Christopher Tepedino

Tether has accumulated $8.7 billion in physical gold and has a gold-backed cryptocurrency with a $1.4 billion market cap.

Shell companies could become costlier under Nasdaq’s proposed listing plan, raising entry barriers along a common route to crypto treasuries.

Stripe and Fireblocks networks will go up against crypto-native players such as Ripple and Stellar, as well as established global processors like Visa.

The Bitcoin miners grew BTC output in August while expanding their operational hash rates more than 100% year-over-year.

The draft law passed its first reading with 246 votes and proposes an 18% income tax, 5% military tax, along with a temporary 5% rate on fiat conversions in its first year.

Tokenized equities have not been without controversy as global regulators and stock exchanges have pushed back against this new use of blockchain technology.

The United Arab Emirates has become a hot spot for the crypto industry as clear regulatory frameworks and no tax on crypto profits has driven interest in digital assets.

A dismissal with prejudice means that the plaintiffs can’t amend the complaint and refile the suit, according to the general counsel for Duoro Labs.

Ethereum’s roadmap is entering a “critical inflection point,” say Bitfinex analysts, with the valuation trading at a relative discount compared to Bitcoin.

Gryphon’s rising share price comes as more crypto companies go public and digital asset regulation in the United States has progressed.

DYdX is recovering from an up-and-down 2024, where the DEX laid off 35% of its workforce in October.

BNB Chain reportedly offers between 1.5% and 3% yield for staking its native token BNB, which may sweeten the pot for investors.

Labeled for “energy-intensive use cases,” the facilities in Texas, Louisiana and Illinois could support both Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence workloads.

B Strategy plans to follow the playbook of 10X Capital, which recently secured funding for a BNB treasury supported by YZi Labs.

While the overall stablecoin market is up 4% in August, some synthetic stablecoins, such as Sky Dollar and Falcon USD, have had even more substantial gains.

Aave enters a blockchain with few competitors, with only one top-five Aptos protocols having a TVL of $1 billion or more.

According to a Binance Research report, tokenized stocks are nearing a major inflection point reminiscent of the early days of decentralized finance.

Brevan Howard reportedly managed $34 billion in assets as of April 2025, with the company's digital asset division, set up in 2021, managing $2 billion.

The RWA tokenization market has grown 64.7% in 2025 as asset managers are taken by promises of transparency and better investor accessibility.

Gemini’s lead comes after a series of updates, while OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok have suffered missteps.

BitMine and SharpLink, the two largest corporate holders of ETH, have been racing to accumulate more Ether as ecosystem interest heats up.

American Bitcoin is reportedly exploring acquisitions in Japan and Hong Kong to expand its Bitcoin stockpile.

SharpLink now holds $3.5 billion worth of ETH, maintaining its rank as the token’s second-largest corporate holder, according to its Q2 filing.

The company has experienced rapid growth in less than two years, reaching an annual recurring revenue of $80 million and a valuation of $18 billion.

Charles Schwab, Fidelity and other TradFi giants are hiring senior crypto talent as clearer US rules spur a push into digital assets.

Google Play’s updated policy, effective Oct. 29, will require crypto wallet apps to meet specific licensing rules in certain countries.

The Trump Coin ETF from Canary Capital indicates that traditional finance products containing memecoins may still have demand.

DeepBook and Walrus’s “Winter Walrus” are ranked outside of the top 10 Sui ecosystem protocols, according to DefiLlama.

The $2.4 billion represents roughly 43.5% of the known money Donald Trump has gained from “personal enrichment” during his political career.

Ukraine has had some regulatory starts and stops when it comes to crypto, though momentum for a regulatory bill has picked up since 2024.