Author: Jose Oramas

Standard Chartered has launched direct spot trading for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), becoming the first major global bank to offer deliverable crypto trades to institutional clients. The UK-based lender now allows asset managers, corporates, and other large investors to buy and sell BTC and ETH directly through its existing FX trading infrastructure. …

The Czech National Bank is ramping up its exposure to digital assets and AI, revealing significant positions in Coinbase and Palantir in its latest US equity filing. According to a Q2 Form 13F submitted to the SEC, the central bank acquired 51,732 shares of Coinbase, valued at over US$18M (AU$27.3M…

Ripple Labs recently applied for a national bank charter with the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and a Master Account with the Federal Reserve.  CEO Brad Garlinghouse confirmed the move Wednesday, calling it an extension of Ripple’s long-running push to anchor crypto inside mainstream financial rails…

Australian biotech outfit Opyl (ASX:OPL) has turned to Bitcoin in a bid to outlast its worsening financial crunch.  According to a report by crypto outlet Decrypt, The Melbourne-based AI health-tech company disclosed in June that it had parked approximately AU$330,000 (around US$214,500) into BTC, snapping up around two BTC through the ASX-listed DigitalX Bitcoin ETF…

Solana’s biggest decentralised exchange (DEX), Jupiter, is pulling the plug on its governance system, announcing a full halt to all community voting until the end of 2025. The app will lock its Treasury until 2027, but will continue to collect income via jupSOL staking (funds will remain untouched). …