Japan’s three megabanks—MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho—launch a stablecoin pilot project to enhance cross-border payments with blockchain and SWIFT integration.
Vivek Ramaswamy criticizes the current approach to crypto regulation as “anti-American at its core,” calling for clearer rules and less enforcement ambiguity.
Anchorage Digital partners with Stacks, a Bitcoin L2 solution, to offer custody services for STX, marking its entry into Bitcoin’s expanding Layer-2 ecosystem.
Japan may reduce its crypto tax rate from 55% to 20%, aligning it with traditional financial assets under a new proposal by the Financial Services Agency.