Crypto.com has received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to set up a national trust bank, allowing it to offer custody, staking, and trade settlement under federal regulation. The bank will not take deposits or issue loans, and Crypto.com must meet additional compliance and governance requirements before full authorisation.
WeatherlyA 42-year-old Sydney man has been charged over a crypto investment scam that allegedly stole A$5 million from more than 190 elderly and vulnerable Australians. Police say victims were approached on social media, directed to an online platform called NEXOpayment, and had their money moved through multiple crypto wallets in a pattern like money laundering.
AnaisDSRV and SBI Ripple Asia have launched joint research to use the XRP Ledger to make cross-border payments between South Korea and Japan faster, cheaper and clearer. The project will test how blockchain can work with today’s banking systems and rules in both countries, rather than replace them.
WeatherlyStripe is exploring the purchase of PayPal or parts of the company, with talks at an early stage and both firms declining to comment. PayPal’s shares rose after the news, while the company faces slower growth, rising competition, and a recent leadership change.
AnaisCoinbase has opened stock and ETF trading to all US users, letting people buy and sell shares alongside crypto in one app, 24 hours a day, five days a week, with no commission. The company also partnered with Yahoo Finance to let users trade directly from market pages and said it plans to offer tokenised stocks in the future.
WeatherlyBitdeer has sold all of its corporate Bitcoin holdings, reducing its self-owned balance to zero by 20 February 2026. The company says the move frees up cash to fund data centre expansion, AI projects, and new mining hardware.
JoyMoonPay has launched MoonPay Agents, a tool that lets AI systems create wallets, hold funds, and carry out crypto transactions without human intervention once funded. The platform is built on MoonPay CLI and supports trading, swaps, recurring payments, and machine-to-machine transactions while keeping custody under the user’s control.
AnaisMorgan Stanley will launch direct cryptocurrency trading for retail clients through E*Trade in the first half of 2026, allowing users to buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. The bank is also building its own crypto custody and settlement platform, while using Zerohash to run the trading, custody and settlement systems at launch.
WeatherlySouth Korea has introduced a bill requiring crypto influencers to disclose their personal holdings and any payments received for promoting digital assets. The law aims to protect investors and treat undisclosed promotions like serious financial offences such as market manipulation.
AnaisUS federal agents in North Carolina seized more than $61 million in USDT linked to a crypto romance investment scam after tracing the money through multiple wallets with support from Homeland Security Investigations. Tether helped authorities freeze the funds, which are now subject to forfeiture.
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