Transak Wins Six New US Money Transmitter Licenses

Transak expands U.S. regulatory footprint with six additional state MTLs, enabling broader stablecoin payments. Transak USA LLC announces it has secured Money Transmitter Licenses (MTLs) in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Vermont, bringing its U.S. licensing total to 11 states and strengthening its regulated stablecoin payment infrastructure; the company said the approvals were … Read more

Coinbase Business Launches in Singapore as First International Market

Coinbase Business debuts in Singapore, offering USDC stablecoin payments, global payouts, and rewards for local businesses. Coinbase Business launches in Singapore on Nov. 12, 2025 as the platform’s first international market, providing startups and small to medium-sized businesses with instant USDC payments, global payouts, payment links, integrated asset management, and accounting reconciliation; the service is … Read more

Wirex to Launch Cardano Card Global Payments Solution

Emurgo, the investment arm of Cardano, partners with Wirex to issue the Cardano Card, bringing multi‑chain crypto spending to millions. At the Cardano Summit in Berlin, Emurgo announced a strategic partnership with Wirex to issue the Cardano Card, a multi‑chain crypto card integrated into the Wirex app and immediately visible to Wirex’s six million users … Read more

Exodus Wallet Acquires Uruguay’s Grateful to Boost Latin America Stablecoin Payments

Exodus acquires Uruguay-based Grateful to expand stablecoin merchant services and faster, lower-cost payouts. Exodus Movement, Inc. (NYSE American: EXOD) announces the acquisition of Grateful, a Montevideo-founded stablecoin payments orchestrator that enables merchants to accept wallet-to-wallet payments, QR point-of-sale, offramping and ecommerce checkouts, on Nov. 10, 2025; the deal is positioned to strengthen Exodus’s merchant services … Read more

Bank Survey: Institutional Investors Shift to Diversification, Embrace Crypto as Strategic Allocation

Global institutional investors now prioritize diversification over speculation and increase crypto allocations despite near-term caution. Sygnum’s Future Finance 2025 report surveys 1,000+ institutional and professional crypto investors across 43 countries and finds 61% plan to increase digital-asset allocations while only 4% plan to decrease, though sentiment turns neutral or bearish within a year; 76% favor … Read more

Japan PIP Stablecoin Experiment Backed by Financial Services Agency

Japan’s Financial Services Agency backs a PIP stablecoin experiment with multiple banks. Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) announces support for the Payment Innovation Project (PIP) stablecoin experiment beginning November 2025 in Japan, involving Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Progmat, Inc.; the FinTech Proof-of-Concept Hub launched PIP … Read more

Italy Banks Back Digital Euro CBDC, Seek Staggered Implementation Costs

The Italian Banking Association supports a digital-euro central bank digital currency (CBDC) while urging that investment costs be spread over time. Italian banks, led by the Italian Banking Association (ABI), say they support the European Central Bank’s (ECB) digital euro project, ABI General Manager Marco Elio Rottigni told a Florence press seminar on Nov. 8, … Read more

Russian Authorities Arrest Suspects Over Crypto Investor Couple’s UAE Murder

Russian police arrest multiple suspects accused of kidnapping and killing a St. Petersburg crypto investor and his wife in the UAE. Russia’s Interior Ministry announces arrests across several regions on 8 November 2025 of suspects allegedly linked to the October kidnapping and murder of St. Petersburg crypto investor Roman Novak and his wife Anna, who … Read more

Bitcoin Banknote-ATM Network Pilot Launches in El Zonte, El Salvador

Satnotes to dispense 500 satoshi‑denominated banknotes via a community ATM pilot on Jan 1, 2026. The Satnotes El Zonte Experiment announces in El Zonte, El Salvador on 6 November 2025 a pilot launch of the world’s first physical bitcoin banknote ATM network, with the inaugural dispensing of 500 “El Zonte Founding Edition” Satnotes scheduled for … Read more

OKX Launches Stablecoin Payments and Mastercard Debit Card in Brazil

OKX rolls out OKX Pay and OKX Card in Brazil to offer USD stablecoin access, up to 10% APY, and no IOF tax on international spending. OKX announces in São Paulo the launch of OKX Pay and OKX Card in Brazil, enabling instant PIX‑linked conversion of reais to USD‑denominated stablecoins, domestic and cross‑border stablecoin transfers, … Read more