Ripple launches a $750 million share buyback at a $50 billion valuation. Employees and investors gain liquidity.
Binance faces US lawsuit over alleged terror financing by Hamas: victims sue under the JASTA anti-terrorism law.
Monad launches as a new EVM Layer-1 with high throughput and fast finality, putting it in direct competition with Solana and similar networks.
Bitcoin’s sharp 20% correction signals a healthy pullback, with whales accumulating and on-chain data pointing to further growth.
JPMorgan launches “JPM Coin,” a tokenized deposit token for institutional clients – built on the Base blockchain.
The EU will ban privacy coins and anonymous wallets by 2027 – AMLR and MiCA will require all crypto service providers to conduct identity verification.
More than half of hedge funds are investing in crypto assets in 2025 – primarily in Bitcoin and Ethereum through regulated channels.
Mastercard acquires BVNK for up to $1.8 billion in the largest stablecoin infrastructure deal ever, surpassing Stripe’s Bridge acquisition.
BlackRock launches ETHB, the first Ethereum staking ETF in the US, offering around 3% yield and staking up to 95% of its ETH holdings.
Pi Network promises crypto mining via smartphone: 70 million users and scam allegations – an analysis of the controversial project.
