STORY: From Binance betting on a home in Greece to Revolut trialing a crypto token pegged to the British pound.
Binance has been seeking a regulatory home in Europe.
And its co-CEO Richard Teng has said Greece's labor force and security profile gave it the edge over larger financial centers.
The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange holds about $44 billion worth of bitcoin in its customer wallets.
It last month applied in Greece to operate in the EU under the trading bloc's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation scheme.
Crypto companies must obtain the license by July this year.
As income from reserves got a boost from a rise in circulation of its stablecoin token.
It sent its shares up nearly 30%.
Circle's primary stablecoin is seeing a surge in adoption due to favorable regulations such as the GENIUS Act.
It was signed into law by President Donald Trump last year.
Circulation of USDC rose 72% from a year earlier to $75.3 billion in the fourth quarter.
Britain's Revolut will start testing a crypto token pegged to the British pound.
It's in a trial with three small companies but no big high-street lenders.
The Financial Conduct Authority said the trial will take place as part of the regulator's "sandbox" program, a trial with controlled conditions.
Britain's larger financial firms have generally been more cautious in their approach to stablecoins