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Standard Chartered Takes Major Step Becoming HKDAP’s First Bank Distributor

TL;DR Standard Chartered became the first bank authorized to distribute HKDAP, adding a mainstream institutional gateway alongside crypto-native distributors HashKey and OSL. The bank also supports reserve management, trustee operations and client distribution, while HKDAP target…

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Bitcoin trades above $78k, bulls eye $80k as liquidity and ETF demand fuel rally

Bitcoin BTC trades above $78,600 on Monday, rising approximately 2% over the previous 24 hours and extending last week’s 20% rally. The weekly rally was Bitcoin’s strongest performance in more than two years and pushed the cryptocurrency to an intraday high near $79,460. Improvin…

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Banxa Wants to Make Stablecoin Payments Invisible

While stablecoin adoption has increased significantly in 2026, real payments still represent only a fraction of the trillions moving on-chain. In 2025, around 3.6% of adjusted stablecoin volume came from actual payments. Much of it has to do with something called the checkout pro…

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Markets XRP

Bitwise XRP ETF Trading Volume Tops $200M Across Three Sessions

Trading volume in Bitwise’s XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) exceeded $200 million across three consecutive sessions. Each session established a new high for the fund, culminating in more than $80 million on Aug. 24. Bitwise XRP ETF Sets Three Consecutive Volume Records Trading act…

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