Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), controlled by Austria’s Erste Group, in the first nine months of 2025 posted net profit worth RON2.46 billion (EUR491 million), up 11.2% from the year-earlier period, driven by a higher customer business volume.
AllUnity’s euro-pegged MiCA-compliant stablecoin, EURAU, is expanding across major blockchains using Chainlink’s CCIP protocol. AllUnity’s euro-backed stablecoin, EURAU — a joint venture between Deutsche Bank and asset manager DWS — is expanding across multiple blockchains by using Chainlink’s crosschain infrastructure. According to a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, EURAU will use Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to connect with Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon and Solana. The company said it also plans to extend the stablecoin to the Canton Network, a blockchain focused on institutional financial applications. AllUnity CEO Alexander Höptner said the CCIP will allow EURAU to “operate seamlessly across multiple blockchains,” improving its reach and usability. Chainlink Labs’ president of banking and capital markets, Fernando Vazquez, added that the integration lays the groundwork for Europe’s next phase of tokenized finance. Read more
EU's ProtectEU mandates on-device scanning before encryption, creating a two-tier security system where states encrypt while citizens are surveilled. Digital feudalism codified. Opinion by: Bill Laboon, vice president of Ecosystem at the Web3 Foundation Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, recently showed a moment of humanity in a tech world that often promises too much, too fast. He urged users not to share anything with ChatGPT that they wouldn’t want a human to see. The Department of Homeland Security in the United States has already started to take notice. His caution strikes at a more profound truth that underpins our entire digital world. In a realm where we can no longer be certain whether we’re dealing with a person, it is clear that software is often the agent communicating, not people. This growing uncertainty is more than just a technical challenge. It strikes at the very foundation of trust that holds society together. Read more