MoonPay’s new PayBox vault lets AI‑driven assistants like ChatGPT and Claude act as interfaces for crypto transactions, allowing users to buy, swap and move digital assets without handing over custody, marking a novel integration of generative AI with crypto payment services in Europe.
Morgan Stanley added Ether and Solana exchange‑traded products to its crypto offerings, providing investors with exposure to these assets and staking rewards, following its earlier Bitcoin fund launch.
Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange, launched a service that lets retail investors buy tokenized shares of the Jersey Mike’s restaurant chain’s initial public offering. The tokenized shares are fully collateralised by the actual stock, and the offering is open to eligible US users as well as customers in over 110 countries worldwide.
HSBC Holdings Plc will hire over 100 AI specialists in Singapore and establish a global AI centre later this year, reflecting the British bank’s push to invest in technology that is changing financial industry workforces.
Swiss cantonal bank BancaStato launched a regulated crypto trading offering by embedding Sygnum’s trading and custody platform into its Avaloq-based digital banking applications, allowing clients to buy and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Revolut has started a secondary share sale for employees, pricing the company at a $115 billion valuation.
SecondFi, a UK‑based crypto platform, announced it will cease operations after a security breach that resulted in the theft of approximately $2.6 million worth of Cardano (ADA) due to a flaw in its wallet software.
IREN, a European Bitcoin miner, announced that it has signed $2.8 billion of new contracts with AI developers and consequently increased its AI cloud revenue target for the year to more than $4 billion, sending its shares up 16%.
The article reports that, following a series of operational failures that caused most crypto losses, institutional investors are moving away from relying solely on audit reports. Instead, they are adopting continuous monitoring, stricter signer controls and better incident‑response readiness as new trust signals.
OKX Europe launched a new service enabling users in the EU to switch from USDT to a MiCA‑compliant USDC, providing a regulatory‑friendly alternative as the EU’s MiCA rules reshape the stablecoin market