Binance Holdings founder and CEO Zhao "CZ" Changpeng, who last month said the crypto exchange may spend more than $1 billion on deals this year, is considering targets including banks as the boundary between the digital-asset industry and traditional finance blurs.

Crypto executives pulled back on political giving in the immediate run-up to the Nov. 8 midterm elections, a move that followed the crash in digital currencies like bitcoin and ether.

The cryptocurrency conglomerate Digital Currency Group promoted Mark Murphy to president from chief operating officer as part of a restructuring that saw about 10 employees exit the company.

India's central bank started a pilot program of its digital currency Tuesday, allowing select banks to use it for settling secondary-market transactions in government securities. 

A Justice Department probe into a controversial corner of the crypto world — Tether — has been struggling to reach a conclusion. Now a new team is taking a crack at investigating whether executives behind the popular stablecoin committed a crime.

A year after launching Africa's first digital currency, Nigeria's central bank is turning to the nation's three-wheeler taxi operators to speed the adoption of the eNaira, as regulators across the world scrutinize its every move.

Apple updated its App Store guidelines Monday with new and clearer language explaining its policy toward cryptocurrency trading and nonfungible tokens.

Amazon.com is allowing certain customers to use their Venmo wallets when checking out as the retailing giant tweaks its payment options for customers ahead of the holiday shopping season.

Fidelity Investments is hiring an additional 100 people for its digital assets unit, stepping up an expansion that started in May and taking advantage of turmoil among crypto firms to lure talent. 

If stablecoins facilitate payments in the future it could have broad implications, acting Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Martin Gruenberg said.

Decentralized finance, the once red-hot slice of the crypto universe that was at the center of this year's collapse of the digital-asset world, is facing a rapidly increasing new challenge: financial hacking.

Customers of the bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital may recover about 72% of the value of their accounts under a tentative deal for the company to sell itself to FTX US, the digital-asset exchange.

Nubank partnered with the blockchain developer Polygon to develop Nucoin and an affiliated customer rewards program.

Silvergate Capital shares slumped 23% after the cryptocurrency-focused bank's third-quarter results missed consensus estimates and a much-anticipated stablecoin launch was delayed.

JPMorgan Chase has hired a new head of digital assets regulatory policy, less than a month after CEO Jamie Dimon told lawmakers that cryptocurrencies are "decentralized Ponzi schemes."

In global news this week, India adds digital banking centers, NAB embraces tap-to-pay and JPMorgan Chase shakes up its management in the Asia Pacific region.

The bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network faces U.S. federal "investigations," according to a filing from lawyers for its committee of unsecured creditors.

The crypto lender Voyager Digital is pursuing settlements with two top executives after an internal probe uncovered potential claims of gross negligence stemming from risky loans made to the defunct hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, court papers show.

The custody bank recorded a 59% drop in net income as a result of the goodwill impairment charge. New CEO Robin Vince sought to assure analysts that the one-time item does not reflect either a change in strategy or the well-being of the company's investment management business, which took the hit.

U.S. prosecutors and several federal regulators are seeking information from the bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network.