Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 13, 2025 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Ethena Labs saw its stablecoins (USDe and USDtb) experience significant volatility. The vector for the event appears to be a combination of President Trump’s declaration of additional tariffs on China and the liquidation of crypto on Binance. On October 12, Binance confirmed a… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 10:48 am By Nick Morgan  |  

The financial advisory profession is at a crossroads. Clients are asking more questions than ever about Bitcoin, blockchain, tokenization, and digital assets. Yet, the institutions traditionally responsible for setting the bar on advisor education—self-regulatory organizations (SROs), such as FINRA, have been painfully slow to adapt…. Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Mike Selig, Chief Counsel on the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, is reportedly set to be nominated as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The SEC Crypto Task Force is pursuing updated rules to enable digital asset innovation and will likely become one of… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After nearly a $19 billion wipeout, the Bitcoin and crypto market has clawed back but volatility is signaling more turbulence ahead, according to an update from Derive.xyz. The team noted that they witnessed an unprecedented market meltdown on Friday (October 10, 2025), with more than… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quinlan & Associates have noted that during the past decade, CBDCs or central bank digital currencies have moved to the top of many reserve banks’ strategic priorities, expanding gradually from just 3 projects in 2016 to 149 by August 2025. Although many initiatives have moved… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos has noted that stablecoins are becoming core infrastructure for the global financial sector. They aim to enable faster settlement, economical cross-border payments as well as efficient on- and off-ramps between traditional and digital markets. Paxos pointed out that as adoption accelerates, so do the… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

September marked a significant period for markets as the Federal Reserve cut its rate by 25bps for the first time since December of last year, reaffirming the weakening labour market reports as well as economic uncertainty. HashKey Capital further noted in their latest update that… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This past month, Brazil’s Polícia Federal launched Operation Lusocoin, which is described by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs as a sweeping investigation into a rather sophisticated criminal network that has been accused of laundering billions of reais via various cryptocurrency transactions. TRM Labs recently revealed… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of the platform X (formerly known as Twitter) and current CEO of payments firm Block Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), has introduced a new Bitcoin wallet feature within the Square point-of-sale system. This update, announced on October 8, 2025, enables small U.S. businesses to… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 5:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Derive.xyz has noted that a massive and truly unprecedented flash crash of liquidations saw nearly $7 billion wiped across all markets within a span of just one hour, with $5.5 billion coming from longs. The firm also pointed out that Bitcoin and Ethereum have accounted… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has recently told its financial advisors that the company would be broadening access to cryptocurrency-based investments to all of its clients and enabling these types of investments in any type of account. This will reportedly include retirement accounts as well. Beginning October… Read More

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