Turkish digital bank BankPozitif is set to launch cryptocurrency custody services in collaboration with Swiss crypto platform Taurus, making it the latest financial institution in Turkey to embrace digital assets. On March 4, BankPozitif announced a strategic partnership with Taurus, enabling its institutional clients to store crypto assets with the bank. The service is expected…

Bitcoin developer Blockstream has secured a multibillion-dollar investment to launch three new institutional funds, including two that will enable lending Bitcoin. “Blockstream’s institutional-grade Bitcoin investment solutions will go live on April 1, with external capital acceptance opening on July 1,” the firm stated on X on March 4, confirming an earlier Bloomberg report. It added that the investment…

The US Senate has passed a resolution to repeal a Biden-era rule that would require decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Senate voted 70 to 27 on March 4 to approve a motion to repeal the rule that would expand existing IRS reporting requirements to include decentralized exchanges and require brokers to disclose gross proceeds from crypto…