Ripple’s Jeonbuk Bank Deal Makes a Better Case for Blockchain: Improve the Bank, Don’t Replace It
Ripple’s new partnership with Jeonbuk Bank is notable not because it promises to overturn cross-border banking overnight, but because it…
Author: Helena Markou
Markets and policy reporter covering institutional crypto strategy, exchange-traded products, and the slow-motion merger of TradFi and digital assets. Before joining CryptoSibyl News, Helena spent four years covering European fintech regulation and cross-border capital flows for a Geneva-based financial wire. Outside the terminal, she collects first-edition maps of trade routes that no longer exist and maintains that the best coffee in Europe is in Thessaloniki, not Rome.
OCC’s Conditional Approval for World Liberty Trust Tests the Next Stage of Stablecoin Banking
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted preliminary conditional approval for World Liberty Trust Company, N.A., a…
The SEC’s Cancelled Crypto Meeting Delays a Needed Test of U.S. Rulemaking
The most important crypto-regulatory development of the day was not a new rule, an enforcement action or a legislative vote.…
Hyperion DeFi’s Record Profit Reveals the Promise—and the Accounting Risk—of Token Treasuries
Hyperion DeFi has delivered a remarkable second-quarter headline: $31.0 million of GAAP net income and $53.7 million of adjusted EBITDA.…
Pi Network Faces Critical Juncture as Protocol 26 Hard Deadline Arrives
The Pi Network, one of the most widely downloaded and debated “tap-to-earn” mobile mining projects in the cryptocurrency space, is…
The Great Crypto Shakeout: Over 100 Projects Fold in 2026 as Industry Consolidates
The cryptocurrency and blockchain sector is undergoing a brutal, dot-com-style consolidation. According to recent data tracking the digital asset landscape,…
Trump Media Abruptly Unwinds Crypto.com Partnership and Scraps CRO Treasury Plans
In a surprising reversal of its aggressive push into the digital asset space, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG)—the parent…
Solana Prepares for ‘Alpenglow’ Upgrade Amid Market Volatility and Record Network Activity
The Solana ecosystem is bracing for a critical technical inflection point as the highly anticipated “Alpenglow” upgrade approaches its scheduled…
Bitcoin On-Chain Activity Hits 2026 High Amid Security Breach and Market Volatility
Bitcoin’s on-chain activity has surged to its highest levels of 2026, driven by a complex confluence of market volatility, shifting…