Morgan Stanley May Have Reset the Crypto Trading Fee Baseline
A new pricing war is emerging in crypto trading as traditional brokerages move to challenge both crypto-native platforms and retail trading apps on fees, access, and trust. E*TRADE, owned by Morgan Stanley, has launched a pilot spot crypto trading service for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, charging 50 basis points (0.5%) per transaction. That undercuts rival […]
China and Indonesia Link QR Payment Systems in Cross-Border Push
Increasing payment connectivity across Southeast Asia has become a focus for China, and a new initiative is set to tighten those links further by connecting Indonesia’s Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) with major Chinese payment ecosystems, including Alipay and UnionPay. The result is a more seamless payment bridge between two of the region’s largest […]
The Passkey You Can’t Steal: Why Hardware Beats Software for High-Stakes Authentication
Today is World Passkey Day. And while the industry celebrates the shift away from passwords, the more important question is what kind of passkey replaces them. Many organizations recognize that passwords are on the way out, with passkeys emerging as a replacement. What’s less widely understood is that the two main types of passkeys—synced and […]