Blockchain & Digital Assets

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

November 9, 2025 @ 11:43 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore’s Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) and US payments company Ripple said they are launching a capacity-building programme to help policymakers and regulators navigate digital assets, starting in Asia Pacific before expanding globally. The “Decoding Digital Assets” initiative plans to train more than 200… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past week, Eurojust announced the results of an international operation that has been credited with dismantling a transnational criminal network, which is said to have been behind one of the largest crypto investment fraud schemes uncovered to date. TRM Labs noted in an extensive… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one of largest companies in the digital asset industry, announced the signing of an MoU with the People’s Committee of Da Nang City in order to enable the development of digital infrastructure and various governance models in one of Vietnam’s… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic noted that government agencies have more digital asset data than they ever had before. The growth in crypto adoption means that agencies now encounter digital assets across a broader range of their ongoing work, from various fraud investigations that involve blockchain / DLT transactions… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 6:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Paystand, a blockchain‑powered B2B payments network, has acquired Bitwage, a platform for stablecoin‑enabled cross‑border payouts. The deal positions Paystand to deliver enterprise‑grade stablecoin settlement and FX across its network, which has processed more than $20 billion in payment volume for 1,000-plus enterprises and over one… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 3:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fireblocks, an enterprise platform for secure digital asset custody, settlement, trading operations, and stablecoin payments, this week announced that Singapore Gulf Bank, a fully licensed digital wholesale bank regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, will leverage Fireblocks’ digital asset infrastructure to support secure treasury… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The rise of these so-called Digital Asset Treasury Companies (DATs) has seemingly become one of web3 and crypto’s most “defining” developments since 2020. CoinGecko noted in a report that although most headlines have primarily focused on ETFs, memecoins, and the upcoming wave of decentralized finance… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 3:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis noted that Web3 attackers are becoming more creative and the number of hacks impacting exchanges and other FIs is steadily increasing. In many instances, attackers drain an exchange’s wallets, and those of their unsuspecting users as well, resulting in the loss of funds, trust,… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In August 2025, digital assets platform Gemini claims that it became the first major crypto exchange to support Zcash unified addresses. Now, the Gemini exchange is taking the next step by enabling complete support for Orchard, which is described as Zcash‘s most advanced privacy protocol…. Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoins may potentially become an area of considerable growth, according to Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran. During a recent speech covering crypto and other developments for the first time in his new role, Miran said that based on the surveys that he has reviewed, and… Read More

November 8, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starting this month, digital assets platform Kraken is partnering with BSO in order to deliver a so-called purpose-built ultra-low-latency (ULL) connectivity route between Tokyo and London. Intended for institutional clients and market makers, this route provides a “dedicated” private connection with round-trip latency “under 140… Read More