Italy

Bank of Italy study finds stablecoins no cheaper or faster than traditional remittances

Bank of Italy researchers found stablecoin remittances offered no systematic cost or speed advantage over traditional channels due to fiat on- and off-ramp frictions.In...

Italy Probes Retail Crypto Risks Amid Rising Global Regulatory Fragmentation

Italy's financial authorities launched a detailed review into retail investors’ exposure to cryptocurrencies amid growing financial sector links and regulatory gaps.The focus is on...

Central Banks from France, Italy, Malaysia, and Singapore Join BIS Project to Revolutionize Retail FX Payments

The BIS Innovation Hub revealed Project Rialto, connecting central banks from France, Italy, Malaysia, and Singapore to explore retail cross-border payments. The project integrates domestic...

Italy’s Largest Bank Makes $1M Bitcoin Purchase, Adds 11 BTC to Balance Sheet

Italy's largest bank Intesa Sanpaolo purchased 11 Bitcoin worth over $1 million. The bank made this acquisition through its proprietary trading desk on January 13,...

Italy: 26% tax on cryptocurrency gains

Profits from trading cryptocurrencies will be taxed at 26% from 2023, according to a new law included in Giorgia Meloni's government budget and approved...

SIA blockchain sureties a sure thing in south Italy – FinTech Futures

SIA’s blockchain infrastructure will be used by the south Italian Municipality of...

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Crypto finally sheds ‘get rich quick’ label: Nansen CEO

Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik says crypto is shifting from "toy world" reputation to real-world assets like tokenized stocks and...

CSS attacks in webmail can steal passwords, tokens

PortSwigger researcher Gareth Heyes presented CSS-based email attacks at Black Hat USA 2026 on August 8.The attacks exploited HTML...

Bitcoin $100M Hack, 5,000 Bugs Found

Bitcoin developers used AI tools to find nearly 5,000 security vulnerabilities across 400 projects in 24 hours.A $100 million...