Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has launched a fully regulated local subsidiary in Thailand after acquiring an operational license from the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). KuCoin Thailand is the company’s first fully regulated local digital asset exchange. In a Friday announcement, KuCoin said the launch reflects its commitment to security and compliance, citing its recent SOC…

What percentage of Bitcoin is owned by BlackRock? BlackRock’s entry into the Bitcoin market through the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has marked a new era in institutional Bitcoin accumulation. Since its launch on Jan. 11, 2024, IBIT has grown at a pace that few expected, and no other ETF has matched. As of June 10, 2025,…

Global e-commerce giant Shopify is rolling out early access to stablecoin payments in Circle’s USDC in collaboration with major US exchange Coinbase. Shopify plans to fully roll out USDC payments on Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 (L2) network Base via Shopify Payments and Shop Pay later this year, the company announced on Thursday. As part of the early access rollout,…

The always-on crypto market is reshaping global finance, pushing hedge funds and trading firms to look beyond traditional hours and staff desks through the weekend. Qube Research & Technologies, a global quantitative investment management firm headquartered in London, is hiring for a “Crypto | Quant Trader (Weekend Shift)” role in London, which requires weekend availability in addition…

Chainlink, JPMorgan’s Kinexys and Ondo Finance completed a “first-of-its-kind” crosschain delivery versus payment (DvP) settlement between a permissioned payment network and a public testnet. The test involved Kinexys Digital Payments, a permissioned network operated by JPMorgan and Ondo Chain’s testnet, which is focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, Chainlink said in a Thursday announcement. The settlement was…

Circle’s USDC stablecoin launched on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) on Thursday, bringing the overcollateralized dollar-pegged token to users of the layer-1 blockchain network. According to an announcement from Ripple, the launch of USDC on the platform will enable investors to use XRP as a bridge currency to transfer their stablecoins between decentralized exchanges (DEXs) through an auto-bridging…