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Kbank partnered with Ripple to test blockchain-based overseas remittances as South Korean companies prepare for new stablecoin and digital asset rules. South Korean internet-only bank Kbank has signed a strategic partnership with blockchain payments company Ripple to test blockchain-based overseas remittances.  According to local media outlets like News1, The Korea Herald and Maeil Business, Kbank CEO Choi Woo-hyung and Fiona Murray, Ripple’s Asia-Pacific managing director, signed the agreement at Kbank’s Seoul headquarters. The bank said the partnership will use Ripple’s global network and blockchain infrastructure to test whether overseas remittances can be made faster, cheaper and more transparent. The companies are already conducting a phased technical verification. The first phase reportedly tested a separate app-based remittance structure, while the second phase is digitally linking customer accounts and internal systems to test remittance stability. It includes onchain transfers to countries such as th...

KBank is using Palisade, Ripple's software-as-a-service wallet that was acquired earlier this year as part of Ripple's $4 billion in crypto-related investments.

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France has recorded 135 crypto-linked incidents since 2023, amid a nationwide surge in so-called “wrench attacks."

KBank has partnered with Ripple to explore onchain cross-border payments through a proof-of-concept.

Banking Circle's stablecoin settlement launch follows its CASP approval, entering a crowded market with SocGen, Sygnum and a 12-bank euro stablecoin consortium. Luxembourg-based Banking Circle has launched stablecoin settlement services after receiving a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from Luxembourg's financial regulator on April 15, expanding into regulated fiat-to-stablecoin and stablecoin-to-fiat settlement for institutional clients. The rollout includes support for Circle's USDC, Paxos' USDG and Banking Circle's own euro stablecoin EURI, expanding the bank's digital asset settlement capabilities beyond its initial EURI launch in August 2024. In a Monday announcement, the bank said it serves more than 750 payment companies, financial institutions and marketplaces that move and convert over 1.5 trillion euros (roughly $1.7 trillion) annually across its infrastructure. Chief digital asset officer Kirit Bhatia said in the release that stablecoins are "a natural extension" of the bank's infrastr...

Ethereum trades at $2,328 — flat since April 2021 — as a bearish mini death cross clashes with an inverted head-and-shoulders pattern. Key levels, analyst targets, and what's next for ETH. The post Ethereum Price Just Hit a Level It First Touched 5 Years Ago: Is This the Bottom or the Beginning of More Pain? appeared first on Cryptonews.

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Elon Musk's Grok AI targets Solana at $210–$290 and Ethereum at $4,900–$7,500 by late 2026. Here's the technical setup, key levels, and what traders are watching now. The post Elon Musk’s Grok AI Predicts the Next XRP Price, Solana and Ethereum Moves appeared first on Cryptonews.

The framework targets fragmented mining systems, offering a unified, open alternative for managing infrastructure across operations. Tether has released an open-source development framework for Bitcoin mining, aimed at giving operators and developers unified control over hardware and software across mining operations. According to Monday’s announcement, the framework combines a backend SDK and user interface tools to replace fragmented, vendor-specific systems, allowing miners to monitor devices, manage operations and build custom applications across sites from a single control layer. It uses a modular architecture in which hardware exposes standardized functions and independent modules can be added without altering the core system, enabling integration across different machines, services and locations. Read more

Crypto ETPs see $1.2 billion inflows in fourth straight week as Bitcoin leads gains and blockchain equity ETFs hit record demand, CoinShares reported. Cryptocurrency investment products continued their run of inflows last week as Bitcoin traded at its highest levels since early February. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $1.2 billion in inflows last week, marking their fourth week of consecutive gains, CoinShares reported Monday. The inflow streak is the largest so far this year, as the four-week total reached about $3.9 billion, surpassing the previous four-week run of $2.9 billion in March. Read more

XRP trades at $1.44 with volume surging 86.80% as KBank and Ripple complete Phase 1 of a cross-border remittance PoC. Key resistance at $1.52, bull case targets 30% rally by June. The post South Korean Bank Partnered With Ripple for Cross-Border Payments: Is XRP About to Get Its Biggest Banking Endorsement Yet? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The European Union noted that Russia has become increasingly reliant on cryptocurrency to circumvent sanctions.

BTC fails at $80,000 and drops 2% as rising oil prices weigh on sentiment with altcoins leading losses across a volatile session.

Litecoin suffered a zero-day exploit triggering a 13-block reorg on April 25. Patch deployed, no funds lost. Here's what LTC price data shows now and what traders are watching next. The post A Zero-Day Hack Triggered a 13-Block Reorg on Litecoin: Are User Funds Actually Safe? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The USDPT stablecoin launching next month will serve as an alternative to SWIFT for agent settlements rather than consumer transactions.

The Bitcoin ETF trade sold investors a simple promise: crypto exposure inside a wrapper that looked and felt like mainstream finance. Advisors could buy it, compliance teams could understand it, and institutions could route capital into digital assets through a product that fits the rest of their strategy. That promise worked, and the US spot […] The post Grayscale moves away from Coinbase for new ETF product – Is Wall Street building a post-Coinbase custody map? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Cardano (ADA) trades at $0.25 as it approaches descending trendline resistance at $0.28. RSI sits at 49.38, volatility compresses to 1.98%. Bull, base, and bear case scenarios analyzed with key support and resistance levels for May 2026. The post Cardano Is Coiling Beneath a Key Trendline as Short Positions Rise: Is a Breakdown or Breakout Coming? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Arthur Hayes targets $10K–$20K ETH but warns it could exit the top 3 by 2030. ETH has been locked in a $2,100–$2,400 corridor since February. Can it break? The post Ethereum Price Prediction: Hayes Bearish, But Data Backs ETH to Outlast BTC appeared first on Cryptonews.