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[PRESS RELEASE – VILNIUS, Lithuania, September 24th, 2025] BTCC, the world’s longest-serving crypto exchange, debuts its partnership video with its brand ambassador and NBA superstar Jaren Jackson Jr. Following the exchange’s partnership announcement with the Memphis Grizzlies forward in August 2025, this video represents a unique approach to authentic storytelling that bridges sports, music, and […]

[PRESS RELEASE -London, United Kingdom, September 24th, 2025] Nebeus has exceeded its crowdfunding target on Republic Europe, raising €3.6 million (122% of target) from over 430 backers. The campaign’s overfunding highlights investor appetite for regulated crypto–finance platforms at a time when markets are undergoing renewed scrutiny and institutional adoption. The milestone comes as Bitcoin remains […]

Digital asset treasuries are now allocating to ether at scale, creating structural demand that exceeds new supply, the report said.

Matt Price, Elliptic's director of investigations and strategic advisory, delves into the world of on-chain analytics, outlining the role of AI in crypto analytics, an evolving game of cat and mouse on-chain, and the challenges faced by law enforcement in tackling sophisticated financial crimes.

Also: Plasma to Launch Mainnet This Week, New Liquid Staking Token for XRP Holders, and ICP Bets Big on AI Tech Stack.

Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money market fund was worth $742 million on Wednesday.

"False news...with with fake/wrong/made-up info and negative narrative," said Changpeng "CZ" Zhao in response to the story.

Hyperliquid's native stablecoin USDH launched on September 23 with $2.2 million in early trading volume following Native Markets' victory in a competitive governance vote that saw the startup defeat established players including Paxos and Ethena Labs. The post USDH Stablecoin Goes Live on Hyperliquid with $2.2M Early Trading Volume – Can it Replace Tether? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Publicly traded miners are riding the AI infrastructure boom as investors bet excess capacity can fuel high-performance computing.

Paxos’ USDH plan brings PayPal/Venmo links, a $20-million fund and yield sharing. Could it turn Hyperliquid into DeFi’s next liquidity hub? Put simply, too much profit is directed to issuers. In most cases, the yield from reserves flows back to those managing the stablecoin rather than to its users. When you hold a stablecoin like USDC (USDC) or Tether’s USDt (USDT), the issuer (Circle or Tether) holds real dollars or safe assets (such as US Treasurys, money market funds or cash) to back every token in circulation. Read more

Acting CFTC Chairman Caroline Pham said stablecoins and other digital assets could usher in "America's Golden Age of Crypto."

Solana is underperforming Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP this week as analysts cite deleveraging pressure, priced-in corporate purchases, and upcoming FTX distributions.

After crypto titans fought over the ticker, the USDH stablecoin is now live on Hyperliquid—but HYPE is down as BNB-based rival Aster rises.

Coinbase and Cloudflare have created the x402 Foundation, an industry group that will build an open standard for machine-to-machine payments. The effort, unveiled Sept. 23, aims to give AI systems and digital agents a seamless way to transact value directly across the Internet. Cloudflare, which powers nearly a fifth of all websites, said the new […] The post Crypto tollbooth now gates AI bots crawling 20% of the internet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin Core proponents defend OP_RETURN changes as neutral, while critics warn of spam and capture. Bitcoin Core’s next major upgrade has reignited old tensions in the community, pitting developers who want a neutral, fee-driven network against purists who see non-financial data as spam. Bitcoin Core v30, expected in October, will remove the 80-byte cap on OP_RETURN, the part of a transaction script that allows users to embed arbitrary data. Bitcoin Core is software that runs the Bitcoin network, maintained by an open group of developers but widely relied upon by miners and node operators. While alternatives such as Knots exist, Bitcoin Core is the protocol’s reference implementation that is run by the majority of the network. Read more

Coinbase Ventures led a $14.6 million round for Bastion, a startup providing white-label stablecoin issuance with backing from Sony, Samsung, A16z and others. Update (Sept. 24, 5:45 pm UTC): This article has been updated to correct the date of Bastion’s $25 million raise in September 2023. Stablecoin infrastructure startup Bastion has raised $14.6 million in a funding round led by Coinbase Ventures, the company said Wednesday. According to a Wednesday announcement, the round also saw the participation of Japanese tech giant Sony, the investment subsidiary of South Korean phone maker Samsung, the crypto arm of venture capital (VC) firm Andreessen Horowitz and crypto VC firm Hashed. Read more

Bitcoin traders supplied BTC price levels to cause “max pain” around a giant $17.5 billion options expiry, while Bollinger Bands set new records. Key points: Bitcoin price wars between bulls and bears continue as traders line up end-of-month BTC price targets. These include a return to $107,000 or lower before a rebound. Read more

While crypto focuses on US and EU markets, real adoption is happening in Argentina, Nigeria and the Philippines, where digital assets solve survival needs. Opinion by: Maksym Sakharov, group CEO at WeFi The crypto industry has been focused on the same markets: the United States and the European Union. The conversation has mainly concerned regulatory clarity, speculative gains and institutional access, whether Silicon Valley’s venture capital firms or Wall Street’s exchange-traded fund issuers.  Unfortunately, this fixation is blinding much of the industry to a more pressing reality, where the future of crypto adoption isn’t in New York, London or Brussels, but rather in Lagos, Buenos Aires and Manila. Read more

The broker hiked its IREN price target to $75 from $20 while reiterating its outperform rating on the stock.

Bitcoin might seem like a religion to some — but how do the world’s major religions view cryptocurrency and what can they teach us about it? Since the invention of money, the major religions of the world have grappled with its effect on human morality, the unequal distribution of wealth, and the indignities of poverty. Through money, even the incorruptible can become corrupted, said the 19th-century Hasidic rabbi Menachem Mendel Kotzk. Therefore, if they desire to invest their money, let them exercise diligent care lest they be snatched by cupidity, the source of all evil, wrote Pope Benedict XIV in a 1749 encyclical. Read more