Murtuza Merchant
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Murtuza is a seasoned finance journalist with extensive experience covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He has contributed to Benzinga and Cointelegraph, among other publications, reporting on emerging trends, the regulatory landscape, and more. Find him at @murtuza_merc on Twitter and mmerchant001 on Telegram.
Disclosure: Murtuza holds ATOM, AKT, TIA, INJ, and OSMO.
Mastercard Opens Card Settlement To Stablecoins On 8 Blockchains
Card transactions can settle in stablecoins like USDC and RLUSD across eight Mastercard chains, including the XRP Ledger.
Murtuza MerchantJun 03, 2026
Microsoft Releases New AI Models To Challenge Anthropic's Business Push
Microsoft has released a series of new AI models aimed at catching up with Anthropic, whose focus on enterprise users poses a growing competitive threat.
Murtuza MerchantJun 02, 2026
Is Agentic AI Becoming Cisco’s Next Enterprise Security Bet?
Cisco unveiled an agentic AI platform for operating and defending critical IT infrastructure, with quantum-safe communications now default across its core.
Murtuza MerchantJun 02, 2026
Trump Signs AI Executive Order Requiring Government Access To Powerful Models
Trump signed an AI executive order requiring government access to powerful models, reducing the voluntary review period from an earlier shelved version.
Murtuza MerchantJun 02, 2026
Binance Launches U.S. Stocks Trading And Previews Tokenized bStocks Securities
Binance has launched U.S. equities trading for eligible users, offering access to more than 7,000 listed stocks and ETFs alongside a preview of its bStocks.
Murtuza MerchantJun 02, 2026
Exclusive: Standard Chartered's Venture Arm 'Very, Very Close' To Owning Institutional Crypto, Exec Says
Standard Chartered's venture arm is "very, very close" to launching a full bank-grade on-chain finance stack covering custody, tokenization, liquidity, settlement.
Murtuza MerchantJun 02, 2026
Onchain Stocks Hit $5.5B In Volume, But Wall Street Hours Still Rule, Report Finds
A Bitget Wallet study of 2.8 million trades shows onchain equities scaling fast while activity clusters around U.S. trading hours.
Murtuza MerchantJun 02, 2026
Nvidia Releases Nemotron 3 Ultra, Its Best Open-Weight AI Model, But China Still Leads
Nvidia has released Nemotron 3 Ultra, topping every U.S. open-weight AI model by a wide margin, though it still trails the Chinese-led frontier according to.
Murtuza MerchantJun 02, 2026
Study Finds Four Major AI Labs Use Incompatible Prompt Injection Metrics
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta have all published prompt injection disclosures in 2026, but a VentureBeat analysis finds no two labs measure the same.
Murtuza MerchantJun 01, 2026
Citi Warns Crypto Is About To Lose Tokenization To Wall Street
Citi's new report says Wall Street giants like DTCC, NYSE, Nasdaq will dominate the $5.5 trillion tokenization shift by 2030, leaving crypto-natives behind.
Murtuza MerchantJun 01, 2026
