Top story: Payward acquires Saldo Bank for $181M, expanding Kraken across EU. At publication, Bitcoin was at $80,818 (-3.1% in 24h), Ether at $2,355.83 (-5.9% in 24h) and the total crypto market cap at $2.73 trillion (-6.2% in 24h).
Payward, Kraken's parent company, is acquiring Saldo Finance Oy for $181 million to gain control of a licensed European bank in Lithuania. The acquisition enables Kraken to offer lending, deposits, payments, and tokenized securities across five EU markets.
Nasdaq-listed Evernorth has named Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo to manage yield strategies for its 473 million XRP treasury, with deployment beginning in Q4 2026. The move marks a rare instance of a public company actively managing crypto holdings for institutional returns.
The Dutch central bank granted Qivalis an e-money license to operate a MiCA-compliant euro token backed by a consortium of 37 banks including BBVA, BNP Paribas, and ING. Issuance is expected in the coming months through financial intermediaries.
Ledger has asked resellers in seven Asian markets to stop selling its hardware wallets following confirmed incidents of device tampering. The company says its systems and direct sales were not compromised, though a German customer reported finding an implant in a device purchased through MediaMarkt Saturn.
Babylon has proposed allowing Bitcoin holders to use native BTC as collateral on Aave V4 while keeping assets on the Bitcoin blockchain. The mechanism would use WBTC for liquidation settlement, with risk parameters and governance votes still pending.
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