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Payward acquires Magna

19 February 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Kraken’s financial infrastructure platform has acquired the token management platform, which is anticipated to serve as an operational layer bringing tooling for vesting, white-label token claims, custody, and escrow workflows

BananaCrystal launches platform

19 February 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Built on the Hedera Network, the currency liquidity pool and prediction market are designed to enable swaps across over 150 digitised fiat currencies, and support enterprise cross-border payment management

SWIAT supports Bank of Greece

17 February 2026 Greece, Germany
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Secure Worldwide Interbank Asset Transfer platform has backed Bank of Greece in ‘Project Sovereign’, a simulation of a digital sovereign bond issuance on the blockchain

WEB3 granted MiCA license

17 February 2026 Poland
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The approval will allow the Morphic-owned firm to operate across the European Union under the new adoption framework

KBC Bank to launch regulated crypto trading services

17 February 2026 Belgium
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The service enables clients to trade a selection of crypto assets through the bank’s existing digital investment platform

Open World and VerifyMe sign merger agreement

13 February 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The combined entity intends to focus on token listings, regulated digital asset infrastructure, enterprise-grade compliance frameworks, and institutional RWA tokenisation

Zodia Custody launches Zodia Switch

11 February 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Built in partnership with LMAX, Zodia Switch allows mutual clients to switch between supported ERC-20 tokens, such as ETH, wrapped BTC, and stablecoins

Bitso lists Tether Gold

09 February 2026 Mexico
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

This move provides crypto users with a liquid, gold-backed store of value that allows them to buy and sell within the crypto ecosystem

Taurus and Capco partner

04 February 2026 Switzerland
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The collaboration will help banks and financial services companies accelerate the integration and rollout of digital asset services

Ripple’s prime brokerage platform enables support for Hyperliquid

04 February 2026 British Virgin Islands
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The integration enables institutional clients to access onchain derivatives liquidity while cross-margining decentralised finance exposures with all other asset classes supported by Ripple Prime

SCRYPT partners with Gauntlet

03 February 2026 Switzerland
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Together, the firms are launching institutional access to transparent and risk-managed DeFi strategies at scale

N3XT integrates with Fireblocks

29 January 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The firm has embedded its infrastructure on the Fireblocks platform, allowing clients to manage their risk parameters and embed US dollar payment options

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