OKX, a leading global fintech company and crypto trading platform, released trading data showing that approximately 83% of trading volume in its Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) futures contracts occurred outside of regular U.S. equity market hours (9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ET) during the companies' respective quarterly earnings. … [Read more...] about OKX Data: 83% of AAPL and AMZN Futures Volume Traded Outside U.S. Market Hours on Day of Earnings

The end of MiCA’s transition period has reshaped Europe’s digital asset landscape, with users moving to licensed platforms and evaluating exchanges on a broader set of indicators beyond regulatory status alone. … [Read more...] about Post-MiCA, Trust Becomes Verifiable as OKX Publishes 45th Consecutive Proof of Reserves

USA₮, the US Dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A., and backed by Tether, is now live on Celo, the Ethereum Layer 2 building programmable rails for global finance. Celo is only the second chain with native USA₮, following Ethereum, with functionality exclusive to the network: USA₮ arrives on Celo with gas currency support from day one, meaning users … [Read more...] about USA₮ Is Now Live on Celo, Bringing Tether’s US Dollar Stablecoin to the Most Widely Adopted Network for Payments

More than 12,000 local and international delegates gathered at the SMX Convention Center Manila for Philippine Blockchain Week (PBW) 2026, transforming the venue into a hub for technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, gaming, entertainment, and public policy. … [Read more...] about Philippine Blockchain Week 2026 Marks the Shift from Decoding to Deployment

MoonPay, the global financial technology company powering the movement of value across fiat and digital assets, has launched PayBox, the first payment vault built for AI that lets a person's AI agent transact on the open internet without leaving the conversation. … [Read more...] about MoonPay Launches PayBox, a Payment Vault for Claude and ChatGPT That Turns Prompts Into Payments

As financial institutions increasingly move from exploring digital assets to integrating them into their operations, SCRYPT, the operating system for digital assets, has appointed Adam Parnell as Vice President of Growth to lead the company’s next phase of global commercial expansion. … [Read more...] about SCRYPT Expands Leadership with Appointment of Adam Parnell as Vice President of Growth

Businesses are increasingly replacing elements of traditional banking infrastructure with embedded stablecoin wallets, according to new proprietary data from BVNK. It shows embedded wallet volume increasing 263x during 2025 as companies adopted digital dollar accounts for global payments, enabling faster and lower-cost ways of holding, moving and converting value. … [Read more...] about Stablecoin Wallets Are Becoming a Parallel Global Dollar Banking Layer for Businesses, New BVNK Data Shows