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EU Considers Sanctions on Ruble-Backed Stablecoin A7A5 Linked to Sanctioned Russian Actors
7.10.2025
The European Union is reportedly considering sanctions targeting A7A5, a ruble-backed stablecoin tied to sanctioned Russian actors. According to documents reviewed by Bloomberg, the proposed measures would bar EU-based entities and individuals from engaging directly or indirectly in transactions...
Fasset Receives Malaysian Approval to Operate Stablecoin-Powered Islamic Digital Bank
7.10.2025
Fasset said on October 7, 2025, that it has secured Malaysian approval to provide banking services from Labuan’s regulatory sandbox for Islamic fintech, allowing the firm to offer full-service digital banking to its existing global user base of 500,000. The provisional license positions Fasset...
Bitcoin Breaks Record Again, Touches $125,899 as Supply Tightens
6.10.2025
Bitcoin shattered records once again on Monday, hitting $125,899 as its 2025 rally shows no signs of cooling. The world’s largest digital asset has been on a tear this year, fueled by an unprecedented wave of spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows and corporate treasury allocations that...
Record-Breaking Gold Rally: Prices Top $3,950 as Safe-Haven Demand Soars
6.10.2025
Gold prices shattered records on Monday, surging above $3,950 per ounce for the first time as geopolitical tensions and a U.S. government shutdown amplified safe-haven demand. Spot gold climbed to a peak of $3,950 before settling around $3,948, marking a 2.7% weekly gain driven by weak U.S. jobs...
Iran Plans to Remove Four Zeros From Rial Amid High Inflation
6.10.2025
Iran’s parliament has approved a plan to redenominate the national currency by removing four zeros from the rial, effectively turning 10,000 current rials into 1 new rial, officials and media reported Oct. 5–6, 2025. The proposal includes introducing a new subunit (often referenced as qiran...
Binance Charity Pledges $150,000 to Flood Relief in India
6.10.2025
Binance Charity pledged $150,000 on October 6, 2025, to support relief and recovery after monsoon floods across multiple Indian states, directing funds to Goonj’s Rahat Initiative for urgent humanitarian aid. The contribution will finance essential supplies including food, hygiene and dignity kits...
Defillama Delists Aster Perp Volumes Over Suspected Wash Trading
6.10.2025
Defillama has delisted perpetual futures volumes from Aster after its founder, 0xngmi, said recent Aster perp volumes began mirroring Binance perp volumes “almost exactly,” raising concerns about possible wash trading. In a post explaining the decision, 0xngmi showed comparative charts...
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...
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...