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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...
Starknet Unveils BTCFi: Trustless BTC Staking, Partners, and 100M STRK Incentives
30.9.2025
Starknet today announced BTCFi, a trilogy of initiatives aimed at deepening bitcoin’s role as a global settlement asset by embedding BTC into Starknet’s security and consensus. For the first time on any L2, BTC holders can stake without losing custody to secure Starknet and earn rewards;...
ECB Advocates Digital Euro as Shield for Freedom, Autonomy and Security
29.9.2025
Piero Cipollone, member of the ECB Executive Board, delivered a keynote at the Baltic conference “Payments & Policy in a Changing Environment,” arguing the digital euro is essential to preserve Europeans’ ability to use sovereign money as transactions go increasingly digital. Cipollone framed...
Capital B Finalizes 12 BTC Acquisition; Holdings Reach 2,812 Bitcoin
29.9.2025
Capital B (The Blockchain Group, ISIN: FR0011053636, ticker: ALCPB) has completed an “ATM‑type” capital increase with TOBAM at €1.70 per share, raising €1.2 million ($1.4 million) to acquire 12 BTC. The transaction brings the group’s total crypto treasury to 2,812 BTC, acquired for €262.1 million...
Fnality Raises $136M Series C to Accelerate DLT‑Enabled Wholesale Settlement
24.9.2025
Fnality announced a $136 million Series C round led by Wisdomtree, Bank of America, Citi, KBC Group, Temasek and Tradeweb, with participation from existing investors including Banco Santander, Barclays, BNP Paribas, DTCC, Euroclear, Goldman Sachs, ING, Nasdaq Ventures, State Street and UBS....
Vitalik Buterin Calls for Full‑Stack Openness and Verifiability to Secure a Digital Future
24.9.2025
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a blog post advocating for “full‑stack” openness and verifiability across software, hardware and bio systems to preserve freedom and security as the internet becomes indistinguishable from real life. Buterin argues that open source code, verifiable...
Interactive Brokers-Led $104M Series D-2 Propels Zerohash to $275M Total Funding
24.9.2025
Zerohash announced a $104 million Series D-2 round led by Interactive Brokers with new institutional participants including Morgan Stanley, Sofi, Apollo-managed funds, Jump Crypto, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, FTMO, IMC and Liberty City Ventures, alongside existing investors PEAK6...
Plasma Introduces Plasma One — A Stablecoin‑Native Neobank and Card
23.9.2025
Plasma has unveiled Plasma One, a stablecoin‑native neobank and card designed to give global users permissionless access to saving, spending, earning and sending digital dollars in a single app. Targeting markets with high dollar demand — from Istanbul’s bazaars to Buenos Aires stores and Dubai...
Crypto Wealth Skyrockets as Global Count of Millionaires Tops 240,000
23.9.2025
Global crypto wealth has surged to an unprecedented 241,700 crypto millionaires, the Crypto Wealth Report 2025 from Henley & Partners with data from New World Wealth shows — a 40% rise in 12 months. Bitcoin led the charge, with Bitcoin millionaires up 70% year‑on‑year to 145,100 holders, while...
Florida Cannabis Firm Rebrands as 0G Crypto Treasury Company With $401M in Funding
22.9.2025
Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ: FLGC) announced a $401 million funding package including a $22.88 million strategic investment from Defi Development Corp. (DFDV) to implement an AI Zero Gravity (0G) coin treasury strategy, with 0G designated as the company’s primary reserve asset. The deal, led by DeFi...
Capital B Confirms 2,800 BTC Total Holdings; Acquires 551 BTC and Completes Capital Increases
22.9.2025
Capital B (The Blockchain Group, ISIN: FR0011053636; ALCPB) confirmed the acquisition of 551 BTC for about $64.3 million (€54.7 million) and now holds 2,800 BTC valued at about $307 million (€261 million) bought with an average price of $109,542/ BTC (€93,205/ BTC). The company reported a YTD “...
Metaplanet Buys 5,419 Bitcoin, Holdings Reach 25,555 BTC
22.9.2025
Tokyo‑listed Metaplanet Inc. (TSE: 3350) announced on September 22, 2025 that it has acquired an additional 5,419 BTC for approximately $632.53 million at an average price near $116,724 per bitcoin, bringing the company’s total holdings to 25,555 BTC acquired for about $2.71 billion at an average...
Bitcoin BETA Listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange as First Crypto ETF on GPW
22.9.2025
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) listed the Bitcoin BETA exchange‑traded fund (ETF), marking the bourse’s first ETF providing regulated exposure to bitcoin via CME‑listed futures, GPW said. The fund, approved by Poland’s KNF in June, uses FX‑hedging forward contracts to reduce investors’ sensitivity...
IG to Acquire Independent Reserve to Boost Asia‑Pacific Crypto Expansion
22.9.2025
UK-headquartered IG Group said it has agreed to acquire Australian crypto exchange Independent Reserve for an initial enterprise value of $117.4 million (A$178 million), accelerating IG’s push into Asia‑Pacific crypto markets and adding a crypto‑native team to the group. IG said the bolt‑on deal...
Vitalik Buterin: Low‑Risk DeFi Could Be Ethereum’s “Search” Moment
21.9.2025
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued in a blog post Sept. 21, 2025, that “low‑risk” decentralized finance (DeFi) could become for Ethereum what search was for Google, providing the primary, sustainable revenue engine while preserving the platform’s broader cultural and technical goals....
Mavryk Secures $10M From Multibank to Power $10B UAE Real Estate Tokenization
18.9.2025
Mavryk Network closed a $10 million strategic investment led by Multibank Group, the companies announced, marking an institutional endorsement of the Layer‑1 blockchain built for regulated real‑world asset (RWA) markets. Multibank — a derivatives institution with $35 billion in daily trading volume...
Bitgo Secures German Approval to Launch European Regulated Crypto Trading Services From Frankfurt
18.9.2025
Bitgo Europe GmbH received BaFin approval to extend its license, allowing it to offer regulated crypto trading services from Frankfurt, Germany. European institutional investors can now access Bitgo’s crypto OTC trading desk and electronic trading platform for spot trading across thousands...