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Koda Nexus Opens in Otherside, Bored Ape Yacht Club Creator Debuts Social Hub
13.11.2025
Yuga Labs launches Koda Nexus in Otherside metaverse as a central, evolving social and onchain hub. Yuga Labs opens the Koda Nexus in its Otherside metaverse on Nov. 12, 2025, unveiling a persistent city‑style hub with districts, an ancient temple core and recurring challenges, announced...
Cleartoken Gets UK FCA Approval to Launch Regulated Digital‑Asset Settlement
13.11.2025
Cleartoken wins UK approval to run a regulated digital‑asset settlement service for crypto, stablecoins and fiat. Cleartoken Depository Limited (London) receives Financial Conduct Authority authorization to operate a regulated Delivery‑versus‑Payment settlement system that nets and settles trades...
Transak Wins Six New US Money Transmitter Licenses
12.11.2025
Transak expands U.S. regulatory footprint with six additional state MTLs, enabling broader stablecoin payments. Transak USA LLC announces it has secured Money Transmitter Licenses (MTLs) in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Vermont, bringing its U.S. licensing total to...
Coinbase Business Launches in Singapore as First International Market
12.11.2025
Coinbase Business debuts in Singapore, offering USDC stablecoin payments, global payouts, and rewards for local businesses. Coinbase Business launches in Singapore on Nov. 12, 2025 as the platform’s first international market, providing startups and small to medium-sized businesses with instant...
Perp DEX Space Heats up — Lighter Ignites $68M Fundraise as Investors Flock to Defi’s Next Big Thing
11.11.2025
Vladimir Novakovski’s blockchain startup Lighter has secured $68 million in fresh funding from top-tier backers, marking one of the most notable reverse pivots in Silicon Valley—from artificial intelligence (AI) back to crypto. According to a Forbes report, Lighter’s $68 million round was led...
SoFi Makes Banking History — Crypto Trading Now Inside Your Bank App
11.11.2025
SoFi Bank has entered the digital asset arena, unveiling a new cryptocurrency trading service that integrates bitcoin, ethereum, and other tokens directly within its federally regulated banking app. SoFi’s new “SoFi Crypto” offering allows customers to buy, sell, and hold a variety of digital...
Wirex to Launch Cardano Card Global Payments Solution
11.11.2025
Emurgo, the investment arm of Cardano, partners with Wirex to issue the Cardano Card, bringing multi‑chain crypto spending to millions. At the Cardano Summit in Berlin, Emurgo announced a strategic partnership with Wirex to issue the Cardano Card, a multi‑chain crypto card integrated into the Wirex...
Exodus Wallet Acquires Uruguay’s Grateful to Boost Latin America Stablecoin Payments
11.11.2025
Exodus acquires Uruguay-based Grateful to expand stablecoin merchant services and faster, lower-cost payouts. Exodus Movement, Inc. (NYSE American: EXOD) announces the acquisition of Grateful, a Montevideo-founded stablecoin payments orchestrator that enables merchants to accept wallet-to-wallet...
Bank Survey: Institutional Investors Shift to Diversification, Embrace Crypto as Strategic Allocation
11.11.2025
Global institutional investors now prioritize diversification over speculation and increase crypto allocations despite near-term caution. Sygnum’s Future Finance 2025 report surveys 1,000+ institutional and professional crypto investors across 43 countries and finds 61% plan to increase...
Another Day, Another Bitcoin Haul — Saylor’s Strategy Scoops Up 487 BTC
10.11.2025
After a cryptic hint from Michael Saylor yesterday, Strategy went full throttle again—snapping up another pile of bitcoin ( BTC), precisely 487 BTC for just shy of $50 million. Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), once known as Microstrategy, added fresh bitcoin to its stash this week. On Sunday, the bitcoin...
Japan PIP Stablecoin Experiment Backed by Financial Services Agency
9.11.2025
Japan’s Financial Services Agency backs a PIP stablecoin experiment with multiple banks. Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) announces support for the Payment Innovation Project (PIP) stablecoin experiment beginning November 2025 in Japan, involving Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui...
Italy Banks Back Digital Euro CBDC, Seek Staggered Implementation Costs
9.11.2025
The Italian Banking Association supports a digital-euro central bank digital currency (CBDC) while urging that investment costs be spread over time. Italian banks, led by the Italian Banking Association (ABI), say they support the European Central Bank’s (ECB) digital euro project, ABI General...
Russian Authorities Arrest Suspects Over Crypto Investor Couple’s UAE Murder
9.11.2025
Russian police arrest multiple suspects accused of kidnapping and killing a St. Petersburg crypto investor and his wife in the UAE. Russia’s Interior Ministry announces arrests across several regions on 8 November 2025 of suspects allegedly linked to the October kidnapping and murder of...
Kazakhstan to Form $1B Crypto Reserve by 2026: Report
8.11.2025
Kazakhstan plans to create a crypto reserve fund worth up to $1 billion by early 2026, funded by seized, repatriated, and mining-related assets, Bloomberg reported. The fund will invest in ETFs and crypto-focused companies, avoiding direct bitcoin holdings. Officials said the initiative aims...
Bitcoin Banknote-ATM Network Pilot Launches in El Zonte, El Salvador
7.11.2025
Satnotes to dispense 500 satoshi‑denominated banknotes via a community ATM pilot on Jan 1, 2026. The Satnotes El Zonte Experiment announces in El Zonte, El Salvador on 6 November 2025 a pilot launch of the world’s first physical bitcoin banknote ATM network, with the inaugural dispensing of 500...
OKX Launches Stablecoin Payments and Mastercard Debit Card in Brazil
7.11.2025
OKX rolls out OKX Pay and OKX Card in Brazil to offer USD stablecoin access, up to 10% APY, and no IOF tax on international spending. OKX announces in São Paulo the launch of OKX Pay and OKX Card in Brazil, enabling instant PIX‑linked conversion of reais to USD‑denominated stablecoins, domestic...
Developer Behind Samourai Wallet Hit With 5-Year Sentence
6.11.2025
According to reports, Samourai Wallet’s Keonne Rodriguez just got five years behind bars. Rodriguez and his fellow developer William Lonergan Hill were accused of running an unlicensed money-transmitting business — a fancy way of saying the feds didn’t like their privacy tools. Both struck a plea...
Future Raises Strategic Funding to Build Swiss Bitcoin Treasury Platform
6.11.2025
Swiss Bitcoin Treasury Company Future raises $34.6 million to scale institutional bitcoin services from Zurich. Future Holdings AG announces in Zurich on 5 November 2025 the successful close of a $34.6 million (CHF 28 million) strategic funding round anchored by Fulgur Ventures, Nakamoto and TOBAM...
CMT Digital Closes $136M Fund IV to Back Next Phase of Crypto Adoption
6.11.2025
CMT Digital raises $136 million for Fund IV to invest in blockchain infrastructure and re‑architecting global finance. CMT Digital announces the close of its fourth venture fund at $136 million, bringing the firm’s assets under management to over $600 million and targeting early‑stage founders...
BoE Says UK Stablecoin Rules Will Roll out ‘Just as Quickly as the US’
6.11.2025
Bank of England deputy governor vows UK stablecoin regime will be implemented promptly, with temporary holding limits. Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden tells a London conference on 5 November 2025 that the UK will unveil a proposed stablecoin regime on Monday and aims for it to be...