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Binance Japan Rolls out Paypay Money for Instant Crypto Trading
22.11.2025
A broader shift toward integrated digital payments is accelerating in Japan as Binance Japan activates Paypay Money and Paypay Points for seamless spot-market crypto transactions, enabling rapid deposits, withdrawals, and asset purchases through updated mobile apps. The platform supports...
Report: Kalshi Valued at $11 Billion After $1 Billion Funding Round
21.11.2025
Kalshi raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, fueled by surging trading volume and returning investors Sequoia and CapitalG. Kalshi, a prediction‑market platform, secured a $1 billion financing round that values the company at $11 billion, people familiar with the deal told Techcrunch...
Anchorage Digital Adds Mezo Support to Let Institutions Borrow and Earn on BTC
21.11.2025
Anchorage Digital announced support for Mezo through its institutional self‑custody wallet Porto, enabling clients to borrow against BTC at fixed rates starting at 1% and, soon, lock BTC to collect rewards via Anchorage’s custody solutions. The integration connects institutional‑grade custody...
Ondo Secures EU Approval to Offer Tokenized Stocks and ETFs Across Europe
20.11.2025
Ondo Global Markets said that it received regulatory authorization from the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority to offer tokenized stocks and ETFs to retail investors across the European Economic Area, enabling compliant, onchain exposure to U.S. markets for more than 500 million investors...
Safepal Integrates Hyperliquid to Create Wallet‑Native Perp DEX Hub
20.11.2025
Safepal announced a native integration with Hyperliquid, the high‑performance DEX for perpetual futures, enabling users to trade perps with up to 40x leverage (including BTC and ETH pairs) directly within Safepal’s software and hardware wallets. The V4.10.4 app update adds onchain orderbook access...
Europol Traces $55 Million in Crypto Linked to Digital Piracy Services
20.11.2025
Europol, working with the European Union Intellectual Property Office and Spain’s National Police, said on Nov. 19, 2025, that investigators traced roughly $55 million in cryptocurrency connected to illicit streaming and other digital piracy services. The operation identified 69 targeted sites...
Minipay Enables Instant USDT Spending on PIX and Mercado Pago Across Latin America
20.11.2025
Minipay on Nov. 19, 2025, announced it has enabled instant spending of USDT across Brazil’s PIX and Argentina’s Mercado Pago through a “Pay like a local” feature that sends merchants local-currency payments in seconds without requiring a local bank account or residency, the company said....
Samourai Wallet Co-Founder William Hill Gets 4-Year Federal Sentence
20.11.2025
William Lonergan Hill, co-founder and chief technology officer of Samourai Wallet, was sentenced Wednesday to four years in federal prison for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business tied to the privacy-focused bitcoin service. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote handed down the 48-month...
Wirex and Stellar Launch Dual‑Stablecoin Visa Settlement for 7M+ Users
19.11.2025
Wirex and Stellar activate onchain Visa settlement using USDC and EURC for over seven million Wirex users. Wirex announced on November 18, 2025 that, in partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation, it has gone live with dual‑stablecoin settlement using USDC and EURC on the Stellar...
Mastercard Selects Polygon to Power Verified Username Transfers for Self‑custody Wallets
19.11.2025
Mastercard expands Crypto Credential to self‑custody wallets using Polygon to enable verified, username‑style aliases. Mastercard, Polygon Labs, and Mercuryo announced on November 18, 2025 that Mastercard Crypto Credential will extend to self‑custody wallets, with Polygon chosen as the initial...
Revolut Integrates Polygon for USDC, USDT Payments and Remittances
19.11.2025
Revolut integrates with Polygon Labs to enable near‑instant USDC, USDT and POL remittances for UK and EEA customers. Polygon Labs announced on November 18, 2025 that Revolut — Europe’s largest fintech with over 65 million users across 38 countries — has integrated Polygon to power stablecoin...
Kraken Raises $800 Million; Citadel Securities Commits $200 Million at $20B Valuation
19.11.2025
Kraken raises $800 million to accelerate onchain traditional finance, with Citadel Securities investing $200 million at a $20 billion valuation. Kraken announced on November 18, 2025 that it has raised $800 million across two tranches to advance its strategy of bringing traditional financial...
Aave Launches Consumer Savings App With up to 9% APY
19.11.2025
Aave Labs launches Aave App, a consumer savings app offering up to 9% APY, instant interest accrual, and $1M balance protection. Aave Labs announces the Aave App, introducing a mobile-first savings product that lets users deposit from over 12,000 banks or stablecoins and earn up to 9% APY with...
SGX Derivatives Launches Bitcoin And Ethereum Perpetual Futures
18.11.2025
SGX Derivatives announces exchange‑cleared bitcoin and ethereum perpetual futures launching November 24, 2025. SGX Derivatives announced on November 17, 2025 in Singapore that it will launch bitcoin and ethereum perpetual futures on November 24, 2025, offering continuous, no‑expiry contracts within...
Levelfield Bank Clears Illinois Approval to Offer FDIC‑insured Crypto Services Across the US
18.11.2025
Levelfield Financial receives conditional IDFPR approval to acquire Burling Bank and offer FDIC‑insured banking with digital asset services. Levelfield Financial announced on November 17, 2025 in Houston that the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has granted...
Tokenized Trump International Hotel to Open in Maldives Resort
18.11.2025
The Trump Organization unveils Trump International Hotel Maldives and the first tokenized hotel development project. Dar Global and The Trump Organization announced on November 17, 2025 in Dubai the Trump International Hotel Maldives, a resort of about 80 ultra‑luxury beach and overwater villas...
AMINA HK Gains SFC Type 1 License For Professional Crypto Services
18.11.2025
Swiss crypto-banking group AMINA secures SFC Type 1 uplift to offer crypto spot trading and custodial services to Hong Kong professional investors. AMINA (Hong Kong) Limited announced on November 18, 2025 in Hong Kong that it has received a Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Type 1 license...
Strategy Nears 650,000 Bitcoin After Its Latest 8,178 BTC Grab
17.11.2025
Strategy, the heavyweight of bitcoin corporate treasuries, just grabbed 8,178 BTC for $835.6 million, adding another hefty block to its stash. The move comes on the heels of founder Michael Saylor revealing that the firm was scooping up coins during last week’s dip. Strategy kept the momentum...
Amboss and Voltage Partner to Bring Yield to Bitcoin and Stablecoin Payments
16.11.2025
Amboss Technologies and Lightning provider Voltage announced an enterprise integration that pairs Voltage’s Lightning Payments API with Amboss Rails to let businesses accept near‑instant, low‑cost bitcoin and stablecoin payments while earning yield on self‑custodied bitcoin. The stack uses Taproot...
Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba Plans Stablecoin‑Like AI Payments With JPMorgan
16.11.2025
Alibaba’s cross‑border e‑commerce unit said it will roll out new artificial intelligence (AI) subscription features and explore a stablecoin‑like tokenization system for B2B payments using JPMorgan’s tokenization technology. Kuo Zhang, president of Alibaba.com, told CNBC the initiative aims...