⚡️UPDATE: Velo teams up with WLFI to bring USD1 into its ecosystem for payments, FX, and digital assets. https://t.co/3mYN3WMDBx ...

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 22, 2025) - Neptune Digital Assets Corp. (TSXV: NDA) (OTCQX: NPPTF) (FSE: 1NW) ("Neptune" or the "Company"), a blockchain and frontier technology company, is pleased to announce the release of its audited consolidated financial statements and management discussion and analysis for the year ended August 31, 2025.Financial highlights pertaining to the year ended August 31, 2025 and for the subsequent period up to the date of this news release:Total Asse ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) ("Bit Digital" or the "Company"), a publicly traded digital asset platform focused on Ethereum-native treasury and staking strategies, today announced the appointment of Amanda Cassatt, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Serotonin, to its Board of Directors effective January 1, 2026. Cassatt previously served as Chief Marketing Officer at Consensys, the leading Ethereum software company, building the infrastructure, tools, and pro ...

This story was originally published on Payments Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Payments Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday voted to seek public comment on what would be a new, limited-use bank payment account that could be used by eligible banks and credit unions, according to a press release from the central bank that day. The vote in favor was 6-1, with a dissenting vote from Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr, who said in a separate ...

Ghana’s parliament has passed legislation legalizing the widespread use of cryptocurrencies, creating a regulatory framework for digital assets and virtual asset service providers. The move aims to formalize crypto adoption, address central bank concerns over unregulated use, and strengthen oversight of exchanges and related platforms. https://t.co/lbMuEhKUYw ...

Hong Kong’s insurance regulator is weighing a new capital framework that would allow insurers to allocate funds to cryptocurrencies while imposing some of the toughest risk charges seen in the market. Key Takeaways: Hong Kong plans to allow insurers limited crypto exposure while imposing a 100% capital charge on unbacked crypto assets. Regulated stablecoins would face differentiated risk charges tied to their fiat backing. The proposal reflects Hong Kong’s effort to balance digital asset growth with ...

According to Bloomberg, bipartisan House lawmakers Max Miller and Steven Horsford are drafting a crypto tax framework that would exempt capital gains on regulated, dollar-pegged stablecoin transactions under $200 and allow staking and mining rewards to be taxed on a deferred basis for up to five years. The proposal would also bring digital assets under securities-related tax rules, permit eligible traders to use mark-to-market accounting, and extend wash-sale restrictions to cryptocurrencies. https://t.co/W ...

Swift is an absolute giant. They have over 11,500 institutional clients tied back to their network. And this is the dominant network where money is moving over it every single day. And this is the global rails essentially. This is one of the dominant players around our global financial systems rails.And they are innovating. They are changing the way that they are moving money. Now, I will say this, Swift basically just gave the green light to XRP and the entire space, but not in the way that most people are ...

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) is looking to hire people in crypto leadership roles as the world's largest asset manager expands its digital asset offerings across the globe. The firm is the largest issuer of both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It also launched the first tokenized fund, the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), on Ethereum last year. And it seems BlackRock isn't taking a pause. Related: BlackRock reveals $38T U.S. debt will boost Bitcoin's gro ...

New York, NY, Dec. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Launchpad Cadenza Acquisition Corp I (the “Company”) announced today the closing of its initial public offering of 23,000,000 units, which includes 3,000,000 units issued pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in full. The offering was priced at $10.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $230,000,000. The Company’s units began trading on December 18, 2025 on The Nasdaq Global Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the ticke ...