Circle to Launch Privacy-Focused USDCx on Aleo

Circle is preparing to launch USDCx, a privacy-enhanced version of USDC built on the Aleo blockchain to offer institutions encrypted transactions with regulatory-ready compliance records. The move reflects accelerating demand for tokenization and privacy-preserving financial infrastructure. Aleo Partners With Circle for Private Stablecoin Circle is expanding its stablecoin strategy with the introduction of USDCx, a … Read more

Robinhood Sets 2026 Crypto Vision With Expanded Global Access

Robinhood signaled a sweeping 2026 crypto expansion, showcasing accelerating platform growth, wider U.S. and European access, and new products capped by a Layer 2 network aimed at propelling the company deeper into global tokenization and advanced digital-asset trading. Robinhood Unveils Expansive Crypto Roadmap Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD), a U.S.-based financial services company, shared an extensive … Read more

Binance Collaboration With Botim Money Advances Regulated Crypto Services

Binance’s new pact with Botim Money signals a major push to widen secure digital-asset access in the UAE, spotlighting the region’s accelerating embrace of regulated crypto services and its expanding role in global digital-finance growth. Binance–Botim Money MoU Targets Wider Crypto Access in the UAE Crypto exchange Binance announced on Dec. 9 that it signed … Read more

Debanking Practices Exposed: Major US Banks Cited for Bias Concerns

Federal regulators revealed early evidence that major U.S. banks used internal policies to restrict lawful customers, exposing widespread debanking practices that may have shaped access to capital and economic activity nationwide. OCC Releases Preliminary Review on Bank Debanking Practices A federal review prompted new disclosures as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) … Read more