Blockchain & Digital Assets

November 12, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Episode Six and Fireblocks announced the co-development of a unified payments solution. The payments solution integrates traditional and digital finance, bringing together fiat, stablecoins, loyalty points, and other digital assets onto a single, programmable platform—allowing FIs to effectively operate across asset classes. The collab combines… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 3:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mike Cagney, the executive board chairperson and the co-founder of Figure (NASDAQ:FIGR), has said that blockchain wallets are going to completely disrupt how existing financial services actually work. Cagney also mentioned that today, we have an account at a firm like SoFi. They offer clients… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is reportedly expanding institutional access to the Mantle ecosystem by introducing custody support for MNT on Ethereum. MNT is the native token of Mantle, which is an Ethereum Layer 2 that intends to bridge decentralized and traditional finance. Institutions are now able to… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ETOR), the trading and investing platform, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2025. The update seems to have been received well as the company’s stock surged over 8% and was trading at around $41.56 at the… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 1:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, Europol announced that it had arrested seven individuals who were allegedly perpetrators in a SIM Swap scam operation. Described as a Cybercrime-as-a-Service operation, enforcement agencies took down five servers and seized 1,200 SIM box devices and 40,000 active SIM cards. Thousands of SIM… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) aims to be the one financial platform to rule them all. Powered by blockchain and delivering a superior digital service that provides access to public securities, private securities, crypto, and everything a bank does but better. Coinbase will also be offering online capital formation… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

While the CLARITY Act passed the US House of Representatives eons ago, the legislation has been parked in the Senate as policymakers hash out their version of the digital asset market infrastructure bill. Yesterday, the Senate Agriculture Committee posted a bipartisan “discussion draft” of the… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The 4-week long trial of two brothers (who attended MIT) that have been accused of carrying out a $25 million fraud scheme on Ethereum (ETH) has culminated in a mis-trial. The charges and allegations were brought by US federal prosecutors but the mistrial happened when… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and altcoins have again been surging due to  seemingly renewed optimism and positive investor sentiment in financial markets, supported by an update that the US government shutdown could soon come to an end. Bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency, has surged around 5%… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a digital asset banking group, revealed the results of its Future Finance 2025 global institutional investor report. The late-Q3 survey examines the interests, market sentiment and behavior of 1000+ institutional and professional investors currently active in the crypto market across 43 different countries. The… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The INX Digital Company, Inc. (Cboe CA: INXD) recently confirmed the completion of its previously announced plan of arrangement pursuant to which OpenDeal Inc. (doing business as Republic) acquired, via a wholly-owned subsidiary, all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the corporation, other… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 6:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Caroline Pham, the Acting Chairperson of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has indicated that the regulatory agency is presently in talks with various regulated exchanges to potentially introduce spot cryptocurrency trading. This may include leveraged offerings and may be officially launched toward the end… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 5:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

zkVerify has teamed up with Copper, a provider of digital asset custody, prime services and collateral management. This latest collaboration now integrates zkVerify’s proof verification layer into Copper’s custody and settlement infrastructure, with the stated aim of boosting transparency and increasing institutional confidence in digital… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 7:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gemini Space Station (NASDAQ:GEMI) reported its earnings for the first time following its initial public offering (IPO). While several analysts welcomed the results, shares declined in after-hours trading. Gemini reported net revenue of $50.6 million for the quarter, more than double the same quarter in… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orbital, a payment orchestration platform across stablecoins and traditional payment rails, released its Q3 Stablecoin Retail Payments Index snapshot. With data having reportedly been sourced from Artemis, the Index suggests a sector that’s gradually maturing, with various stablecoin product launches balanced with a transition to… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England has published a consultation on possible regulations for pound-based stablecoins. The consultation proposes that stablecoins would be allowed to hold 60% of backing assets in short-term UK government debt. The balance would be held in unremunerated accounts at the Bank of… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Injective, the blockchain built for finance, has launched iBuild, a Web3 platform that enables anyone to build and deploy blockchain applications without writing code. Powered by Injective’s MultiVM infrastructure, iBuild allows users to design, configure, and launch decentralized applications within minutes through intuitive, AI-assisted workflows. iBuild empowers creators to… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger is reportedly planning to secure more funding, probably by 2026. This, as the overall demand for crypto-assets security devices has led to the firm experiencing its best financial performance to date (as revealed in a recent update from the… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 12:21 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pi Squared, the team building an infinitely scalable network for internet-speed payments, this week announced the launch of its Devnet 2.0, a major upgrade to its FastSet protocol. With this launch, Pi Squared is building towards a future where payments and all forms of transactions… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 11:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has debuted Bybit Pay in Sri Lanka. The initial rollout covers 50 physical point-of-sale and 50 digital merchant activations. With mobile penetration exceeding 130% and ever-growing digital adoption, Sri Lanka has a vibrant payment ecosystem with significant opportunities for innovation and demands for… Read More