The sales took place as the discount for Grayscale's bitcoin investment vehicle narrowed to its lowest in over two years, a sign of escalating optimism that a spot bitcoin ETF will finally be approved in the U.S.

With smoking now banned, the age-old practise of paying for certain goods and services with cigarettes has given way to trading preserved fish.

The publicly traded company joins crypto-native firms HashKey Exchange and OSL Digital Securities with a license.

The Bank of Korea sees a CBDC as a potential answer to problems with existing government-issued grant systems, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic or childcare vouchers.

Oliver Tonkin has replaced Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie at the crypto banking firm.

Phoenix was looking to sell almost 18% of the company for a target raise of $368 million.

Tether deposited the funds with a subsidiary of investment bank Britannia Financial, according to the report, which cited filings made in the High Court.

Taproot Wizards, which describes itself as "magic internet JPEGs", offers a collection of Microsoft Paint images of wizards harking back to a 2013 bitcoin meme: "magic internet money."

The Bureau of the Treasury has set a minimum target of 10 billion pesos.

The test will explore bilateral digital asset trades, foreign currency payments, multicurrency clearing and settlement, fund management and automated portfolio rebalancing.

Previously clients would need to set standing orders for payments to take place at a particular time; now they can program them to kick in when the relevant criteria are met.

Polygon Labs is offering a total of 110 million of its native token, MATIC, to projects in DeFi, gaming and social media, among others.

COIN, MSTR, HOOD and mining stocks were all showing upward movement in pre-market trading after BTC rose to its highest level in 18 months.

SC Ventures and SBI Holdings' Digital Asset Joint Venture investment company will be established in UAE and focus on firms in market infrastructure, risk and compliance, DeFi and tokenization.