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Revolut to Enhance Bitcoin Lightning Infrastructure in Europe via Lightspark
8.5.2025
Lightspark has announced a new partnership with Revolut to enhance payment infrastructure using the bitcoin network in the UK and select European countries. This collaboration aims to eliminate delays and high network fees associated with traditional payment systems, enabling seamless transactions...
Fill up Your Car With Crypto at Dubai Gas Stations Through New Crypto.com and Emarat Partnership
8.5.2025
Emirates Petroleum Company (Emarat) has announced a partnership with Crypto.com to introduce cryptocurrency services at its service stations, pending regulatory approval. The collaboration will initially integrate Crypto.com services at 10 Emarat stations, with plans for further expansion across...
Strike Launches Bitcoin-Backed Loans, Allowing Users to Borrow Against Their Bitcoin Holdings
7.5.2025
Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced the launch of bitcoin-backed loans, allowing eligible customers to borrow against their bitcoin holdings without the need to sell. This new feature enables users to access cash using their bitcoin as collateral, with loan amounts ranging from $75,000 to $2 million...
Small Group of Traders Reportedly Made $99.6M From Pre-Launch Purchases of Melania Trump Memecoin
7.5.2025
A Financial Times report has revealed that a small group of traders profited approximately $99.6 million by purchasing the Melania Trump memecoin, MELANIA, just minutes before its public announcement on January 19. In the two and a half minutes leading up to the launch, around two dozen digital...
KULR Acquires Additional 42 Bitcoin for $4 Million, Reports 197.5% Year-to-Date Yield
7.5.2025
KULR Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: KULR), a Houston-based energy management firm, has announced the acquisition of 42 bitcoin ( BTC) for approximately $4 million, at an average price of about $94,403 per bitcoin. The company reported a year-to-date bitcoin yield of 197.5%. As of May 6, 2025, KULR...
Chainlink Launches Rewards Program to Incentivize Community Participation and Token Claims
7.5.2025
Chainlink has announced the launch of Chainlink Rewards, a new community engagement program aimed at incentivizing participation. In collaboration with Space and Time, a member of the Chainlink Build program, the initiative will make 4% of Space and Time’s total SXT token supply, amounting...
Uniswap Goes Live on Soneium, Enabling Onchain Entertainment Transactions and NFTs
6.5.2025
Uniswap is now live on Soneium, Sony’s entertainment-focused Layer 2 platform, allowing users to swap, provide liquidity, and bridge across networks. This integration supports seamless value exchange for various digital assets, including collectibles and tokenized intellectual property....
Etoro Launches Roadshow for Initial Public Offering Valued up to $500 Million
6.5.2025
Etoro Group Ltd has officially launched the roadshow for its initial public offering (IPO) of 10,000,000 Class A common shares, with 5,000,000 shares being offered by the company and 5,000,000 shares by certain existing stockholders. The company anticipates granting underwriters a 30-day option...
OKX DEX Relaunches With Enhanced Security Features
5.5.2025
OKX DEX restarted operations on May 5, 2025, introducing a real-time abuse detection system, as announced by OKX founder and CEO Star Xu in an X post. This restart comes following a March 17 suspension due to misuse by the North Korean Lazarus Group, which laundered $100 million in ether after...
Charlie Shrem Wants to Bring Back the Bitcoin Faucet
5.5.2025
Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem announced plans to relaunch a bitcoin faucet on May 4, 2025, aiming to distribute free bitcoin like the original faucet created by Gavin Andresen in 2010, which gave away five bitcoin per claim to promote adoption, according to his X post. Shrem, who served two years...
Kyrgyzstan Partners With Binance to Advance Digital Asset Sector and Enhance Financial Literacy
4.5.2025
Binance has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Agency for Investments under the President of Kyrgyzstan to foster collaboration in advancing the digital-asset sector in the country. The signing took place during the inaugural meeting of the Council for the Development...
Deribit Targets US Expansion Amid Trump’s Crypto-Friendly Policies
4.5.2025
Deribit, the world’s largest cryptocurrency options exchange with $1.3 trillion in trades last year, is considering entering the U.S. market, encouraged by President Donald Trump’s promise to make the country the global hub for digital assets like bitcoin, the FT reported. The Dubai-based company...
Vitalik Buterin Wants to Make Ethereum as “Beautifully Simple” as Bitcoin
4.5.2025
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced on May 3, 2025, a five-year plan to simplify Ethereum’s protocol, calling the Bitcoin network “beautifully simple” in his blog post “Simplifying the L1,” as he aims to make Ethereum easier to understand and more secure for users holding bitcoin...
Certik Reports $364 Million in Crypto Losses for April 2025, Phishing Dominates at $337 Million
1.5.2025
Certik, a leading blockchain security firm, reported on April 30, 2025, that the crypto industry lost approximately $364 million to exploits, hacks, and scams in April, with $18.2 million returned, resulting in a net loss of $345.8 million. The firm highlighted that $337 million of the total losses...
Tesla Board Denies WSJ Report on CEO Search, Musk Slams Article as False
1.5.2025
The Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla’s board had initiated a search for a new CEO to replace Elon Musk, citing sources familiar with discussions that began in March due to Musk’s focus on his role in the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Tesla’s declining...
Biometric Crypto ID Project World Expands to US With Visa Card Partnership and Tinder Verification Pilot
1.5.2025
World, formerly Worldcoin, announced its expansion into the United States, launching operations in six major cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Austin, Miami, and Nashville. The initiative, led by Tools for Humanity and co-founded by Sam Altman, opened flagship retail locations where...
Sygnum Reports 400% Surge in Institutional Demand for Crypto-TradFi Integration
30.4.2025
Sygnum, a Zurich-based digital asset banking group, revealed a 400% average annual growth in traditional securities trading volume on its blockchain-based DLT Treasury Management system since 2020, alongside a doubling of institutional clients trading these assets over the past year. This surge...
EU Securities Watchdog ESMA Issues Guidelines to Combat Market Abuse in Crypto Assets Under MiCA
30.4.2025
On April 29, 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published guidelines to enhance supervisory practices for preventing and detecting market abuse in crypto assets under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA). Tailored for National Competent Authorities (NCAs),...
UK Treasury Unveils Draft Cryptoasset Regulations, Seeks Feedback by May 2025
30.4.2025
On April 29, 2025, the UK Treasury announced the release of a draft Statutory Instrument (SI) and a Policy Note detailing the UK’s upcoming financial services regulatory framework for cryptoassets, including stablecoins. Following proposals outlined in October 2023 and reaffirmed in November 2024...
Malaysia Launches Blockchain Infrastructure to Enhance Digital Services and Accessibility
30.4.2025
On April 30, 2025, Malaysia launched the Malaysia Blockchain Infrastructure (MBI), a step in its digital transformation journey aimed at unifying fragmented digital ecosystems and making blockchain-based services accessible to all. Developed by MIMOS Berhad and MY E.G. Services Berhad, and powered...