Finance

Many community banks and credit unions feel like they missed the fintech craze — and they don’t want to miss stablecoins

BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein noted that the firm had been looking into crypto since 2017

Here’s a look at who owns bitcoin

Circle’s stock is expected to price at $31 and will go public on the NYSE Thursday

Fineqia’s Matteo Greco says Circle’s targeting a valuation in line with market expectations to avoid a post-launch drop like Coinbase

“Retail may find it harder to latch on” to a company with less brand recognition than Coinbase, VanEck crypto research head says

The ETF Store president Nate Geraci expects the SEC to approve spot solana ETFs — and staking within SOL and ether ETFs — in 2025

Is this Grayscale’s GBTC all over again?

Time and competition will push Vanguard to eventually update its “antiquated, 2013-era view of bitcoin,” Bitwise CIO says

What the history of global reserve currencies says about crypto’s future

The deal is made up of $700 million in cash and 11 million shares of Coinbase’s Class A common stock

A $2 trillion market ripe for disruption

Kraken’s CFO predicts that more than 10,000 public companies could own BTC in a few years

T+0 is here

Amid industry talk about use cases for stablecoins and onchain RWAs, a settlement network for institutions is on the horizon

Financial advisers in a January survey said equity ETFs were their top choice for gaining crypto exposure in 2025

Executives weigh the growth potential they see in the public stock and private credit/equities arenas

While BTC’s year-to-date price drop resembles that of the S&P 500, some crypto stocks have fared way worse

The first batch of earnings reports from big banks shows lending is on the rise, a sign businesses and consumers are feeling better about the economy

Agora’s Nick van Eck says stablecoin adoption will ramp up after an education period

The company’s expanded lineup introduces new ETF products, as more and more issuers get into crypto funds

Circle filed a public prospectus with the SEC in one of its first steps to going public

There was record crypto M&A activity in Q1, with more consolidation predicted

DeFi can make markets “faster” and “more transparent,” said the CEO — but what does that mean for the dollar?