Wall Street bank Citi and crypto exchange Coinbase are teaming up to "boost digital-asset payment capabilities" for the bank's institutional clients. In the initial phase, the bank will fiat pay-ins and payouts and improve orchestration to better bridge traditional finance with crypto on- and off-ramps, Citi said in a press release. “The financial landscape is changing fast, and we’re thrilled to join Coinbase to explore new and innovative payment options for our global clients,” Debopama Sen, the head o ...

Crypto.com has applied to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national trust bank charter, a step it says would expand its federally supervised crypto-custody services for institutions. In Friday’s announcement, the exchange framed the filing as an extension of its regulated, security-first push for large customers — ETF sponsors, corporates and advisers — focused on custody and staking-adjacent trust services across multiple blockchains. The company did not provide a review tim ...

Shares of Gemini (GEMI) opened at $41 a share on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on Friday, rising 45% from last night's IPO price. The crypto exchange, which is run by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, priced its IPO at $28 a share, valuing the company at around $3.3 billion. It had sold 15.2 million shares, raising $425 million. Gemini posted a net loss of $283 million in the first half of the year. That follows a $159 million loss for all of 2024, according to the company’s latest financials. Despite the ...