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Nordic Bank Nordea to Offer Bitcoin‑linked Synthetic ETP on Its Platforms
31.10.2025
Nordea will allow customers to trade a Coinshares‑manufactured bitcoin synthetic ETP on its platforms from December 2025. Nordea announced on October 30, 2025, that it will permit customers in the Nordics to trade an externally manufactured crypto‑linked product — a synthetic exchange‑traded...
Flutterwave Selects Polygon as Primary Blockchain Partner for Cross‑border Payments
31.10.2025
Flutterwave partners with Polygon PoS to power instant, low‑cost cross‑border payments across 30+ African countries. Polygon Labs and Flutterwave announced a multi‑year partnership making Polygon PoS the default blockchain for Flutterwave’s new cross‑border payments product, with a pilot for select...
Mastercard Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Zerohash for up to $2 Billion
30.10.2025
Mastercard is in late‑stage talks to acquire Zerohash for roughly $1.5–$2 billion, according to sources. Sources tell Fortune that Mastercard is negotiating to buy Chicago‑based Zerohash, a 2017‑founded stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure provider, in a deal valued between $1.5 billion and...
Gamesquare Partners With Katana to Deploy Ethereum Treasury Into DeFi
30.10.2025
Gamesquare will deploy part of its ethereum holdings on Katana via Dialectic to generate sustainable decentralized finance (DeFi) onchain yield. Gamesquare announced that Dialectic will manage deployment of a portion of the company’s ethereum ( ETH) treasury into Katana, a DeFi‑focused blockchain...
Taurus Opens New York Office as US Regulatory Clarity Spurs Institutional Push
30.10.2025
Taurus expands into the United States with a New York office to support institutional digital‑asset adoption. Taurus, a Swiss‑regulated digital asset infrastructure provider, announces the opening of a New York office on October 29, 2025, marking its second North American base after Vancouver...
Fedi Launches G‑Bot Setup Service to Let Anyone Create Private Wallet Federations
30.10.2025
G‑Bot enables nontechnical users to create and run Fedimint federations for Lightning, onchain bitcoin, and e‑cash payments. Fedi launches the G‑Bot Federation Setup Service, a chatbot‑guided tool that walks users through a three‑step process inside the app to create a private federation with...
Report: OpenAI Readies for $1 Trillion IPO, Reshaping the AI Gold Rush
30.10.2025
OpenAI is reportedly prepping for a $1 trillion IPO that could make Silicon Valley’s wildest fever dreams look quaint—cementing Sam Altman as the ringmaster of the world’s most valuable AI circus. According to Reuters, the artificial intelligence (AI) giant, OpenAI, is quietly setting the stage...
Australian Regulator Updates Guidance Classifying Digital Assets as Financial Products
30.10.2025
ASIC clarifies that many digital assets are financial products and provides transitional relief to support innovation. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on 29 October 2025 published updated guidance stating that stablecoins, wrapped tokens, tokenized securities and digital...
Polygon Labs Partners With Manifold to Bring Institutional Execution Standards to DeFi
29.10.2025
Polygon Labs teams with Manifold Trading to deploy institutional‑grade liquidity management across Polygon Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Polygon Labs and Manifold Trading announced a collaboration, where Manifold will deploy quantitative market‑making and on‑chain arbitrage across major Polygon...
Human Rights Foundation Grants 1 Billion Satoshis to Freedom Tech
29.10.2025
HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund awards 1 billion satoshis (10 BTC) to projects supporting privacy, decentralization, and dissidents. The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announces 1 billion satoshis in grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF), funding open‑source development, censorship‑resistant...
Canada Plans Stablecoin Rules Ahead Of Nov. 4 Federal Budget Announcement
28.10.2025
Canada is consulting on stablecoin regulation and may announce major federal budget measures on Nov. 4. Canadian federal officials are holding detailed consultations with regulators and industry on stablecoin rules, working toward measures Finance Minister François‑Philippe Champagne may unveil...
Tokenization Platform Securitize to Go Public at $1.25B Valuation
28.10.2025
Securitize, the world’s largest real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform, will become a public company through a business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II valued at $1.25 billion. Securitize, Inc., a Miami‑ and New York‑based tokenization platform founded in 2017, has signed...
KR1 Seeks Main Market Listing on London Stock Exchange Next Month
28.10.2025
KR1 plans to move its listing to the London Stock Exchange as UK regulators ease crypto rules. KR1, a crypto staking and investment firm founded in 2014 and based on the Isle of Man, is preparing to transfer its listing from Aquis to the London Stock Exchange main market next month, co‑founder Keld...
Hong Kong and Mainland Investors Signal Strong Demand for Tokenized Funds, Study Finds
28.10.2025
Major study finds 61% of retail investors in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland plan to increase allocations to tokenized funds. A joint study by Aptos Labs and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), published October 28, 2025 in Hong Kong, finds 61% of retail fund investors in Hong Kong and the Chinese...
Citi Goes Crypto: Bank Teams Up With Coinbase to Pilot Stablecoin Transfers
27.10.2025
Wall Street just got a little more onchain—Citi is teaming up with Coinbase to explore stablecoin payments for its institutional clients. Citigroup Inc. and Coinbase Global Inc. are joining forces to pilot stablecoin payments, aiming to make crypto-to-fiat transfers faster and cheaper for Citi’s...
Strategy Adds 390 BTC to Its Treasury, Boosting 2025 Bitcoin Yield to 26%
27.10.2025
Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy expanded its holdings with another major bitcoin purchase on Monday, reinforcing its long-term accumulation strategy. On Oct. 27, 2025, Strategy revealed on X that it had acquired 390 BTC for roughly $43.4 million at an average price of $111,053 per bitcoin, marking...
Japanese Yen Stablecoin JPYC and Issuance Platform JPYC EX Launched
27.10.2025
Japan’s first yen‑pegged stablecoin JPYC and its issuance/redemption platform JPYC EX begin operations on October 27, 2025, enabling 1:1 yen redemption and onchain transfers. JPYC Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) announces that, after registering as a funds transfer service provider under Japan’s Payment Services...
Relai Secures MiCA License From French AMF to Expand Across EU
27.10.2025
Relai announced that it obtained a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license from the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers, AMF), allowing Relai EU to begin offering services in France and across the European Union. The company, regulated in Switzerland...
Yuga Labs Partners With Amazon Games to Launch NFT Game in Otherside
26.10.2025
Yuga Labs announced a partnership with Amazon Games at Apefest in Las Vegas to develop a co‑branded non-fungible token (NFT) game within the Otherside metaverse, with Otherdeed landholders integrated into the game ecosystem and the Voyager Boximus NFT series granting early access. The collaboration...
Crypto’s $10B Power Play: M&A Mania Hits the Mainstream
25.10.2025
Crypto dealmaking has gone full Wall Street, topping $10 billion in the third quarter—a more than thirty-fold jump from a year ago, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg’s Isabelle Lee and Suvashree Ghosh report the spike marks the first time crypto mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have crossed...