Banking on Stablecoins: Accelerating Cross-Border Payments in the US, UK and Europe
What are the strategic opportunities for banks in these regions to use stablecoins in cross-border payments, and how do they differ across jurisdictions?
Month: December 2025
27 posts
Beyond the hype: Practical AI for smarter payment exception handling
How can banks leverage AI to supercharge exception handling and reconciliation?
2026 will be red for Bitcoin, but payment tech will improve: BTC OGs
The market carnage will likely extend into 2026, with price bottoming out in Q4, but it isn't all bad news, according to early BTC adopters.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs See Fresh Inflows as Liquidity Improves
Key NotesSpot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $355 million in net inflows, ending a seven-day run of withdrawals.BlackRock, Ark 21Shares,…
Korbit Exchange Indicted by South Korea’s FIU Over AML Violation
Key NotesSouth Korea’s FIU has completed a comprehensive inspection of Korbit.Findings have led the regulator to impose an…
Price predictions 12/31: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH, LINK, HYPE
Several analysts remain bullish on Bitcoin, expecting it to surge to a new all-time high as early as in the first quarter of 2026.
Strategy accumulates over 22,000 Bitcoin, RWAs top $19 billion: December in Charts
The Bitcoin price slump at the end of the year hasn’t discouraged Michael Saylor’s Strategy from buying over 22,000 BTC in December alone.
Lighter’s $675M LIT Airdrop Becomes 10th Largest in Crypto History
Key NotesLighter airdropped $675 million in Lighter Infrastructure Tokens (LIT) to early participants.Currently, 75% of airdrop recipients are…
Coinbase Warns: Digital Dollar Policy Risks Losing Ground to e-CNY
Key NotesCoinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad warned that US stablecoin policy could give China a strategic advantage.The…
The top cybersecurity incidents of 2025 – and the lessons learned
As the wave of digitisation washes across the globe, open source software proliferates, and the sheer value of data continues climbing, cyberattacks are becoming one of the biggest threats to financial stability. In the past 12 months, consumers, financial institutions (FIs), and entire industries fell victim to massive cyberattacks by highly sophisticated criminal rings and technologies.