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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sims BTC reserves proposal blocked by city, provincial law

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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan to invest city reserves in bitcoin BTC$70,614.48 is not permitted under the Vancouver Charter and British Columbia’s Municipal Finance Authority Act, a staff report says. The briefing, released ahead of a March council meeting, recommends shutting down a 2024 proposal to make Vancouver a “bitcoin-friendly city” after staff determined the […]

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BTC and stocks are stabilizing. The bond market is not convinced

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Bitcoin BTC$70,181.24 and global stock markets have stabilized after an early week sell-off and oil price surge triggered by the outbreak of military conflict between the US, Israel and Iran. However, bond markets are signaling caution as rising interest rates signal renewed inflation concerns and waning bets on Fed rate cuts. BTC, the leading cryptocurrency

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What now for the Ripple-linked token as it fails to break above $1.45

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XRP moved lower after another rejection near resistance, with increasing volume confirming that sellers remain in control of the short-term trend. News background XRP has struggled to regain momentum since its July 2025 peak and continued to trade within a broader corrective structure. The token remains around 60% below the high as market participants debate

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OKX is building a social network directly into its trading app after a massive $25 billion valuation

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Crypto exchange OKX, which was just valued at $25 billion following a strategic investment from New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) parent Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is launching a social network built directly into its trading app, the latest example of social media and digital asset platforms converging as traders increasingly rely on online communities for market

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ZeroHash applies for national trust bank charter to expand regulated stablecoin services

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ZeroHash, which develops behind-the-scenes crypto infrastructure for businesses, said it applied for a National Trust Bank Charter from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), seeking to operate under federal regulatory oversight. If approved, the charter would authorize ZeroHash to issue stablecoins, store digital assets and manage reserves under direct federal oversight.

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Chamath Palihapitiya questions BTC’s role as a central bank reserve asset

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Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya, a venture capitalist and former Facebook executive, recently argued that bitcoin has a “structural flaw” that could limit its long-term adoption by governments and central banks. Speaking on the People by WTF podcast during the World Government Summit, Palihapitiya said that for a digital asset to be widely accepted at the

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US Bitcoin (ABTC) insiders bought more than $1 million in the company’s shares

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Two board members of American Bitcoin ( ABTC ), the bitcoin mining company backed by the Trump family, have made significant open market purchases of the firm’s stock, according to a Thursday filing. Justin Mateen, co-founder of Tinder and an ABTC board member since March 2025, bought approximately 1.3 million shares at an average price

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US banking agencies say the capital must be the same for standard or tokenized securities

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The US Federal Reserve and other regulators told bankers that they need to maintain the same amount of capital to back tokenized securities as they do regulator securities. “The technologies used to issue and trade in a security generally do not affect its capital treatment,” according to the agencies, which also include the Office of

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