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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao confirmed in an Oct. 23 post on X that he has received a pardon from US President Donald Trump. He said: “Deeply grateful for today’s pardon and to President Trump for upholding America’s commitment to fairness, innovation, and justice. Will do everything we can to help make America the Capital of Crypto […] The post Trump tariff short trader who made $200M correctly predicts Binance’s CZ pardon appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The artwork also pays homage to Damien Hirst.

Aave Labs’ latest deal follows a string of institutional initiatives, including its Maple Finance integration and Horizon RWA marketplace. San Francisco–based Stable Finance has been acquired by Aave Labs, the developer behind the Aave lending ecosystem, as the firm expands into consumer-facing onchain services. Founded in 2023, Stable Finance’s mobile app allows users to deposit funds from bank accounts, cards, or crypto wallets to earn yield on stablecoins through overcollateralized decentralized markets. The deal, announced Thursday, also brings Stable Finance’s founder Mario Baxter Cabrera and his engineering team into Aave Labs. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.  Read more

Bitcoin trades near $108K after falling below STH cost basis. Analysts eye $37K LTH support as retail selling spikes and whales accumulate.

Open interest across CME’s regulated markets jumped 27% since Oct. 10, signaling growing conviction among large traders.

For decades, physicists have promised that quantum computing would one day outrun classical machines. That day may have arrived. On Oct. 22, Google’s Willow quantum processor completed a task that supercomputers would need 150 years to finish by compressing centuries of calculation into two hours. Industry experts say the result, verified by Nature, isn’t only […] The post Can Google’s 13,000× “quantum echoes” put Bitcoin’s keys on a clock? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

As Treasury yields sink, Spark’s $100 million move into Superstate’s regulated crypto carry fund signals DeFi’s pivot toward uncorrelated yield sources. Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Spark has rotated a portion of its treasury reserves from US government bonds into crypto-native yield strategies, signaling new approaches to onchain yield generation as Treasury returns continue to compress. On Thursday, Spark said it allocated $100 million of its stablecoin reserves to Superstate’s Crypto Carry Fund (USCC), a regulated basis-trading fund that generates yield from price differentials between spot and futures markets across major digital assets. The fund allows DeFi protocols to earn market-neutral yield from the same derivatives markets traditionally used by hedge funds. According to Superstate’s website, USCC manages about $528 million in assets and currently produces a 30-day yield of 9.26%. Read more

Security issues like data breaches and phishing attacks are a type of feedback for Web3 designers, argues Tools for Humanity’s Adrian Ludwig.

Top markets on Myriad this week include price predictions on Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as chances the Dodgers win the World Series.

The partnership combines AMINA Bank’s Swiss-regulated custody with Tokeny’s blockchain infrastructure to ease tokenisation for financial institutions.

Republic Technologies has arranged a $100M 0% secured convertible note, opening with $10M, to expand Ethereum operations; over 90% has been allocated to ETH for validators and attestations under its DAT++ model and Synthetic Mining with QCP Capital, which has reported weekly returns near 1.75%. The post Republic Technologies Raises $100 Million to Expand Validator-Backed Ethereum Treasury appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ether's mega whales are quietly buying the dips, absorbing supply from smaller holders during the price drop. Key takeaways: Ethereum’s triple bottom pattern near $3,750–$3,800 hints at a potential 10% rebound in October. Mega whales (10,000–100,000 ETH) are quietly accumulating, absorbing supply from smaller holders during the recent price decline. Read more

Geneva, Switzerland, October 23, 2025 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today announced new collaborations with blockchain organizations at Columbia University and Harvard University. These initiatives extend TRON DAO’s academic network, which already includes collaborations with world-class universities such as […] The post TRON DAO Expands Global University Network with New Collaborations at Columbia and Harvard Blockchain Clubs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Whale 19D5 transfers over 3,000 BTC to Binance while holding $140 million in Hyperliquid shorts.

President Trump has issued a pardon for Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, who had pled guilty in 2024 and has served four months, per the Wall Street Journal. BNB has reached $1,150 before easing to $1,128, up roughly 4.5% in recent hours. The post [LIVE] Trump Pardons CZ – Tracking the Impact on BNB and Aster Prices appeared first on Cryptonews.

The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has been granted a pardon by the US President, reports indicated.

[PRESS RELEASE – Prague, Czech Republic, October 23rd, 2025] Fully wireless hardware wallet introduces the world’s first auditable secure element and quantum-ready architecture for next-generation protection. Trezor, the original hardware wallet company, has launched Trezor Safe 7, a new-generation hardware wallet that introduces several industry firsts: a fully auditable secure element (TROPIC01), and a quantum-ready […]

An EU lawyer said the European banking giant is now ‘positioned to legally issue its own stablecoin,’ with a 2026 launch ‘plausible.’

FalconX’s acquisition of 21Shares on Oct. 22 will add prime brokerage to the crypto investment management firm that oversees more than $11 billion across dozens of exchange-traded products (ETP). The deal, which has an undisclosed sum, merges prime brokerage infrastructure with one of the largest crypto ETP issuers, creating a vertical integration that could reshape […] The post Who sets the price now? The $11B ETF design that could change BTC trading appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Double-top reversal at $0.3147 resistance overshadows collaborative payment infrastructure developments.