Circle, Ripple, and Kraken's pursuit of banking charters marks a turning point in crypto’s integration with the US financial ...

On December 15, 2025, Ripple, Circle, and three additional cryptocurrency companies were granted conditional approval by U.S.

AXL, the native cryptocurrency of the Axelar Network, has come under strong selling pressure, dropping 18% in the last 24 ...

Applications to become a bank have popped up left and right this year, with approval odds increasing under the Trump ...

In particular, Circle says, its First National Digital Currency Bank will complement regulatory oversight of the company’s USDC Reserve. USDC, Circle’s stablecoin, was launched in September 2018 and ...

To support the growth of its RLUSD stablecoin, Ripple said the token is expanding next year to layer-2 networks on Ethereum.

If Ripple secures a Federal Reserve master account through its OCC-approved trust bank, RLUSD reserves would sit directly at ...

The move follows a broader push for financial deregulation under President Trump that has allowed digital asset companies to ...

Ripple is expanding its RLUSD stablecoin to Ethereum layer 2 networks via a Wormhole pilot ahead of a broader rollout next ...

Nonetheless, tension between the old and new is growing, and the threat from crypto is bigger than many bankers once believed ...

The payments giant is chasing a U.S. bank charter as fintechs, crypto firms, and even Sony rush the same gate.

Payments firm PayPal said on Monday it has applied to establish a bank in the United States, as companies rush to capitalize ...