Companies News

Crypto markets reel from a crash, Binance pledges relief, JP Morgan to offer crypto, and corporations are stacking BTC as Elon Musk praises it.

Japan’s top banks plan to launch a joint yen-based stablecoin using MUFG’s Progmat platform to modernize payments and corporate settlements.

Targeting the first tokenized IPO launch in the first quarter of 2026, France’s Lightning Stock Exchange aims to become a fully tokenized equity exchange in Europe.

October’s crypto crash has reignited the “Wild West” narrative, but OKX and Standard Chartered are here to prove it’s not the case, OKX Europe’s Erald Ghoos said.

After acquiring NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, Kraken expands its derivatives offerings in the US with a $100 million acquisition of Small Exchange.

Shareholder Terry Tran filed a lawsuit against Semler Scientific and its board, accusing them of misleading shareholders about the financial fairness of their merger with Strive.

Brad Garlinghouse has asked that Ripple be “held to the same regulatory standards as a bank” as the company awaits a decision on a national charter from the OCC.

Ripple has partnered with South Africa’s Absa Bank to provide digital asset custody services, expanding its institutional custody network across Africa.

Coinbase Ventures invested in Indian exchange CoinDCX at a $2.45 billion valuation as the US crypto company expands into India and the Middle East.

Binance’s $200,000 crypto donation to a Maltese cancer charity in 2018 has grown to $37 million but remains unclaimed due to a verification dispute.

Japan Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet paused Bitcoin purchases for two weeks, only to see its enterprise value slip below the value of its BTC holdings.

Binance Wallet’s balance display issues came soon after CZ-owned Trust Wallet reported experiencing the same issue on Sunday.

Crypto companies looking to raise funds set a new record, reaching $3.5 billion last week before the market crashed on Friday.

BitMine’s Tom Lee saw the market crash as a discount buying opportunity, acquiring over $827 million worth of Ether over the weekend.

BNB reached a record high of $1,370, despite Binance facing criticism and market chaos after $19 billion in crypto liquidations wiped out traders over the weekend.