Brazil is reportedly weighing a tax on the use of cryptocurrencies for international payments as it moves to adopt a global crypto tax reporting data exchange framework. A Tuesday Reuters report, citing “officials with direct knowledge of the discussions,” claims that the Brazilian government aims to tax cryptocurrency use for international payments. During the confidential … Read more
El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, says it has bought more than $100 million in BTC despite pledging to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to limit public exposure to the asset as part of a loan agreement. According to data from El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office, the government acquired 1,090 Bitcoin … Read more
Mastercard is expanding its Crypto Credential program to self-custody wallets, allowing users to send and receive cryptocurrencies using verified, username-style aliases instead of long wallet addresses. Polygon will be the first blockchain to support the rollout, while payments firm Mercuryo will handle identity verification and issue the aliases to users, according to a Tuesday press … Read more
Mastercard is expanding its Crypto Credential program to self-custody wallets, allowing users to send and receive cryptocurrencies using verified, username-style aliases instead of long wallet addresses. Polygon will be the first blockchain to support the rollout, while payments firm Mercuryo will handle identity verification and issue the aliases to users, according to a Tuesday press … Read more
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest ramped up its exposure to crypto exchange Bullish on Monday, buying $10.2 million worth of shares as its stock slid to a fresh record low during a brutal downturn for publicly traded crypto firms. According to ARK’s daily trade disclosure, the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) added 191,195 Bullish shares, while ARKW … Read more
Grab, Southeast Asia’s largest super-app, is taking a deeper step into stablecoin infrastructure with a new exploratory agreement with StraitsX, a Singapore-based stablecoin issuer. The two companies announced on Tuesday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop a Web3-enabled settlement layer that brings digital asset wallets, programmable payments and stablecoin-based clearing … Read more
Defunct Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has made its largest Bitcoin move in eight months, even as it pushes back creditor repayments until late 2026. The Mt. Gox-labelled cold wallet transferred 10,608 Bitcoin (BTC) worth over $953 million into a new cryptocurrency wallet, marking its first large-scale transfer in eight months. The transfer was also … Read more
Bitcoin’s rapid pullback has pushed the average US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) investor into the red for the first time since the products launched. The flow-weighted cost basis across all US Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs sits near $89,600, a level Bitcoin fell below on Tuesday, leaving the cohort underwater, Glassnode analyst Sean Rose told Bloomberg … Read more
Bitcoin’s rapid pullback has pushed the average US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) investor into the red for the first time since the products launched. The flow-weighted cost basis across all US Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs sits near $89,600, a level Bitcoin fell below on Tuesday, leaving the cohort underwater, Glassnode analyst Sean Rose told Bloomberg … Read more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest document on its examination priorities for 2026 has noticeably omitted its regular section on crypto, seemingly in line with US President Donald Trump’s embrace of the industry. On Monday, the SEC’s Division of Examinations released its examination priorities for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2026, which made … Read more