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Nomura subsidiary Laser Digital confirmed to Cointelegraph that it is in talks with Japan’s FSA to apply for a crypto trading license, eyeing the country’s institutional investors.

Crypto hack losses dropped 37% in Q3 to $509 million, but September saw a record surge in million-dollar incidents, led by exchange and DeFi exploits.

Tether is estimated to be the crypto company closest to rivaling OpenAI’s $500 billion valuation, far ahead of Coinbase, Ripple and Circle.

Plasma founder Paul Faecks denied insider selling accusations after XPL plunged over 50%, insisting no team tokens were sold as speculation grows.

Despite bot dominance, transfers under $250 hit record highs in Q3, putting 2025 on track to become the most active year ever for retail usage of stablecoins.

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Yield surged to 309.8% in late 2024, showing its per-share BTC exposure more than tripled before stabilizing at 33% this year.

SlowMist’s chief security officer said the phishing domains behind BNB Chain’s compromised X account are tied to the notorious Inferno Drainer group.

Akash founder Greg Osuri told Cointelegraph that AI may soon need nuclear power and called for a more sustainable approach to training models.

Base’s DX Terminal NFTs ranked first in sales counts, having 1.27 million transactions, a more than 1,000% increase over the previous month.

Aster CEO Leonard said the team is weighing how to balance benefits for existing holders and upcoming airdrop recipients.

“It’s a treasurer’s dream,” said QNB’s Kamel Moris, highlighting how the bank’s shift to JPMorgan’s Kinexys blockchain enables near-instant, 24/7 payments.

Stablecoin net inflows jumped from $10.8 billion in Q2 to $45.6 billion in Q3, a 324% surge led by USDT, USDC and the rise of Ethena’s USDe.

Vesting NFTs jumped to the top of CryptoSlam’s daily sales chart on BNB Chain, highlighting demand for liquidity solutions in token lockups.

Aster reimbursed traders after an XPL glitch caused liquidations, as its perpetual DEX drove daily trading volumes to a record of more than $100 billion.

World Liberty Financial will launch a WLFI token buyback and burn after a 41% price drop in September, aiming to cut supply and stabilize value.

Community members questioned whether the surge in trading volume reflected market conviction or aggressive incentive farming.

A DAO member flagged risks and transparency issues, but Curve founder Michael Egorov said audits and safeguards address them.

DefiLlama data showed that Aster topped daily perpetual trading volumes with $24.7 billion on Wednesday, surpassing competitors including Hyperliquid and edgeX.

FearsOff CEO Marwan Hachem told Cointelegraph that it was risky to keep too much centralized control in projects that “claim to be decentralized.”

Forward Industries plans to tokenize its shares and allow users to utilize them as collateral within Solana’s DeFi lending ecosystem.

Hackers breached UXLink’s multisignature wallet to steal about $30 million in assets and mint 10 trillion UXLINK tokens, but later got nabbed in a phishing scam.

The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Finance said the government will roll out the framework in 2027 and begin sharing information in 2028.

South Korea reportedly flagged a record 36,684 suspicious crypto transactions in 2025, surpassing the combined total of the past two years.

While Kraken said that the partnership opens up stocks for 200 million users, others said that geographical restrictions exist.

After Changpeng Zhao congratulated it on X, community members speculated that the Binance co-founder may be behind the Aster project.

Bio Protocol secured $6.9 million in funding from Maelstrom Fund, Animoca Brands and other investors to advance science using AI and crypto.

The offering is being made under an automatic shelf registration, which lets large companies raise capital quickly and with flexibility.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority seeks comments on whether Consumer Duty, a rule requiring companies to deliver good consumer outcomes, should apply to crypto.

Social media influencer Carl Runefelt, also known as Carl Moon, wants to help rewrite crypto’s narrative, and he’s started with the operating table.

Strategic Solana Reserve data showed that Solana treasuries have hit 17.11 million SOL tokens, worth over $4 billion at current prices.