The music royalty system has moved at a pace that no longer matches how music is created, consumed, or monetized. Built for an era of vinyl records and compact discs, the system still relies on delayed reporting and quarterly payouts even as modern artists generate billions of streams and microtransactions every day. During a recent interview with TheStreet Roundtable, Travis Garrett, the founder and chief executive of Record Financial, as well as Morgan Krupetsky, vice president of on-chain finance at A ...

DALLAS, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: APLD) ("Applied Digital" or the "Company"), a designer, builder, and operator of high-performance, sustainably engineered data centers and colocations services for artificial intelligence, cloud, networking and blockchain workloads, will host a conference call on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its operations and financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended November 30, 2025. A press rele ...

Park City, Utah, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ClearUnited, Inc. and Sundance Strategies, Inc. (OTCQB: SUND) today announced an agreement leading to the launch of a landmark $250 million LIFE Bond issuance, supported by approximately $600 million in life insurance policies. The issuance is designed to establish one of the most advanced asset-backed digital bond structures in the global decentralized financial ecosystem. A Breakthrough in Insurance-Backed Digital Finance Under a letter of intent signed t ...

Visa now allows certain partner banks and fintechs to settle their obligations to Visa in USDC, rather than traditional bank transfers. Settling means “squaring the tab” at the end of the day between banks, card issuers, and Visa. Instead of waiting on slow, expensive bank wires, they can send USDC on-chain, and now they can do that on Solana, a fast, low-fee blockchain built for high transaction throughput.First, a quick definition. A stablecoin is a crypto token that tracks a real-world asset, usually the ...

Personal finance firm SoFi has launched SoFiUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin.By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of your information with our sponsor, if applicable, in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions .Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required.The launch makes SoFi the first national bank to issue a stablecoin on a public, permissio ...

Anthony Scaramucci, CEO of investment firm SkyBridge Capital, said at a recent event that Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)-powered asset tokenization has the potential to reduce transaction verification costs by up to 75% annually. Scaramucci Builds Case For Solana-Enabled Tokenization Speaking at the LONGITIDE event in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 11, Scaramucci estimated that global transaction verification costs $4 trillion a year, including credit card fees and wire fees. “If we were able to adopt Solana and use it in the ...

SoFi has become the first U.S. nationally chartered retail bank to issue a dollar-backed stablecoin on a public, permissionless blockchain, marking a turning point in how regulated banks participate in on-chain finance. The company announced the launch of SoFiUSD, a fully reserved stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank, N.A., positioning the bank not only as a consumer-facing issuer but also as an infrastructure provider for other banks, fintech firms, and enterprise platforms. SoFi Brings Stablecoins Inside th ...

South Korean crypto and blockchain stocks are on the rise as the government races to legalise stablecoin issuance. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index, or KOSPI, the index of all common shares on the Korea Exchange, continues to slump, blockchain-related share prices are surging. The KOSPI is down over 3% in the past five days. In the same time, crypto company Danal rose by 5%, with prices up as high as 7% on December 17. Other notable gainers were TS Investment, with over 3% in the same period, Atin ...

核心人事变动 - 美国商品期货交易委员会代理主席卡罗琳·范姆即将加入加密货币支付公司MoonPay 担任首席法律官和首席行政官 [1] - 范姆的入职时间取决于新任CFTC主席的确认 她此前已公开声明将在新主席确认后离开CFTC [3] - 美国总统特朗普已提名迈克尔·塞利格担任CFTC主席 塞利格目前是美国证券交易委员会加密工作组首席顾问 [3][4] 新任高管背景与影响 - 卡罗琳·范姆在CFTC负责处理执法重点、指导文件撤销以及新交易产品的审批路径 [5] - 范姆作为前美国监管者 其直接经验将随其入职带入MoonPay [4] - 范姆的加入对正在重新定位的MoonPay而言意义重大 [5] 公司业务发展与定位 - MoonPay平台使用范围已合理扩大 多家支付公司和消费品牌利用其基础设施试验基于区块链的工具 [6] - 上个月 Arkham交易所整合了MoonPay的法币兑换加密货币服务 以支持通过KYC验证的用户使用信用卡、银行转账和数字钱包存款 [6] - MoonPay近期从纽约州金融服务部获得了有限目的信托牌照以及虚拟货币活动商业许可证 使其能够提供数字资产托管和场外交易服务 [7] - 目前 MoonPay已在美国获得全面许可 并在英国、欧盟、加拿大和澳大利亚受到监管 [7]

Coinbase has appointed former UK finance minister George Osborne as chair of its Global Advisory Council. It is clear that the American crypto exchange wants to deepen its influence with governments outside the United States. Earlier this week, Coinbase tested the waters in India as its deal to acquire a minority stake in local crypto trading platform CoinDCX was approved by the Competition Commission of India. Coinbase Expands Policy Reach Beyond the US Coinbase confirmed that Osborne will take a more ...