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Swedish Gaming Company Fragbite Selects Safello as Preferred Partner for Bitcoin Treasury
19.10.2025
Safello has been named the Preferred Partner to Fragbite Group AB (publ) for bitcoin trading and related crypto services as Fragbite establishes a corporate Bitcoin Treasury. Under the agreement announced 17 October 2025, Fragbite — a Nasdaq First North–listed Swedish gaming and esports company...
Report: Stripe and Paradigm’s Blockchain Tempo Secures $500M Backing From Thrive, Greenoaks
19.10.2025
Stripe-backed blockchain startup Tempo has secured $500 million in a Series A round led by Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital and Greenoaks, Fortune exclusively reported Friday. Stripe’s Blockchain Bet Tempo Secures $500M Backed by Thrive Capital Tempo, a payments-focused blockchain project co-founded...
Arthur Hayes’ New Private Equity Fund Focuses on ‘Picks and Shovels’ of Crypto
18.10.2025
Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and chief investment officer of Maelstrom, is launching Maelstrom Equity Fund I, a private equity vehicle seeking to raise at least $250 million to acquire mid-sized, cash-flowing companies serving the crypto industry. Maelstrom Equity Fund I marks Hayes’ first...
Mahidol University to Advance Digital Green Real‑World Assets (RWAs) in Thailand
16.10.2025
Mahidol University’s Faculty of Engineering has signed a triparty Memorandum of Understanding with ZERO13 and Unique Transformation Co., Ltd. to accelerate the development of Thailand’s carbon credit ecosystem, strengthening education, research, technology and market access. The five‑year...
Erebor Bank Wins US Green Light for Crypto and AI Startups: Report
15.10.2025
The U.S. has approved Erebor Bank — a $275 million digital-first venture backed by Palmer Luckey and Peter Thiel — in the first major Trump-era nod to crypto-friendly banking. U.S. regulators granted preliminary approval to Erebor Bank, a new institution founded by Anduril’s Palmer Luckey...
Nexo Integrates Metatrader 5 to Offer CFDs on Indices, Commodities and FX
15.10.2025
Nexo has expanded its wealth platform by integrating Metatrader 5, enabling clients to trade Contracts for Difference (CFDs) on leading equity indices (US500, US100, US30, DE40), commodities (gold, silver, oil, platinum) and major FX pairs with leverage up to 200x on select instruments....
Safello Granted MiCA Authorization by Swedish Financial Regulator
15.10.2025
Safello AB, the subsidiary of Safello — the leading cryptocurrency exchange in the Nordics with over 410,000 users — has been authorized by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) as a crypto-asset service provider under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA)....
Elon Musk Says Bitcoin Is Based on Energy, Which Is Impossible to Fake
15.10.2025
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk said on Oct. 14 on X that bitcoin is based on energy, contrasting it with fiat currencies that governments can inflate. His remark was in response to a Zerohedge post linking the rise in gold, silver, and bitcoin prices to currency debasement driven by government...
BRIC Strikes $299.5 Million Settlement With Tether in Celsius Showdown
15.10.2025
The Blockchain Recovery Investment Consortium (BRIC), a joint venture between GXD Labs and Vaneck, has reached a $299.5 million settlement with the largest stablecoin issuer by market cap, Tether, resolving litigation tied to the Celsius Network bankruptcy. The payment follows a lawsuit filed...
Bitcoin Core Version 30.0 Released
13.10.2025
Bitcoin Core version 30.0 has been released and brings new features, bug fixes, performance improvements, and updated translations. Notable changes include a 2,500-limit on potentially executed legacy signature operations per standard transaction, increased default datacarriersize with support...
Strategy’s Bold Bitcoin Bet: 220 BTC Added Amid Market Uncertainty
13.10.2025
On Oct. 13, 2025, following the sharp cryptocurrency market correction earlier this week, Strategy founder Michael Saylor announced that his firm has acquired an additional 220 BTC, reaffirming his company’s ongoing confidence in bitcoin as a long-term store of value. After hinting at the purchase...
Uganda to Pilot CBDC Backed by Treasury Bonds and Mobile Access
13.10.2025
Global Settlement Network (GSN) has partnered with Diacente Group to launch a $5.5 billion tokenized economy in Uganda’s Karamoja region. The initiative includes piloting Uganda’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC), backed by treasury bonds and accessible via mobile devices. Built on GSN’s...
Report: Tokenization Firm Securitize Weighs $1B SPAC Deal With Cantor Fitzgerald
13.10.2025
Tokenization firm Securitize is said to be exploring a potential merger with a blank-check company backed by Cantor Fitzgerald LP, according to a Bloomberg report by Crystal Tse, Olga Kharif, and David Pan, citing unnamed “people with knowledge of the matter.” According to the report, discussions...
Crypto.com CEO Calls for Regulatory Probe After $20B in Exchange Liquidations
12.10.2025
Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek urged regulators to investigate exchanges that saw the largest liquidations since Friday, calling for thorough reviews of trading fairness and consumer protection after about $20 billion in liquidations. He asked whether any platforms effectively halted trading...
Bisq Easy Launches on Android With Tor, Notifications and Multilingual Support
12.10.2025
Bisq Easy released its first public Beta for Android, version 0.1.1, delivering decentralized P2P bitcoin trading over Tor to mobile users via both APK and the Google Play Store. Built on the Bisq 2 Java library for full protocol compatibility, the beta focuses on buyers (sellers can test...
Steak ’n Shake Suspends ETH Poll, Declares Allegiance to Bitcoin; Vitalik Buterin Backs Decision
12.10.2025
Steak ’n Shake halted an X poll asking whether it should accept ETH payments after a wave of criticism from Bitcoin maximalists, posting: “Poll suspended. Our allegiance is with Bitcoiners. You have spoken. Who even allowed this? I’m back at my desk. — Steaktoshi.” The move follows the chain’s...
Crypto Carnage: $9.45 Billion in Leveraged Positions Obliterated, 1.42M Traders Liquidated
11.10.2025
President Donald Trump’s China tariff threat saw the cryptocurrency market shed more than $500 billion after the total market capitalization nosedived from $4.25 trillion to under $3.75 trillion. Bitcoin pulled the market down ( BTC), briefly tumbling to $109,683, a near double-digit drop in...
Bitcoin Crashes to $110,623 as Market Continues to Shake Out
10.10.2025
Bitcoin plunged to $110,623 on Friday, marking one of its sharpest single-day drops this month amid renewed market jitters and a wave of liquidations across major exchanges. Thanks to the latest trade war scares, bitcoin’s price tumbled to $110,623 on Oct. 10, 2025, extending a volatile week...
Bitcoin Dips to $118,497 Amid Renewed Trade Fears
10.10.2025
Bitcoin plunged to a low of $118,497 on Thursday after critical comments from President Donald Trump about China’s rare earth export policies rattled global markets and spurred risk-off sentiment among crypto traders. Bitcoin prices fell sharply on Friday, briefly touching $118,497 on Bitstamp...
Morgan Stanley Opens Crypto Access to All Clients
10.10.2025
Morgan Stanley is opening crypto investments to all clients, allowing access through any account type — including retirement plans — in a sweeping shift that removes wealth and risk-profile limits. According to a CNBC report, Morgan Stanley will now allow all clients to invest in crypto funds...