Category: Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency
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Tracing Billions: How Blockchain Analytics Uncover Crypto Scams
In November 2024 we traced $1.8 million in scammed BTC. As of today, we have traced a total of $1.7 billion of cryptocurrency scammed over several years. Because of the immutable nature of blockchains, they provide visible, permanent, tamper-proof records that can be analyzed years later. Reactor, the software we use to trace cryptocurrency and…
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OCC Conditionally Approves National Trust Bank Charters for Major Digital Asset Firms
On December 12, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that “[t]he OCC conditionally approved applications for de novo national trust bank charters for First National Digital Currency Bank and Ripple National Trust Bank. The OCC also conditionally approved applications to convert from a state trust company to a national trust…
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OCC Chief Urges Banks to View Stablecoins as Opportunity, Not Threat
As reported by CoinDesk writer Jesse Hamilton, OCC chief Jonathan Gould, speaking at the American Bankers Association Annual Convention on Monday, downplayed fears that stablecoins could trigger a sudden deposit crisis, urging community banks to see them as competitive tools rather than threats. While banks push Congress to tighten the GENIUS Act amid projections of…
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Western Union Pilots Stablecoin-Based Settlement for Global Remittances
Amin Ayan, Cryptonews.com Mon, October 27, 2025 Global payments giant Western Union will pilot a stablecoin-based settlement system to modernize its global remittance operations.
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Obook Holdings Expands Global Stablecoin Licensing as Adoption Accelerates
Blockchain technology company Obook Holdings Inc. announced its successful listing on the NASDAQ and that it had secured three new Money Transmitter Licenses, bringing its funding operations to forty U.S. states. In the EU, it is upgrading its VASP license in Poland to a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license under the MiCA framework and…
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SWIFT’s Shift to Blockchain Signals a New Era for Stablecoins and Global Banking
On October 5, 2025, Coindesk reported that: With over 11,500 banks sending and receiving messages using SWIFT, this is a strategic change to providing a platform for it’s bank customers to settle transactions involving stablecoins and tokenized assets over the blockchain. Stablecoins are rapidly changing and will impact how we do business, including creating new…
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SEC Considers Tokenizing Stocks for 24/7 Blockchain Trading
SEC is looking at letting stocks trade on blockchains as tokens. Per The Cryptopolitan Daily, “In practice: that means you could buy Tesla stock just like you buy ETH-24/7, instant settlement, global access.”Brokers and major banks are, understandably, opposed to the idea. It would have adecidedly negative impact on their businesses.