Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is preparing a structural shift in how US securities trade and settle. On Jan. 19, the company announced plans for a new platform for tokenized US-listed equities and… Read More »ICE’s Tokenized Cash Bet: Reshaping NYSE Settlement and the Hidden Risks Beneath
Iran’s latest currency shock has pushed the limits of what a modern fiat collapse looks like, and it is unfolding under conditions that also test the resilience of decentralized money. With the rial plunging to around 1 million per US… Read More »Bitcoin, Blackouts, and a Broken Rial: Can Decentralized Money Help Iranians Preserve Wealth?
BlackRock’s latest Global Outlook doesn’t treat stablecoins as a speculative side show. Instead, the firm frames them as emerging financial rails that are beginning to sit alongside – and in some cases inside – the existing payments and settlement stack.… Read More »BlackRock’s 2026 Outlook: Stablecoins, Ethereum, and the Battle for Crypto’s Settlement Layer
In less than two months, Solana has moved from the fringes of institutional crypto narratives to the center of several high‑profile experiments in settlement, tokenization, and regulated access products. A state-backed stablecoin on Solana, a new Solana trust filing from… Read More »Solana’s Rapid March Into TradFi Settlement Rails Raises New Questions
Europe’s crypto market looks healthier on paper than it has in years. Euro stablecoin supply has doubled, BTC-EUR has climbed toward a 10% share of global BTC-fiat trading, and the EU finally has a regulatory regime that turns fiat-referenced tokens… Read More »MiCA, Euro Stablecoins, and the ‘Venue Gap’: Why European Crypto Traders Still Get Poor Execution
This article is based on a guest opinion originally published on CryptoSlate. The source text provides only a high-level thesis: that the global stablecoin landscape is shifting from a U.S.-dominated phase toward a more multipolar contest, with Asia playing an… Read More »How Asia’s Stablecoin Push Is Challenging the Dollar’s Digital Dominance