Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 12, 2025 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino recently stated that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may potentially turn money into a tool of government surveillance. Tether is the issuer of the world’s most popular stablecoin by market cap, USDT. During the recent TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Ardoino noted that… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ongoing discussions at the White House regarding US President Donald Trump potentially pardoning Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao might actually be progressing, as per a recent report. Individuals that are close to Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao or “CZ” are now claiming that discussions at the White… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tax authorities in India are said to be investigating over 400 high-net-worth individuals that are using crypto exchange Binance. These accounts are being suspected of attempting to bypass India’s high taxes on crypto transactions, a report from The Economic Times has claimed. The traders could… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize is reportedly considering going public through a potential merger with a blank-check company that is sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald. This, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. Securitize, which currently oversees more than $4.6 billion in tokenized real-world asset value, may be valued at… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hayden Adams, founder of Uniswap, has noted that large sell-offs are now simply serving as a reminder and perhaps evidence that DeFi is built different. Hayden confirmed that the decentralized finance protocol Uniswap did close to $9 billion in trading volume during the recent crypto… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle revealed that it is currently incubating prototypes and products at the intersection of crypto and AI. It is said to be working on a machine-to-machine micropayments solution. Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase — one that appears to be increasingly defined by agency…. Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) are both bidding in order to acquire stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK in a deal that may be valued at around $2.5 billion, according to an update from Fortune. While citing various sources familiar with the matter, the outlet said… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Co-founder Tarek Mansour noted that Kalshi recently raised $300M+ at a $5B valuation, led by Sequoia and a16z. Since then, he claims that they have grown more than 3x, reached $50B of annualized volume, and became the largest prediction market in the world. And now,… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 9:17 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Fireblocks said that Moomoo will integrate its Wallets-as-a-Service (WaaS) infrastructure to expand and secure the trading platform’s digital-asset offerings, in a move aimed at boosting scalability, reliability and security across Moomoo’s operations. The integration, targeted for completion by end-2025, will connect Moomoo Singapore to the… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 5:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Block Street, a startup building an execution and lending layer for tokenized equities, has raised $11.5 million in strategic funding to deploy its intent/RFQ-based trading infrastructure on Monad and major EVM networks. The round was led by Hack VC with participation from Generative Venture, DWF… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 3:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Jiko, a platform built on U.S. T-bills, this week announced strategic backing by Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) and Blockstream Capital Partners. Alongside this investment, Jiko is entering new strategic partnerships with Crypto.com, Blockstream Capital Partners, Bitso, and Coinbase. These strategic partners will join other institutions adopting… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OnePay, a financial technology company that is owned by Walmart, is introducing Bitcoin and Ethereum trading services to its mobile app, according sources familiar with the matter and as cited by CNBC. The Fintech company is said to be working cooperatively with stablecoin and crypto… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP), which claims to be largest bank and the largest supplier of integrated financial services in Peru, and BitGo, the digital asset infrastructure company, announced the launch of Criptococos, the banking platform in Peru, to allow for the purchase and… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the establishment of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) and a Digital Assets Stockpile (DAS), the United States declared that it intends to add to its pool of digital capital via additional asset seizures. Chainalysis has recently noted that the cryptocurrency ecosystem presents law enforcement with an opportunity. According… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 11:18 am By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore-based YY Group Holding Limited said it will integrate enterprise-grade stablecoin payment infrastructure from Obita to power cross-border receivables, payables and treasury operations across its global gig-work platforms, under a memorandum of understanding. YY Group, a workforce solutions and integrated facilities management provider, said the… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The US House of Representatives approved digital asset market infrastructure, the CLARITY Act, last July. Since then, the legislation has been stalled in the Senate as members hash out potential changes to the language of the bill, with Republicans distributing their draft and, more recently,… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Private investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown has issued a statement on crypto and Bitcoin specifically, describing the world’s most popular crypto as “not an asset class.” To quote the firm:  “…we do not think cryptocurrency has characteristics that mean it should be included in portfolios for… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bit Digital, one of the Ethereum treasuries with over $532.5 Million in ETH as of September 30, 2025, has selected Figment, as its primary staking provider to bolster its Ethereum strategy. Bit Digital has adopted staking in its strategy and “has staked over 86% of… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Luxembourg sovereign wealth fund has reportedly invested 1% of its portfolio into Bitcoin ETFs, which is said to make it the first sovereign wealth fund in the Eurozone area to officially gain exposure to Bitcoin. With the update, Luxembourg appears to be asserting its… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 1:47 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Agio Ratings, a source of risk insights in digital assets, has closed a $6 million funding round led by AlbionVC, bringing the total raised to north of $11 million. The round, which also saw participation from Portage Ventures, MS&AD and Gaingels, enables Agio Ratings to expand… Read More