Stephen Katte

Strategy chair Michael Saylor says the investment cycle for companies like his is 1,000 times faster than “anything else you’ve seen in your life,” and it looks like his firm is about to buy more.

Ripple Labs is already a significant XRP holder, with its market report from earlier this year revealing it had 4.5 billion tokens in its stash, with another 37 billion locked in escrow.

It’s estimated that over 3 million people in Ghana, representing roughly 8.9% of the country’s 34 million population, use crypto in some form.

Blockchain gaming has faced a challenging year for funding, according to DappRadar, but a Q3 uptick brings hope, while recent game releases could turn the tide.

Minister Tony Burke said the government won’t be pushing for an outright ban on crypto ATMs, but he wants to provide AUSTRAC with the power to implement one.

Industry groups criticized the proposed stablecoin limits, arguing that they would stifle innovation and signal to the industry that the UK isn’t crypto-friendly.

Rachael Lucas, an analyst at BTC Markets, said the growing accumulation of Bitcoin suggests “larger players are doubling down.”

BlackRock is the largest asset manager in the world, with $13.46 trillion in assets under management and comprising $104 billion in crypto assets.

Researchers were able to read text messages and even traffic for military systems and infrastructure with just a few hundred dollars’ worth of equipment.

Santiment analyst Brian Q said emotional trading tied to political news is dominating short-term market behavior more than ever.

The crypto industry is awaiting a final decision on 16 crypto exchange-traded funds this month, including funds tracking Solana, XRP, Litecoin and Dogecoin.

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao said that being considered for a presidential pardon from Trump would be “great news if true.”

The Irish Communications Interception and Lawful Access Bill is still in development, with drafting yet to occur, but the Global Encryption Coalition wants it scrapped now.

EU lawmakers have sought to introduce Chat Control, while the UK and Australia are on track for digital ID systems. Pavel Durov warns that these “dystopian” measures must be stopped.

Uganda’s CBDC, a digitized version of the Ugandan shilling, has been deployed on a permissioned blockchain and backed by Ugandan treasury bonds.

Rachael Lucas, an analyst at BTC Markets, noted that BNB‘s recent surge highlights growing investor confidence in its long-term prospects.

IREN and Kindly MD are raising big money through convertible notes, but traders reacted negatively following each of the companies’ multimillion-dollar deals.

ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says Canary Capital’s filings for spot Litecoin and HBAR funds are seemingly finalized, but the government shutdown will delay their launch.

Bitcoin’s frequently rising price may have caused some investors to feel they missed the boat, but Pantera’s Cosmo Jiang says there’s still plenty of room on board.

Several banks in Russia, Belarus and Central Asia are also in the EU’s firing line for enabling crypto-related transactions, according to a Bloomberg report.

Bitcoin-stacking companies bought over 6,700 BTC last week, with the majority of the buying coming from Japanese investment firm Metaplanet.

Analysts told Cointelegraph in July that whales and treasury companies stacking BNB, along with regular token burns, were sending the coin’s price higher.

When the AI delegates rollout, it will be done in stages, with early models similar to chatbots, then a model representing large groups, and finally, each DAO member.

ETHZilla’s CEO says the Ethereum treasury company plans to work with layer-2 protocols to generate a higher yield than it could get from staking.

Coinbase’s head of investment research, David Duong, said companies may soon consider mergers and acquisitions similar to the recent Strive and Semler Scientific deal.

The proposal came from two Swedish Democrats, a party that is a key player in backing the Swedish ruling coalition and its minority government.

Coinbase’s head of institutional strategy, John D’Agostino, says expecting AI agents to operate in the traditional finance system is akin to streaming using a dial-up modem.

The SEC’s Division of Investment Management said it would not recommend enforcement action against advisers that use a state trust company as a crypto custodian.

BitMine chairman Tom Lee thinks Ether is trading at a discount because future adoption of the blockchain by Wall Street and AI companies will drive it higher.

NovaDius Wealth Management president Nate Geraci said it will be an “enormous next few weeks for spot crypto ETFs" as the SEC is due to decide on 16 applications.