Bank of Montreal announced a partnership with CME Group and Google Cloud to roll out tokenized cash services aimed at supporting real-time payments as markets shift toward 24/7 trading. The move targets faster settlement and improved liquidity management for institutional clients.
Google Cloud’s Mandiant unit says a North Korea-linked malware campaign targeting crypto users, tracked since 2018, has sharply increased in scale after adopting AI-driven techniques in November 2025. The detection highlights growing automation risks for the crypto ecosystem.