Crypto Altcoin BNB smokes Bitcoin and Ether with 1,300% gain this year
This year, the old guard of cryptocurrencies lost ground to tokens with greater returns. Researchers predict the trend may continue....
Blockchain-based startup figure creates platform for raising equity
Figure Technologies Inc., the startup co-founded by Mike Cagney, created a platform to help private companies raise and trade equity...
Amazon’s AWS restores service after third outage in a month
Amazon.com Inc.’s online services business suffered at least its third outage in the past month, knocking a number of websites...
Credit unions seek regulator approval to hold crypto assets
Credit unions are looking for approval to hold digital assets like Bitcoin directly, after a federal regulator clarified they can...
BMO agrees to buy BNP’s Bank of the West for $16.3B
Bank of Montreal agreed to buy BNP Paribas SA’s Bank of the West unit for $16.3 billion (C$21.1 billion), extending...
S&P Dow Jones, securitize partner on tokenized crypto funds
Digital-asset firm Securitize is launching two tokenized funds that will track crypto indexes from S&P Dow Jones Indices. The funds,...
Stablecoin issuers should choose rule model, key lawmaker says
Pat Toomey, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, said cryptocurrency stablecoin issuers should be able to choose from...
Chime users can now make deposits at Walgreens for free
Financial-technology firm Chime said customers can now deposit cash at more than 8,500 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. locations, another example...
French, Swiss central banks conduct digital FX experiment
The Bank of France and the Swiss National Bank successfully tried foreign exchange transactions using digital currencies, saying the experiment...
Nasdaq partners with Amazon to move market trading to the cloud next year
Nasdaq Inc. partnered with Amazon.com Inc. to shift its North American markets to the cloud starting in 2022. The move...
