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A Minnesota-based financial services firm with $1.7 trillion in assets under management has suffered a second security incident in a span of less than six months. According to a report submitted by Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) to the office of the Maine Attorney General, the latest breach happened on March 2nd and was discovered on March 18th. The incident affected 47,876 people. In a notice of data breach sent on April 17th, Robert Severson of Ameriprise’s Global Privacy Office tells affected individuals that the incident may have exposed their name, address, date of birth, account numbers and social security number. Severson…
Japan’s top brokers completed the first real-time DVP settlement of security tokens using DCJPY tokenized deposits on the ibet for Fin blockchain. Here’s what changed. Six major Japanese financial institutions just did something the country’s securities industry has been circling for years. Real-time, blockchain-based settlement of security tokens using tokenized deposits. No bank transfers. No lag. SBI Securities, Daiwa Securities, SBI Shinsei Bank, BOOSTRY, Osaka Digital Exchange, and DeCurret DCP completed proof-of-concept DVP settlement for security tokens using DCJPY on the ibet for Fin blockchain. The announcement came through official releases from SBI Shinsei Bank and DeCurret DCP. Japan’s security…
India is turning to welfare payments to drive adoption of its central bank digital currency as it prepares to put the CBDC in the spotlight at a summit of BRICS nations later this year.The Reserve Bank of India is running about 10 pilot programs routing portions of the country’s roughly $80 billion welfare system through the e-rupee, Reuters reported Thursday. The effort aims to reduce leakage and corruption in subsidy programs while giving the CBDC a clearer use case after a slow rollout.In Maharashtra’s Phulenagar village, farmers are receiving programmable subsidies covering up to 80% of drip-irrigation costs, spendable only…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Qubic says it has fully transitioned into its Dogecoin-focused mining architecture, marking the start of “Phase 3” and removing Monero (XMR) from its operational stack. The shift consolidates resources into a dual-track system that simultaneously mines Dogecoin (DOGE) and trains its internal AI framework, Aigarth. Qubic Fully Shifts From Monero To Dogecoin The change, announced via X, represents a structural pivot rather than an incremental upgrade. “Phase 3 is live. Qubic has completed the Dogecoin mining migration. XMR is out. The new architecture is in full effect,”…
Morgan Stanley launches a Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio, a government money market fund for stablecoin issuers. The fund maintains a $1 NAV with daily liquidity, investing in U.S. Treasury bills and government-backed repo agreements. The move aims to capture stablecoin reserve demand ahead of potential U.S. rules on regulated, high-quality asset backing. Morgan Stanley Investment Management has now officially stepped into the big digital asset infrastructure game. The banking giant introduced the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio as a service to global token issuers. This is a strategic move that will make the bank one of the principal custodians of the crypto industry.…
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2130.2, up 0.7% (+14.28) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday.All 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: APT (+3.5%) and AAVE (+3.2%). Laggards: CRO (+0.0%) and XLM (+0.2%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally. Cryptocurrency Market Dynamics:#Aptos #APT #gains #leading #index #higher
Metaplanet provided EVO FUND with ¥8 billion ($50M) in zero-interest bonds on April 22, 2026. The corporation intends to buy approximately 650 more BTC, aiming for a total of 210,000 BTC by 2027. As of Q1 2026, the company’s holdings totaled 40,177 BTC, making it Asia’s largest corporate holder. Metaplanet has solidified its lead in the world of corporate adoption of digital assets. The Japan-based company just completed a huge equity offering to increase its cash reserves. This action indicates a radical change in institutional investment in the Asian market. The firm is transforming contemporary corporate finance by using debt…
For bitcoin BTC$78,355.60 traders, the direction of the Dollar Index (DXY), a measure of the greenback’s strength against a basket of other currencies, hasn’t mattered this much in nearly four years.That’s because the 30-day correlation coefficient between the two now stands at -0.90, according to TradingView, the most negative reading since September 2022. A reading below 0 indicates an inverse relationship: When the dollar weakens, bitcoin gains, and vice versa. Keep in mind, though, that the reading, while widely tracked, can be influenced by bitcoin’s 24/7 trading structure, particularly weekend price action that is not mirrored in the Dollar Index’s…
Etherealize, an institutional adoption and advocacy group backed by the Ethereum Foundation, has made a bold prediction, suggesting that ETH could one day reach $250,000 before Bitcoin (BTC). The group said that if Ethereum can capture a share of the combined monetary premium of gold and Bitcoin, the upside could be massive. That target is significantly higher than ETH’s current price of around $2,300, and would require a major shift in how global markets value the cryptocurrency. It would also mean Ethereum could become more than a smart contract chain and grow into a top store of value, similar to…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP is nearing a key technical level as analyst CasiTrades highlights price action moving into the final Wave E resistance of its current consolidation. With several critical levels now aligning, attention is on how XRP reacts at this zone, which could shape its next major move. XRP Wave E Resistance Backed By Fibonacci Confluence In a recent X post, CasiTrades presents XRP as being in the final leg of a multi-wave consolidation, with Wave E marking the last phase before resolution. She posted a chart illustrating a…