Key Points Ethereum has all the ingredients it needs to keep winning through 2030. Cardano is still hunting for a niche in which it can excel. 10 stocks we like better than Ethereum › Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) was launched by one of Ethereum's (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founders, who was seeking to create something that fixed the problems of his former chain. But it hasn't been able to outgrow its older brother so far, and by 2030, I believe it will be lagging even further behind. Here's why. Image source: Gett ...

This story was originally published on Payments Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Payments Dive newsletter. LAS VEGAS — Competing national priorities and disparate regulatory regimes have stymied real-time cross-border payments for the time being, according to an executive with The Clearing House. Moving money instantaneously between countries requires regulatory certainty on both sides of the border and infrastructure in both nations capable of sending and receiving mon ...

DeFi is set for a $2 trillion boom. That’s according to Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital assets research at UK bank Standard Chartered, who expects Wall Street’s surging adoption of blockchain technology will drive the tokenised real-world asset market to increase by over 5,600% by 2028. That number is excluding the stablecoin market, which has ballooned to be worth just under $308 billion in 2025, fuelled by a friendlier US government. “Stablecoins are creating a platform for DeFi to continue its exp ...

Hong Kong has pulled ahead of Singapore in attracting technology-driven companies that use cryptocurrency for treasury management and other applications, reinforcing its position as Asia's leading digital-asset hub, at least for now, according to a crypto industry veteran who advises both governments. "Over the past two years, especially in the first half of this year, many professionals and companies in the Web3 ecosystem have relocated their headquarters to Hong Kong from Singapore," said Gu Ronghui, a ...

Coinbase Global (COIN) on Thursday posted higher-than-expected profit and revenue for the third quarter, as crypto markets boosted revenue and trading activity during the period. In its third quarter, net revenue at the crypto exchange tallied $1.79 billion, up from $1.13 billion in the same quarter last year. Its trading volume during the quarter totaled $295 billion, up from $185 billion last year. Profits totaled $433 million, or $1.50 per share, up from $75.5 million in the same quarter last year. Th ...

I always say that the robots are going to need programmable internet money — is that time here? In today’s "Crypto for Advisors" newsletter, Peter Gaffney from Inveniam explains how AI agents will be able to interact with cryptocurrencies and stablecoins and manage investments. Then, in "Ask an Expert", Bryan Courchesne from DAiM provides insights into the trends he’s seeing with investors in the market. Thank you to our sponsor of this week's newsletter, Grayscale. – Sarah Morton Unknown block type " ...

US Crypto News Standard chartered Stablecoin. Photo by BeInCrypto Welcome to the US Crypto News Morning Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead. Grab a coffee for Standard Chartered’s latest outlook, suggesting stablecoins have done more than disrupt TradFi, quietly setting the stage for a $2 trillion DeFi revolution. Crypto News of the Day: Stablecoins Pave the Way for DeFi’s Next Trillion-Dollar Era, Standard Chartered Says According to Geoff Kend ...

Investment bank Standard Chartered (STAN) says decentralized finance (DeFi) is emerging as a powerful alternative to traditional finance, which relies on centralized systems run by trusted authorities like central banks. The bank forecasted that by the end of 2028, non-stablecoin tokenized assets will reach a market capitalization of $2 trillion, up from $35 billion today, matching the expected size of the stablecoin market. Tokenized money-market funds and listed equities could each account for roughly ...

Coinbase listing. Photo by BeInCrypto A recent report by Coinbase argues that the US government's stablecoin activation policies are primarily designed to bolster the dollar's global hegemony, thus serving this purpose rather than purely domestic ones. The report challenges the notion that stablecoins threaten commercial banks' deposit and lending functions, emphasizing the need to understand user demand and usage patterns. Debunking the "Bank Killer" Myth On Thursday, Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase's Chief Po ...

After selling his first startup MicroSolutions to CompuServe in 1990, a 32-year-old Mark Cuban celebrated in his own unconventional way. Instead of splurging on luxury cars or real estate, he picked up the phone, hungover  and called American Airlines to ask if they sold lifetime flight passes. “They did,” Cuban later recalled on the Club Shay Shay podcast. “I got all that information, hungover as hell, and I signed up. Initially, it was $125,000 and then I upgraded it. I forget how much I paid, but it g ...