Open USD: 140 rivals to share one single cryptocurrency
Visa, Mastercard and Google sit among the Open USD's founding backers, with Fireblocks on board as a key infrastructure partner...
Category : Currency
With parliamentary nod, digital euro inches closer to reality
The digital euro, as an electronic wallet guaranteed by the ECB but marketed by banks, will allow eurozone residents to make payments both online and in person...
US-Iran deal: Dollar touches 10-day low as markets cheer end of conflict
The Australian dollar, meanwhile, was down 0.3% at USD 0.705, holding to its losses as the Reserve Bank of Australia left rates unchanged...
Greece may impose 15% tax on crypto-related capital gains, says report
While the legislation wants to include cryptocurrencies in the Greek tax code, taxation among European countries varies from 8% in Cyprus to 30% in France...
Coinbase, Kalshi introduce perpetual crypto futures to American investors
As per the market data provider CryptoQuant, perpetual futures trading volume reached USD 61.7 trillion in 2025, up 29% on 2024...
Boost for Euro Stablecoin project as 25 more banks join the consortium
The consortium, which set up an Amsterdam-based company called Qivalis in 2025, now has 37 financial institutions as its members...
High cost of currency conversion: New barrier for Africa’s free market goals
The AfCFTA, one of the main flagships of the African Union’s (AU) "Agenda 2063", aims creating the world’s largest single market by eliminating tariffs on most goods...
Japan likely spent USD 35 billion to save yen: BOJ report
According to Atsushi Mimura, Tokyo's top currency diplomat, the BoJ faces zero constraints when intervening in currency markets...
Hong Kong brings framework for secondary trading of tokenised products
Hong Kong will pilot 24/7 secondary trading to further integrate tokenised products with the Web3 ecosystem...
Goldman eyes crypto ETF launch as rival Morgan Stanley takes early lead
Goldman Sachs' upcoming ETF will be the first filed by the Wall Street giant since completing its USD 2 billion acquisition of ETF provider Innovator Capital Management...