KB Kookmin Bank has expanded its blockchain strategy by preparing to launch a Kinexys-powered cross-border corporate payment service next month, becoming the first South Korean bank to use J.P. Morgan’s blockchain payment network for trade settlements. South Korea’s Yonhap News…

Wise plans a new U.S. national trust bank charter bid under the GENIUS Act after the OCC rejected its first filing over compliance concerns.

While the market watched the token, the company spent $4 billion assembling what it was never granted: custody, prime brokerage, corporate treasury, and payment rails, acquisition by acquisition. This is the audit of what the money bought, what it earns,…

The European Union has targeted 14 crypto service platforms and 94 banks and financial institutions under its 21st sanctions package against Russia. According to the Council of the European Union, the measures cover crypto providers based in Georgia, Panama, the…

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has backed the CLARITY Act even as seven Senate Democrats oppose its latest draft and banking groups fight its stablecoin reward rules. Politico reported that Solomon was “very supportive” of moving the bill forward so…

BancaStato launches regulated crypto trading with Sygnum, letting clients buy, hold and sell BTC, ETH, LTC and SOL via Avaloq banking apps.

JPMorgan's lobby retained counsel against the OCC over crypto trust charters. No suit filed, and the threat is the strategy. The war, decoded.