New Zealand regulator says NZDD stablecoin not a financial product
Law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts, which acted on behalf of the stablecoin’s issuer, says the designation of the token is an important step for regulatory clarity.
AI agent payment volumes lower than reported, but adoption is growing: a16z
Andreessen Horowitz partner Noah Levine says AI agents made $1.6 million in payments in the past month, which “is not a big number, but the infrastructure being built around it…
Kalshi preemptively sues Iowa, claiming risk of enforcement action
Kalshi claims in a preemptive lawsuit that there is “a substantial risk” that Iowa will take action against it after a meeting it had with state regulators.
Introducing Payward Services: infrastructure for the new economy
TL;DR Payward Services is a B2B infrastructure platform built on Kraken’s 15-year operating history, offering companies a single integration for stablecoin payments, tokenized…
WFB is available for trading!
We’re thrilled to announce that WFB is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading WFB trading is live as of March 10, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account,…
Binance.US names new CEO as crypto exchange eyes expansion
Stephen Gregory, a former compliance executive at CEX.IO and Gemini, has taken over as CEO of Binance.US, a crypto exchange that was once a target of a long-running SEC lawsuit.…
Ghana greenlights 11 crypto companies for regulatory sandbox
Ghana’s SEC could grant a full license to sandbox participants as early as six months, provided that their products are market-ready and that they tick all regulatory boxes.…
DAOs aren’t doomed, they just need to evolve: Aave founder
A proposal to transfer control of Aave’s brand assets and intellectual property to its DAO failed in January, prompting renewed debate over the protocol’s long-term direction.
Bitcoin will need 17% of ‘store of value’ market to hit $1M: Bitwise
Bitcoin doesn’t need to take 50% of gold’s market share to reach one million dollars per coin if one is looking into the next 10 years, argues Bitwise’s Matt…
Crypto, banks need to be a ‘bit unhappy’ for bill to advance: Senator
Senator Angela Alsobrooks says she’s working on a proposal to move a key crypto bill forward, but crypto and the banks will have to compromise.