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Traditional finance is moving beyond debating whether stablecoins and public blockchains belong in the financial system and toward competing for control of the infrastructure that will carry digital money, industry experts said. The shift could reshape how payments and institutional settlements oper

Wall Street’s next blockchain chapter may be led less by crypto-native startups and more by the banks, exchanges and market infrastructure firms that already control traditional finance. A new Citi Institute report on Monday projected the tokenized financial asset market could grow from about $17 bi

Citigroup analyst Peter Christiansen downgraded Gemini Space Station (Nasdaq: GEMI) to Sell from Neutral on Wednesday and cut the stock's price target by more than 57%, from $13 to $5.50, citing delayed profitability and stalled U.S. crypto legislation. GEMI fell more than 16% to approximately $5.95

Citigroup announced it will launch a direct Bitcoin (BTC) custody service for institutional clients later in 2026, the bank's most concrete public commitment yet to holding native cryptocurrency on its own balance sheet. Unlike ETF-based models used by many financial institutions, Citi plans to cust

Crypto exchanges that focus only on digital assets are approaching a structural ceiling, according to Bitget CEO Gracy Chen, who said platforms must expand into traditional assets and compliance-driven models to remain competitive. “I do think that if a centralized exchange, or crypto exchanges in g