News item Central Bank of Russia forms rules for digital assets The Bank of Russia has prepared a concept for regulating the cryptocurrency market, enshrining legal access to crypto-assets without authorizing their use as a means of...
News item The US is discussing tax incentives for cryptans US lawmakers have presented an initiative aimed at changing the tax regime for cryptoassets. It is proposed to exempt transactions with stablecoins from taxation on payments and...
News roundup Fed eases banks' access to crypto assets The U.S. Federal Reserve has rescinded the 2023 directive that restricted uninsured banks' access to the Fed's infrastructure and effectively blocked their work with crypto-assets. The...
News item Large wallets bought 54,000 BTC in one week According to Glassnode, wallets with balances between 100 and 1,000 BTC bought about 54,000 BTC worth about $4.66 billion over the past week. This is the highest accumulation rate for...
The 2025 financial landscape was characterized not so much by a single prevailing wind, but by a complex, multi-vector storm of volatility. From the resurgence of the so-called Trump Trade, which has had a tectonic impact on cryptoassets...
News roundup Cryptocurrency companies receive trust bank status U.S. banking regulator OCC conditionally approved the applications of Ripple, Circle, BitGo, Paxos and Fidelity Digital Assets for the status of national trust banks. The...
News roundup Porsche and Lamborghini are embracing crypto Blockchain-based fintech company Lyzi, powered by the Tezos (XTZ) blockchain, has launched crypto payments at French car dealerships Porsche Centre Montpellier and Lamborghini...
News item US bank CEOs to discuss CLARITY on December 11, the heads of Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo will meet with senators to discuss the CLARITY bill, which is expected to define the future rules of the crypto market in the...
News item ESMA to tighten crypto regulation in the EU The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has unveiled proposals to tighten the licensing of cryptocurrency companies under a future regulatory model that will run alongside...
News item Argentine gas stations accept cryptocurrency payments The largest oil and gas company of Argentina YPF, which is more than 50% owned by the state, is considering the launch of crypto-payments at its gas stations. The initiative...
News Block Cryptocurrency in the Russian Federation: what is allowed, what is prohibited Russian legislation still does not recognize cryptocurrency as a means of payment, but considers it as property. This means that storing and buying...
News Block Central Bank of Kazakhstan creates crypto-reserve for $300 mln The National Bank of Kazakhstan has started to form a crypto-reserve as part of gold and foreign currency assets and is preparing to invest $300 mln in digital...
News item $17.25 billion worth of stablecoins have flooded into the market Since the major market crash on October 10, steiblcoin issuers have dramatically increased the issuance of new tokens. Circle and Tether have printed a combined...
News roundup UAE regulatory reform covers DeFi and Web3 A new financial regulation has come into force in the UAE that expands the powers of the Central Bank and officially includes services operating in the DeFi, Web3 and digital...
News item ISO 20022 becomes a single payment standard Since November 22, 2025, the global banking system has finally switched to the ISO 20022 payment message format. The new standard will become mandatory for all interbank and...
News roundup India launches ARC steiblcoin India is preparing a national steiblcoin ARC, pegged to the rupee and fully backed by liquid government assets. The project will operate in a two-tier model along with the RBI digital rupee: the...
News roundup White House steps up scrutiny of crypto transactions The US administration is pushing forward a rule that would allow the IRS to obtain data on cryptocurrency transactions of US citizens abroad. The proposal applies to all...
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Key data on the DeFi sector Key data on DeFi sector (▲ increase / ▼ decrease in the last 7 days) Total blocked value (TVL) in DeFi: $125.948 billion (▼ 5.61%) TVL in the Lending category: $67.111 billion (▼...
News roundup Tokenized stocks added +115% The tokenized equities sector added $0.4 billion in total capitalization in the third quarter of 2025, representing a 115% increase. According to RWAxyz, this is one of the strongest quarters for a...
News item Visa is testing payments in stablecoins Visa has launched a pilot project for payments in USDC steblecoin for authors, freelancers and content creators. Users will now be able to receive rewards directly in digital assets, even...