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Court Rules BAYC NFTs Are Not Securities
5.10.2025
A U.S. federal judge in the Central District of California dismissed a 2022 class-action suit, finding that Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) do not meet the Howey test for securities. The ruling concluded plaintiffs failed to show a common enterprise or a reasonable...
Paxful to Wind Down Operations by November 1, 2025
3.10.2025
Paxful announced it will cease all operations by November 1, 2025, citing the lasting impact of historic misconduct by former co-founders Ray Youssef and Artur Schaback and unsustainable costs from extensive compliance remediation. The company said the decision is strategic and driven by long-term...
Telegram Wallet to Add Tokenized US Stocks and ETFs Through Kraken and Backed
3.10.2025
Telegram’s Crypto Wallet will soon let users trade tokenized shares of major U.S. companies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the platform announced. The new “Stocks & ETFs” section, enabled via partnerships with Kraken and Backed, will offer fractional, digital forms of equities including...
Brave Browser Surpasses 100 Million Monthly Active Users
3.10.2025
Brave announced on October 3, 2025, that its browser has surpassed 100 million monthly active users, reporting 101 million MAU worldwide across desktop and mobile and 42 million daily active users (DAU), yielding a DAU-to-MAU ratio of 0.42. Brendan Eich, CEO and co-founder, framed the milestone...
Hybrid L2 BOB Enables 1-Click Native BTC Transfers Across 11 Major Chains
2.10.2025
Build on Bitcoin (BOB), a hybrid Layer two (L2) blockchain, launched BOB Gateway, a one-click on- and offramp that connects native bitcoin to Bitgo’s wBTC.OFT across 11 Layerzero-supported blockchains, including Ethereum, Avalanche, Base, BNB Chain, Unichain, Optimism, Sei, and BOB. The update...
Integral Launches Stablecoin-Based Crypto Prime Brokerage
2.10.2025
Integral announced the launch of Primeone, which the company describes as the world’s first stablecoin-based crypto prime brokerage. Built on the Codex Layer-1 EVM blockchain, Primeone integrates institutional-grade credit, trading and net settlement into a single platform that lets clients trade...
Templar Launches Mainnet, Offering Permissionless Bitcoin-Backed Lending Without Trusted Third Parties
1.10.2025
Templar, billed as the first Cypher Lending Protocol, went live on mainnet, enabling bitcoin holders to borrow U.S. dollar–pegged stablecoins against native BTC without relying on banks, exchanges, or centralized intermediaries. The protocol uses MPC (multi-party computation) and immutable...
Metaplanet Acquires 5,268 BTC, Becomes Fourth-Largest Public Bitcoin Treasury
1.10.2025
Tokyo‑listed Metaplanet Inc. (TSE: 3350) today announced the purchase of 5,268 BTC for approximately $615.67 million at about $116,870 per bitcoin. This latest move brings the Japanese bitcoin treasury company’s total holdings to 30,823 BTC, acquired for roughly $3.33 billion (average cost...
Crypto.com Secures Full CFTC Derivatives Stack, Clears Way for Margined Crypto Products
1.10.2025
Crypto.com announced that its affiliate Crypto.com | Derivatives North America (CDNA) has received approval for an amended designated contract market (DCM) license, completing a full suite of U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) derivatives permissions — DCM, DCO and FCM. The...
Swiss Crypto Bank Sygnum Launches Regulated Bitcoin Yield Fund Targeting 8–10% Annual Returns
1.10.2025
Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum today launched the Starboard Sygnum BTC Alpha Fund, developed with Starboard Digital and Starmark as AIFM, targeting an 8–10% annual return paid in bitcoin via systematic arbitrage strategies that convert trading profits into additional BTC. Designed for professional...
Crypto.com Partners With Sharps Technology to Manage $400M+ Solana Treasury and Boost Ecosystem Liquidity
30.9.2025
Crypto.com and Sharps Technology, Inc. (STSS) announced a partnership to bolster Solana ecosystem growth by deploying the platform’s institutional-grade custody and OTC services to manage STSS’s solana-focused digital asset treasury. STSS, which holds over 2 million SOL—valued at more than $400...
OKX Singapore Enables USDC and USDT Payments at Grab Merchants via QR Codes
30.9.2025
OKX Singapore launched scan‑to‑pay support allowing users to spend USDC and USDT at Grab Pay merchants by scanning Singapore’s unified QR code (SGQR) through OKX Pay. Transactions will be settled onchain using the purpose bound money (PBM) framework, which applies programmable logic for compliant...
Starknet Unveils BTCFi: Trustless BTC Staking, Partners, and 100M STRK Incentives
30.9.2025
Starknet today announced BTCFi, a trilogy of initiatives aimed at deepening bitcoin’s role as a global settlement asset by embedding BTC into Starknet’s security and consensus. For the first time on any L2, BTC holders can stake without losing custody to secure Starknet and earn rewards;...
ECB Advocates Digital Euro as Shield for Freedom, Autonomy and Security
29.9.2025
Piero Cipollone, member of the ECB Executive Board, delivered a keynote at the Baltic conference “Payments & Policy in a Changing Environment,” arguing the digital euro is essential to preserve Europeans’ ability to use sovereign money as transactions go increasingly digital. Cipollone framed...
Capital B Finalizes 12 BTC Acquisition; Holdings Reach 2,812 Bitcoin
29.9.2025
Capital B (The Blockchain Group, ISIN: FR0011053636, ticker: ALCPB) has completed an “ATM‑type” capital increase with TOBAM at €1.70 per share, raising €1.2 million ($1.4 million) to acquire 12 BTC. The transaction brings the group’s total crypto treasury to 2,812 BTC, acquired for €262.1 million...
Fnality Raises $136M Series C to Accelerate DLT‑Enabled Wholesale Settlement
24.9.2025
Fnality announced a $136 million Series C round led by Wisdomtree, Bank of America, Citi, KBC Group, Temasek and Tradeweb, with participation from existing investors including Banco Santander, Barclays, BNP Paribas, DTCC, Euroclear, Goldman Sachs, ING, Nasdaq Ventures, State Street and UBS....
Vitalik Buterin Calls for Full‑Stack Openness and Verifiability to Secure a Digital Future
24.9.2025
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a blog post advocating for “full‑stack” openness and verifiability across software, hardware and bio systems to preserve freedom and security as the internet becomes indistinguishable from real life. Buterin argues that open source code, verifiable...
Interactive Brokers-Led $104M Series D-2 Propels Zerohash to $275M Total Funding
24.9.2025
Zerohash announced a $104 million Series D-2 round led by Interactive Brokers with new institutional participants including Morgan Stanley, Sofi, Apollo-managed funds, Jump Crypto, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, FTMO, IMC and Liberty City Ventures, alongside existing investors PEAK6...
Plasma Introduces Plasma One — A Stablecoin‑Native Neobank and Card
23.9.2025
Plasma has unveiled Plasma One, a stablecoin‑native neobank and card designed to give global users permissionless access to saving, spending, earning and sending digital dollars in a single app. Targeting markets with high dollar demand — from Istanbul’s bazaars to Buenos Aires stores and Dubai...
Crypto Wealth Skyrockets as Global Count of Millionaires Tops 240,000
23.9.2025
Global crypto wealth has surged to an unprecedented 241,700 crypto millionaires, the Crypto Wealth Report 2025 from Henley & Partners with data from New World Wealth shows — a 40% rise in 12 months. Bitcoin led the charge, with Bitcoin millionaires up 70% year‑on‑year to 145,100 holders, while...