Author: Kryptonews

PNC Bank, one of the leading financial institutions in the United States with over $550 billion in assets under management, has taken a significant step into the digital asset space through a strategic partnership with Coinbase, the largest publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S. This collaboration enables select PNC customers to access Bitcoin trading functionalities directly through the bank’s digital ecosystem—an indication that cryptocurrency is no longer a fringe phenomenon, but a maturing financial sector being acknowledged by the most conservative corridors of finance.This development is more than a technical integration; it’s a doctrinal shift. For years, traditional banks…

The House Financial Services Committee sent a letter to the SEC on December 12, 2025, urging the regulator to amend existing rules to permit Bitcoin and other digital assets within 401(k) plans. The move seeks to formally integrate crypto into the U.S. retirement system, potentially unlocking a new capital source for the asset class.House Committee Demands SEC Action on Crypto in Retirement FundsThe letter directly references President Trump’s August 7, 2025, executive order, “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors.” That order mandated the SEC and the Department of Labor to review and dismantle barriers preventing alternative investments from…

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has conditionally approved five national bank charter applications for companies tied to the digital assets industry.In a Friday notice, the OCC said it had conditionally approved BitGo, Fidelity, and Paxos to convert their existing state-level trust companies into federally chartered national trust banks. In the same announcement, the regulator said it had conditionally approved new applications from Circle and Ripple for national trust bank charters.“New entrants into the federal banking sector are good for consumers, the banking industry and the economy,” said Jonathan Gould, the Comptroller of the Currency, adding: “The…

As the cryptocurrency world evolves, so do the methods used by investors to trade and manage their portfolios. One of the most notable shifts is the growing trust in AI bots to manage crypto assets. By 2026, many investors are relying on these AI-powered tools to make more informed decisions, reduce emotional stress, and even outperform human traders. This article dives into a recent survey, shedding light on the increasing confidence in AI bots and their role in revolutionizing the industry.MethodologyThe insights presented in this article are based on a survey conducted in November 2025, involving 2,022 crypto investors and…

Key Highlights: MANTRA challenges OKX to disclose how many OM tokens are held by users and the exchange. OKX sent a formal letter questioning this request, demanding clarity on OM migration and warning it may pursue legal options if harmed. This conflict shifts the OM migration into a public standoff. A public clash has broken out between crypto exchange OKX and MANTRA, the blockchain project behind the OM/SOM token migration. The issue started when MANTRA council member JP Mullin posted a two-page legal style letter from OKX on social media platform X. The letter, dated December 10, 2025, questions Mullin’s…

Ether (ETH) traded close to a level that has previously marked market bottoms, as classic chart patterns suggested a possible rally to $5,000. Key takeaways:Ether price traded closer to its realized price, historically a buying opportunity that has led to major rallies.V-shaped recovery and falling wedge patterns emerge, targeting $5,000 ETH price. Ether price poised for parabolic rallyThe ETH/USD pair dropped 45% to multimonth lows of $2,621 on Nov. 21 from a high of $4,758 reached on Oct. 7.This drawdown saw the price drop close to the realized price of whales holding more than 100,000 ETH, as shown in the chart below.This…

Ted Hisokawa Dec 10, 2025 17:31 NVIDIA’s latest update to Compute Sanitizer introduces compile-time instrumentation to improve memory safety in CUDA C++ applications, reducing false negatives and enhancing bug detection. NVIDIA has unveiled a significant enhancement to its Compute Sanitizer tool, introducing compile-time instrumentation aimed at improving memory safety in CUDA C++ applications. This update is designed to help developers uncover and address memory-related bugs more effectively, according to NVIDIA. Enhancing Memory Safety CUDA C++ extends standard C++ to allow functions to run on multiple parallel threads on a GPU, enabling developers to…

Traditional finance leveraged investment products are at a record high, but the appetite for speculative assets remains muted in the cryptocurrency market.Speculative appetite is cooling among crypto investors, with memecoin dominance versus altcoins hitting a near two-year low last seen in February  2024, according to crypto data platform CryptoQuant.“Memecoin markets are dead,” wrote CryptoQuant co-founder and CEO Ki Young Ji in a Thursday X post. Memecoin dominance in altcoin markets. Source: Ki Young JuIn contrast, speculative appetite is soaring among equities investors, as traditional leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit a new all-time high of $239 billion in assets under management…

Traditional finance leveraged investment products are at a record high, but the appetite for speculative assets remains muted in the cryptocurrency market.Speculative appetite is cooling among crypto investors, with memecoin dominance versus altcoins hitting a near two-year low last seen in February  2024, according to crypto data platform CryptoQuant.“Memecoin markets are dead,” wrote CryptoQuant co-founder and CEO Ki Young Ji in a Thursday X post. Memecoin dominance in altcoin markets. Source: Ki Young JuIn contrast, speculative appetite is soaring among equities investors, as traditional leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit a new all-time high of $239 billion in assets under management…

The payments subsidiary of blockchain services company Ripple has partnered with Swiss bank Amina to provide it with access to its payment infrastructure.According to a Friday Ripple Payments announcement, the company will allow Amina to “settle transactions more efficiently without relying on traditional payment infrastructure, making transactions faster, lower cost, and with increased reliability and transparency.” This builds on a previous relationship between the companies, with the bank’s integration of the Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin happening back in July.The move also reinforces Ripple’s presence in Europe, with Amina being a Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority-regulated financial institution. The bank’s Austrian…