Bitcoin Magazine Kraken Parent Company Payward to Buy Saldo Bank in European Banking Push Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Saldo Bank, gaining an EU banking license and a footprint across five European markets. Payward is buying Saldo Finance Oy, a Finnish holding company whose…

The bank identified four distinct stablecoin markets, with USDC leading payments and AI transactions as competition intensifies over reserve yields.

Bitcoin Magazine Standard Chartered Debuts Bitcoin Trading For Wealthy UAE Clients  British multinational Standard Chartered on Wednesday announced a bitcoin trading service for affluent clients in the United Arab Emirates.  The service is the first such service offered by an international bank in the UAE, Standard Chartered said.  It comes after the bank last…

JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs earnings boosted by equities businesses in another strong quarter

Declines for Samsung and SK Hynix drag Kospi sharply lower as investors fret over scale of AI investment

Donald Trump had said he was considering firing the ambassador after reports claiming she accepted improper gifts

Bitcoin Magazine The Amount of Bitcoin on Exchanges Is Shrinking. Is a Rally Imminent? Bitcoin’s price could be due a move upwards as the supply of the leading cryptocurrency on exchanges shrinks.  That’s according to a researcher at data firm CryptoQuant, who wrote in a Monday report that bitcoin on exchanges has dropped to…

A recent change in the SEC’s rules on quorum could make it easier for the agency to amend its approach to crypto regulation in the absence of a market structure bill.

Bitcoin price action stayed rangebound after failing to sustain above $84,000 into the Wall Street open on rising oil prices.

Paris-listed group hails ‘buoyant’ US market but said sales were hit by slowdown in demand in China