep up. Arbitrage strategies, from sweeping nearly certain outcomes to capturing market imbalances, are quietly driving millions in profit behind the scenes. Decentralized prediction markets now attract retail and professional money, intensifying the race for hidden profits. Automated bots, well-funded traders, and new yield incentives are shaping a competitive arena where speed and insight are crucial for success. Polymarket Arbitrage: How Risk-Free Profits Emerge Few platforms have attracted as much intrigue or profit potential as Polymarket in the decentralized prediction…

Iran is pitching the idea of creating a cryptocurrency to serve the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a major regional organization for economic and other cooperation. The proposal comes amid changing attitudes towards digital assets in the Islamic republic and some of its partners that have been dealing with banking restrictions. Tehran seeks SCO crypto to circumvent sanctions Iran is trying to convince other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that a new cryptocurrency under their control would help them trade without Western interference. The country’s First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref has just proposed to jointly create…

Robinhood has expanded access to its prediction markets, allowing users to trade at any time of the day. The update was shared in a post on X, where the company said the markets are now open 24 hours a day and seven days a week. The development follows rapid growth in Robinhood’s prediction-market activity. The platform traded 2.3 billion event contracts in the third quarter and 2.5 billion in October. Join IG, CMC, and Robinhood in London’s leading trading industry event! Launched earlier this year after initial regulatory challenges, the product has become one of the broker’s fastest-growing segments. Robinhood…

DeFi ecosystem 1inch has unveiled a new shared liquidity protocol—with developers given early access. Billed as “the foundation for scalable, capital-efficient DeFi,” Aqua aims to eliminate some of the main pain points facing liquidity providers, by enabling different strategies to access the same tokens. Executives say this eliminates the need to split or lock funds across pools, all while ensuring smaller projects can reliably support larger and more efficient transactions. We’ve just released 1inch Aqua for Web3 devs. We can’t wait to see what you build with it. Massive capital efficiency. Deeper liquidity, everywhere. And no more competition for locked…