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  • Bybit Unveils 2025 Global Crypto Rankings Report12 Dec 2025 06:30Bybit Unveils 2025 Global Crypto Rankings ReportBybit and DL Research have released the World Crypto Rankings 2025, an analysis of crypto adoption across 79 countries. The report highlights the rise of stablecoins, global tokenization, and the rapid normalization of onchain payrolls. New World Crypto Rankings by Bybit Shows Adoption Trends Bybit has introduced the World Crypto Rankings (WCR) 2025, an expansive […]
  • South Africa’s Ezeebit Closes $2 Million Seed Round With Founder Collective to Scale Stablecoin Payments12 Dec 2025 05:30South Africa's Ezeebit Closes $2 Million Seed Round With Founder Collective to Scale Stablecoin PaymentsEzeebit, a South African crypto payments infrastructure startup, has raised $2.05 million in seed funding to expand its stablecoin-based payment network across South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. Funding to Drive Product Development and Expansion Ezeebit, a South African stablecoin and cryptocurrency payment infrastructure company, has successfully closed a $2.05 million (R34.9 million) seed funding round […]
  • ‘Out-of-the-Box Solutions’: Save the Children Unveils Bitcoin Fund to Counter Traditional Aid Failures12 Dec 2025 04:30Save the Children has announced the launch of a “first-of-its-kind” Bitcoin Fund, developed in partnership with digital asset firm Fortris, to modernize its humanitarian aid delivery. Maximizing Value With a ‘Hodl’ Strategy Save the Children, a humanitarian organization for children, announced on Dec. 11 the launch of a Bitcoin Fund developed in partnership with digital […]
  • Paxful Pleads Guilty as DOJ Imposes $4 Million Criminal Penalty12 Dec 2025 03:30Paxful Pleads Guilty as DOJ Imposes $4 Million Criminal PenaltyPaxful’s guilty plea and $4 million penalty underscore deep regulatory concerns as U.S. authorities move to spotlight illicit crypto activity and the risks posed by platforms that operated with weak safeguards. Paxful Faces Criminal Penalty for Illicit Crypto Activity The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Dec. 10 that Paxful Holdings Inc. agreed to […]
  • Gemini Titan Enters US Prediction Markets With Yes-or-No Event Contracts12 Dec 2025 02:30Gemini Titan Enters US Prediction Markets With Yes-or-No Event ContractsGemini Titan now holds a U.S. license to offer prediction markets, setting up a fierce push for trader liquidity as the platform challenges rivals, draws in new market flow, and builds toward a broader lineup of future derivatives products. Gemini Titan’s New Approval Fuels Expansion Into US Prediction Markets Crypto platform Gemini Space Station Inc. […]
  • Crypto CEOs Step Into CFTC Council as Market Structure Shifts12 Dec 2025 01:30Crypto CEOs Step Into CFTC Council as Market Structure ShiftsCrypto heavyweights step directly into the regulatory core as the CFTC’s new CEO Innovation Council pulls top exchange leaders into fast-moving debates on tokenization, collateral, 24/7 trading, and the evolving derivatives framework set to guide U.S. market modernization. CFTC Taps Top Crypto Chiefs as Market-Structure Momentum Builds Crypto’s growing influence in U.S. market-structure policy advanced […]
  • JPMorgan Hits Landmark Breakthrough Using Public Blockchain Rails12 Dec 2025 00:30JPMorgan Hits Landmark Breakthrough Using Public Blockchain RailsJPMorgan hit a landmark breakthrough by issuing Galaxy’s commercial paper on Solana, with Coinbase and Franklin Templeton participating, signaling accelerating institutional momentum toward programmable, transparent on-chain rails reshaping how real financial instruments move across public blockchain markets. JPMorgan Showcases Institutional Blockchain Momentum J.P. Morgan, a global financial institution, announced on Dec. 11 that it arranged […]
  • FAR Labs Hosts Builders Night, Unveils FAR AI in Dubai12 Dec 2025 00:00This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. DUBAI, UAE — December 11th, 2025 — Investors, fund managers, and infrastructure builders gathered at Monkey Bar Dubai on December 3rd for FAR Labs’ first public event. “Proof of Inference: DePIN & AI Builders Night” ran alongside Binance Blockchain Week and served as the unveiling of […]
  • Stablecoins Power Australia’s Financial Infrastructure, Zodia Study Finds11 Dec 2025 23:32Stablecoins Power Australia’s Financial Infrastructure, Zodia Study FindsA new Zodia Custody study highlights that stablecoins are functioning as the “quiet plumbing” behind key financial operations in Australia, with adoption driven by practical utility rather than speculation. Key Use Cases and Impact According to a new Zodia Custody study, stablecoins are functioning as the “quiet plumbing” behind payments, treasury operations, trading infrastructure, and […]
  • US Court Hands Down 15-Year Sentence to Terraform Labs’ Do Kwon11 Dec 2025 22:55US Court Hands Down 15-Year Sentence to Terraform Labs’ Do KwonDo Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, has been sentenced to 15 years in a U.S. federal prison for his role in the 2022 collapse of terrausd (UST) and luna (LUNA now LUNC), with the possibility of serving the second half of his term in South Korea. Terra Collapse Leads to 15-Year Prison Sentence for Do […]