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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...
Report: Robinhood Explores Overseas Prediction Markets Launch
30.9.2025
Robinhood is reportedly taking its prediction markets global, betting that the world is just as eager to wager on everything from elections to sports. Not content with just disrupting domestic investing, Robinhood is now taking its prediction markets global, according to a recent Bloomberg report....
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;...
Long-Dormant Bitcoin Whale Awakens, Moves $45.6M in BTC After Nearly 12 Years
29.9.2025
A dusty old bitcoin wallet from November 2013 recently woke up, stretched its digital legs, and unloaded 400 BTC—worth a cool $45.6 million today—marking its first move in nearly 12 years. A bitcoin whale rolled out of hibernation at block height 916840, btcparser.com data shows, shifting...
Strategy Snaps up Another 196 Bitcoins, Pushing Treasury to 640,000 BTC
29.9.2025
On Monday, Sept. 29, Michael Saylor, the founder of Strategy, formerly Microstrategy, tossed another 196 bitcoins into the company’s overflowing hoard like it was just another day at the office. After dropping a Sunday teaser with a chart and the line “Always Be Stacking,” Saylor’s firm made good...
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...
Crypto Treasury Moves Trigger Regulatory Scrutiny Over Stock Jumps
27.9.2025
Sudden stock price spikes ahead of crypto-related disclosures have drawn the attention of U.S. regulators, signaling deepening concern over potential market manipulation. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) are reportedly reviewing...
US Senate Schedules Hearing on Crypto Taxation Policy
26.9.2025
In a critical move toward shaping future U.S. tax policy, the Senate Finance Committee will evaluate how digital assets are treated under existing taxation frameworks. Set for Oct. 1, 2025, at 10 a.m. ET, the hearing—titled “Examining the Taxation of Digital Assets”—will be led by Chairman Mike...
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...
Digital Assets Conference CFC St. Moritz Establishes BTC Reserve With Sygnum
24.9.2025
The CFC St. Moritz, a digital assets conference, has partnered with Sygnum Bank to create a bitcoin ( BTC) reserve. This move is part of the conference’s long-term strategy and reflects its belief in BTC as a foundational digital asset. The conference has allocated 25% of its treasury assets...
CZ-Backed YZi Labs Teases Opening $10B War Chest to Outside Backers: FT
23.9.2025
In a recent Financial Times (FT) report published by Nikou Asgari, the Changpeng “CZ” Zhao-backed global investment firm, YZi Labs, says it may open its $10 billion portfolio to outside investors—but only after it beefs up in artificial intelligence (AI) and biotech. YZi Labs...
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...