Nik is a content and public relations specialist with an ever-growing interest in Crypto. He has been published on several leading Crypto and blockchain based news sites. He is currently based in Spain, but hails from the Pacific Northwest in the US.
Ripple-backed XRP treasury Evernorth has filed a Form S-4 with the SEC, advancing its plan to go public on Nasdaq under the ticker XRPN through a SPAC merger expected to raise approximately $1 billion.
Visa Crypto Labs and Stripe-backed Tempo simultaneously launched competing AI agent payment tools on Wednesday, with Visa introducing a CLI for programmatic card payments.
Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott says a compromise on the stablecoin yield dispute blocking a major crypto market structure bill could arrive as soon as this week.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins has proposed a safe harbor framework offering crypto companies startup, fundraising, and investment contract exemptions.
Cari Network has selected ZKsync's Prividium infrastructure to build a permissioned tokenized deposit platform for US regional banks.
PayPal has expanded its PYUSD stablecoin to 70 markets worldwide, enabling users to buy, hold, send, and receive the dollar-backed token directly from their PayPal accounts.
BlockFills has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware, revealing liabilities of up to $500 million after suspending customer deposits and withdrawals last month.
Ledger's Asia-Pacific lead Takatoshi Shibayama says a potential US ban on stablecoin yields would likely prompt overseas regulators and issuers to fill the void.
Senators Van Hollen, Warren, and Gallego have pledged congressional oversight of a reported DOJ probe into whether Iran used Binance to evade US sanctions.
Vitalik Buterin has distanced himself from the Future of Life Institute, citing a strategic shift toward political AI advocacy that diverged from the broad existential risk roadmap that originally motivated his 2021 SHIB donation.
Metaplanet has launched Metaplanet Ventures K.K., a $25.2 million venture firm aimed at funding and incubating Bitcoin infrastructure startups in Japan ahead of an anticipated 2028 regulatory reclassification of Bitcoin as a financial asset.
Binance.US has named compliance veteran Stephen Gregory as CEO, as the exchange plans to expand into DeFi and tokenized assets following its SEC lawsuit dismissal.
