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Coinbase has secured authorization from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority to offer equities and derivatives alongside crypto, a significant regulatory milestone. The move pushes the exchange closer to its so-called everything exchange vision, expanding its footprint well beyond digital assets into mainstream financial products for UK users.
Across the crypto world, a quieter but telling signal is coming out of Japan, where a weakening yen is pushing corporate treasuries toward Bitcoin and XRP. SBI VC Trade reports rising demand from Japanese firms looking to diversify reserves, with the platform's registered accounts now surpassing two million — a number that reflects just how mainstream that hedging instinct has become.
And in a story that speaks to Tether's growing stature as a private financial institution, former investment chief Richard Heathcote is reportedly working with PJT Partners to offload a portion of his one point two six percent stake in the USDT issuer. It's a small slice, but the move draws fresh attention to just how much value has quietly accumulated inside one of crypto's most scrutinized companies.
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