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Rezolve Ai Acquires Smartpay to Scale Tether‑Backed, Merchant‑Fee‑Free Digital Asset Payments
8.10.2025
Rezolve Ai (NASDAQ: RZLV) announced the acquisition of Smartpay, a digital-asset payments platform that processed over 19 million commercial transactions totaling more than $1 billion in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2025. Rezolve said Smartpay’s live infrastructure across Brazil, Argentina...
German Government to Block EU ‘Chat Control’ Proposal After Public Protests
8.10.2025
Germany’s government refused to back the European Union’s proposed “Chat Control” regulation, denying the qualified majority needed to advance the measure and effectively derailing the planned vote next week, according to campaigners and press statements. The move follows widespread public protests...
Bee Maps Raises $32M to Scale Solana‑Powered Decentralized AI Map
7.10.2025
Bee Maps, powered by Hivemapper, announced a $32 million funding round led by Pantera Capital with participation from LDA Capital, Borderless Capital, and Ajna Capital to scale its decentralized mapping network and advance development of a native artificial intelligence (AI) map. The company said...
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...
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...
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...