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21Shares Plants European Flag on Wall Street with First U.S. XRP ETF

On December 1, 2025, Swiss-based 21Shares, a leading crypto ETP issuer, launched its U.S. spot XRP ETF (ticker TOXR) on the Cboe BZX exchange. Per …

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How the Wyoming Stable Token Wanted to Beat Biden’s SEC but Became a Potential Government Surveillance Tool Instead

For years, Wyoming public officials have been looking for ways to cash in on the ...
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How Stablecore Is Pulling U.S. Community Banks & Credit Unions onto Blockchain Rails

For Alex Treece, co-founder of Stablecore, the future of digital assets inside the U.S. banking ...
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Bangladesh’s Crypto Boom That Refuses to Be Banned

Cryptocurrency has quietly gained ground in Bangladesh despite official restrictions and bans. Global indexes put ...
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There is a danger that Binance, and other cryptoexchanges, are selling crypto as the solution to all the world’s ills – in the case of Africa, the nightmare of persistently high inflation, poor wages, and in some cases, poverty. The glamour of elite football is making such products all the more appealing, and helping cover over many of the risks.
Since 2017, Gold-i have offered their “Crypto Switch™” product, which has been used by FX brokers wishing to open up cryptos as an additional asset class for their clients. Now Gold-i is seeking to establish itself within the fund management sector and become the “technology of choice” for financial institutions launching crypto funds.
Is Binance serious about becoming “even more compliant?” Or are they simply seeking to hire a couple of people who appear to be experts, just so they can say to the regulators that they have? The company might make grand announcements about doubling its number of compliance staff, but that does not mean much if this is how they are going about their recruitment.
Earlier in December we heard the news that Binance had withdrawn its application to obtain a cryptoexchange licence in Singapore. This followed frequent clashes with the regulator in Singapore, which in September prompted Binance to ban its users in the country from trading on its global platform.

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