The era of major U.S. banks sitting on the sidelines of the digital asset market is coming to an end. According to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, the industry is reaching a critical turning point where traditional financial giants are finally ready to embrace blockchain technology. Speaking with Fox Business on Friday, March 27, Garlinghouse noted that a significant shift in attitude is happening across Wall Street. Most popular on TheStreet Roundtable: He credited leaders like BlackRock CEO Larry Fink ...

Internet Adoption vs Crypto Adoption: What History Suggests KEY TAKEAWAYS BlackRock data shows global crypto adoption reached 300 million users in 12 years, roughly 20 percent faster than the internet reached the same milestone. Both the internet and crypto followed S-curve adoption patterns, with slow early growth, followed by inflection points that led to rapid mainstream expansion. Crypto adoption in 2026 mirrors where internet adoption stood around 2002, with established infrastructure but mass consum ...

Stablecoins are moving from crypto’s fringe to the core of global payments as Mastercard has recently agreed to buy BVNK for $1.8bn. This underscores a strategic pivot toward blockchain-based settlement infrastructure. The deal highlights how payment networks are repositioning to control cross-border money flows, blending faster tokenised settlement with trusted card rails to secure relevance and revenue in an evolving digital finance ecosystem, according to GlobalData, publishers of EPI.BVNK is a London-b ...

Australia’s central bank is moving toward building the legal and market infrastructure needed for tokenized asset markets, as regulators begin coordinating on rules that could allow the products to trade at scale within the financial system. In a speech on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Brad Jones said the question was no longer whether tokenization had a future in Australia’s financial system, but how it would be implemented, following the conclusion of the bank’s Project Acacia res ...

Key Takeaways A new draft of the Clarity Act is said to restrict stablecoin rewards and disallows trading platforms like Coinbase from offering them at all. That news weighed heavily on some crypto players this week. Circle fell roughly 20% yesterday as details leaked to the public suggested banks got the upper hand in negotiations. Shares of exchanges including Coinbase, the Winklevosses' Gemini and Bullish also fell. How sensitive are crypto-stock investors to news coming out of Washington, D.C. ...

Few leading lawyers are as well qualified to offer an expert opinion on the ramifications of the US’ delays in sorting out the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act as Mahmoud Abuwasel. The Harvard-trained disputes attorney has represented clients in both US and UAE crypto litigation and is a Partner at global law firm Wasel & Wasel. The White House had set a March 1, 2026, deadline for resolving negotiations on the legislation The GENIUS Act, signed into law as long ago as 18 July 2025, established a federa ...

Q2 Announces Partnership With Stablecore to Provide Banks and Credit Unions With Stablecoins and Digital Asset Capabilities Integration enables financial institutions to deliver stablecoins, digital asset accounts, and tokenized deposits within regulated banking environments AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Q2 Holdings, Inc.(NYSE: QTWO), a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for financial services, today announced its partnership with Stablecore, a digital asset platform that enables banks ...

Quick Read The Ripple survey’s strongest finding is that 74% of finance leaders back stablecoins for cash-flow efficiency The survey also revealed that the 89% custody priority and 71% one-stop-shop preference pull banks into Ripple’s infrastructure where XRP is the next product available for cross-border bridging in illiquid corridors. If you're focused on picking the right stocks and ETFs you may be missing the bigger picture: retirement income. That is exactly what The Definitive Guide to Retireme ...

Charlotte, NC, March 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FG Nexus (Nasdaq: FGNX, FGNXP) (the “Company” or “FG Nexus”), today announced that CEO of Digital Assets Maja Vujinovic will co-chair the digital assets conclave and speak on a stablecoins panel at the 2026 FII Priority Miami conference alongside leaders including Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Witkoff. Ms. Vujinovic will co-chair an invite-only conclave, “Do Digital Assets Require Centralized Control to Scale,” on W ...

The crypto industry is edging closer to getting its landmark legislation after US senators said they had agreed to strike an “agreement in principle” with the White House over key language in a bill regarding stablecoins, according to a report. Language in the Clarity Act related to the digital tokens could be changed to “prevent widespread deposit flight”, senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks told Politico on Friday. Alsobrooks added she thought the agreement in principle would not only prevent d ...