Kraken parent Payward agreed to buy Hong Kong-based Reap for up to $600 million, adding card issuance and stablecoin payment capabilities to its new B2B platform.

Polygon delivered its first block time reduction upgrade since genesis, as the network seeks to position for more high-frequency applications such as private stablecoin payments.

South Korea’s Finance Ministry has reportedly confirmed for the first time that a 22% tax on crypto gains will proceed as scheduled in January 2027.

Core Scientific mined 279 BTC in the quarter, down 45% from a year earlier, while its colocation business became its top revenue source.

The Wall Street bank is charging 50 basis points per crypto trade, below basic retail pricing at Coinbase, Robinhood and Charles Schwab.

The crypto industry in the UK has come out against the Bank of England’s proposed policy that would ban custodial wallets for stablecoins.

OpenTrade raised $17 million to expand its stablecoin yield platform, bringing total funding above $30 million as it scales stablecoin yield infrastructure for global clients.

Remittance firms are using crypto to bypass parts of traditional settlement infrastructure, but this does not mean SWIFT is disappearing.

The Korea Securities Depository platform is expected to go live by February 2027, aligning with South Korea’s incoming security token framework.