FCA Considers Dropping Crypto ETN Ban as it Eases Digital Asset Stance
June 9, 2025
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it is considering removing its ban on crypto exchange traded notes for retail… Read More »
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it is considering removing its ban on crypto exchange traded notes for retail… Read More »
Crypto firm BCP Technologies says it launched the first GBP stablecoin from regulated issuer – the issue follows what the… Read More »
The $250 billion stablecoins market has become a significant player in shaping prices for the world’s ultimate safe haven, with… Read More »
Just a month after reaching an agreement to be acquired by Ripple, digital assets prime broker Hidden Road has launched… Read More »
UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has published two papers and started a consultation process as the latest step… Read More »
R3 and the Solana Foundation have unveiled a collaboration to bring together private and public blockchains with the intention of… Read More »
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today published a joint research study that explored if… Read More »
LCH has launched a clearing service for digital asset derivatives that are traded on UK exchange GFO-X, with ABN Amro… Read More »
Deutsche Börse has rebranded its DBDX crypto trading initiative to 3DX and launched it under the 360T umbrella, the regulated… Read More »
Chris Mills has stepped down from his role as co-head of digital assets at JP Drax Honore to join prime… Read More »
The EU financial regulator ESMA is urging national regulators to start implementing the principles of newly-published guidelines to prevent and… Read More »
The UK Treasury has outlined its plans for regulating the cryptocurrency industry and bringing the sector into the regulatory perimeter,… Read More »
The success of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is far from guaranteed, according to a new paper from the World… Read More »
Cryptocurrency ECN operator Crossover Markets has announced the appointment of former Euronext FX CEO Kevin Wolf as its new chief… Read More »
The Bank for International Settlements says that it, with its central bank partners, has successfully demonstrated how wholesale payment infrastructures,… Read More »
Nomura’s Laser Digital has announced it will offer its client base access to GFO-X’ centrally cleared digital asset futures and… Read More »
Marex Group and ETF provider WisdomTree have announced a partnership to provide tailored exposure to the latter’s crypto ETF and… Read More »
Payment technology provider Fnality has unveiled the Sterling Fnality Payment System (£FnPS), a new process that brings programmability and conditionality… Read More »
Digital assets exchange One Trading has announced the formal launch of its regulated perpetual futures trading venue for institutional investors,… Read More »
Standard Chartered and crypto exchange OKX have announced the launch of what they term a “ground-breaking” collateral mirroring programme, enabling… Read More »
Zodia Markets has partnered with non-custodial ECN Finery Markets to, the firms say, “make it even easier for institutions to… Read More »
Digital asset firm Ripple has agreed to buy prime broker Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, promising to “inject billions of… Read More »
BNY has expanded its digital assets offering by launching Digital Asset Data Insights, a new product designed to deliver both… Read More »
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced the first development using its Digital Launchpad, unveiled late last year,… Read More »
In a letter to the Crypto Task Force established by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in response to its… Read More »
CME Group and Google Cloud have unveiled an extension to their existing partnership with the announcement that they are piloting… Read More »
If POTUS says it’s good, who are we to argue? At a recent networking event held by a digital asset… Read More »
Hedge fund indexation and analysis firm HFR has announced the launch of an expanded strategy classification system for hedge funds… Read More »
LMAX Digital says it has added the stablecoin Ripple USD to its list of trading instruments on the platform, a… Read More »
Crypto exchange Kraken has unveiled plans to create a new co-location service to reduce latency in crypto trading, and has… Read More »
The market share of CME Group hit a record high among cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges in February, despite overall volumes in… Read More »
Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade business, Clearstream, has enhanced its custody service by starting to provide access to crypto assets, in… Read More »
Sage Capital Management, which acts as a prime-of-prime and liquidity provider in digital assets, has joined non-custodial crypto ECN Finery… Read More »
Singapore Exchange (SGX) is rolling out a new suite of futures contracts that are making their way from cryptocurrency markets… Read More »
US regulators have opened the door for banks and savings associations to engage in digital asset activities including custody and… Read More »
Euronext says its central counterparty services, via Euronext Clearing, will be expanded to include cryptocurrency exchange traded products (ETPs). This… Read More »
Central counterparties will play a valuable role in linking centralised and decentralised markets as well as the embedding of distributed… Read More »
CME Group has announced plans to launch Solana (SOL) futures in both a micro-sized contract (25 SOL) and a larger-sized contract (500… Read More »
CME Group says its new financially settled options on Bitcoin Friday futures are now trading, with the first trade, a… Read More »
DeFinity Markets and crypto operations platform Utila have announced a strategic partnership to provide clients with access to digital asset… Read More »
Deutsche Bank has helped its client HashKey Exchange, Hong Kong’s largest licensed virtual asset exchange, to launch a new fiat deposit… Read More »
Bloomberg has announced the launch of Bloomberg Bitcoin & Gold Blend Indices, which it says is “some of the first… Read More »
Foreign exchange flows are heavily reliant on trade flows – this is the argument that has allowed currencies to be… Read More »
The ninth annual JP Morgan e-Trading Edit finds, unsurprisingly given geopolitical machinations, that inflation and tariffs are top of mind… Read More »
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has unveiled ComposerX, a suite of platforms designed to streamline token creation and… Read More »
CME Group has announced it will introduce options on Bitcoin Friday futures on February 24, pending regulatory review. The new contracts… Read More »
A new report from Crisil Coalition Greenwich says the crypto industry now represents a $3 trillion asset class, and that… Read More »
With US regulatory uncertainty a regular theme of recent years in crypto markets, there is probably some relief at an… Read More »
Digital asset custodian Komainu, which is jointly owned by Nomura, Ledger and CoinShares, has announced new $75 million in funding… Read More »
Goldman Sachs’ digital assets business has unveiled plans to spin-out its wholly-owned technology platform, GS DAP, with the intention of… Read More »
