Decentralised finance stories - Page 2

KuCoin launches AI Skills Hub, an open marketplace of modular tools letting agents tap exchange data and automate crypto workflows.

SoFi and Mastercard will use SoFiUSD stablecoin for card settlement worldwide, targeting faster payments, remittances and B2B transfers.

Women in fintech say inclusion tech is advancing faster than culture, warning against hollow celebration while pushing for real structural change.

Clearstream, DTCC and Euroclear publish joint framework to keep tokenised securities markets connected across rival DLT networks.

Women hold just 28% of tech roles worldwide, a glaring gap experts warn is stifling innovation, ESG progress and global economic growth.

Crypto enters 2026 swinging as regulation, stablecoins, Bitcoin and DeFi trade blows in a defining bout for digital finance's future.

Unlimit appoints Hong Kong-based Michele Fung as Asia-Pacific head to drive regional expansion in increasingly competitive payments markets.

FalconX rolls out up to 5x leveraged DeFi prime brokerage on Hyperliquid, unifying margin, risk and custody for institutional crypto traders.

Bitget and BlockSec launch a UEX Security Standard, urging provable, system-wide safeguards for unified multi-asset trading platforms.

As analogue-era banking creaks under digital demand, DeFi is quietly rewiring the rails of global finance, not blowing them up.

Openmarkets adds two non-executive directors and a new CFO to bolster governance and growth plans ahead of its proposed Nasdaq listing.

Sydney-based Openmarkets to go public on Nasdaq via USD $300m SPAC merger with Lake Superior, targeting completion in 2026.

DXC weaves Ripple and Euronet tech into its Hogan core platform, adding digital asset custody and blockchain payments for banks.

YAP Global appoints Otto Jacobsson as CEO, signalling expansion and a broader service mix as the crypto and digital assets sector matures.

Bitget posts USD $8.17 trillion in 2025 derivatives volume as institutional crypto and tokenised TradFi trading surge on its platform.

Singapore's Atlantis Lab has launched Atlantis, a web hub unifying crypto wallets and exchanges while keeping users in full self-custody control.

Digital Asset predicts 2026 tipping point as institutions go on-chain, prioritising privacy, clear rules and routine stablecoin use.

DTCC maps an ambitious 2026 plan, deepening tokenisation and AI while overhauling risk, collateral and post-trade ahead of Europe's T+1 shift.

Binance is banking on Australian institutions and new rules to push crypto from speculative sideshow to mainstream finance by 2026.

ShapeShift makes Zcash its default payment rail in V4 upgrade, boosting DeFi privacy with NEAR Intents and new hardware wallet support.