U.S. Representative Brandon Gill has disclosed up to $2.6 million in Bitcoin and ETF holdings, as his vocal backing of White House crypto policies raises fresh conflict-of-interest questions.

The 18 November Cloudflare outage disrupted digital banks, crypto exchanges and payment apps worldwide, raising urgent questions about resilience and vendor risk across fintech.

Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson says expectations of a positive “Trump effect” on crypto were misguided, as policy shifts and market optimism intensified the sector’s downturn.

A new Romanian stress-testing framework suggests that a carefully capped retail CBDC, including a future digital euro, need not trigger bank runs or credit crunches in dual-currency economies.

The Trump Organization and Dar Global announced a luxury Maldives resort planned for 2028 that aims to be the first hotel development financed via tokenisation, opening new avenues for real-estate investment.

Bitcoin slipped under 90K for the first time since April, yet leading analysts say the market is close to forming a durable bottom that could reset sentiment.

A new ECB technical annex reveals how the digital euro could reshape Europe’s payment landscape, with clearer rules on fees, privacy, and cross border acceptance.

The ECB argues that the digital euro will extend cash into the digital economy, protect privacy, support banks and reduce Europe’s dependence on foreign payment providers.

Agentic AI is emerging as a catalyst for banking transformation, cutting costs, reducing delays and forcing institutions to rethink customer relationships and business models.

Bulgaria is set to join the euro area in 2026, marking a major step toward deeper European integration and completing years of supervisory and monetary alignment.