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For years, CME’s crypto business was a one-asset story: Bitcoin, backed by its liquid futures market, and since 2022, a growing options market. The introduction of Ethereum futures diversified its crypto offering, but it still remained tied to the market’s largest asset.
That narrative changed when it launched XRP and Solana futures. In just months, the open interest for SOL and XRP futures...
Metaplanet has cemented its position as one of the world’s largest corporate holders of Bitcoin, surpassing the 30,000 BTC mark after a string of aggressive purchases.
On Oct. 1, the Tokyo-based firm revealed that it had added 5,268 BTC to its balance sheet at an average price of $116,870, spending roughly $616 million. The transaction came less than 2 weeks after its late-September acquisition...
David Schwartz, one of Ripple’s longest-serving figures, announced on Sept. 30 that he will step down as Chief Technology Officer after more than thirteen years in the position.
Schwartz, who joined Ripple in its early days and became one of the most recognizable voices in the XRP community, said the decision followed what he called a “personal inflection moment” after decades of working in...
World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has confirmed that its USD1 stablecoin will soon launch on the Aptos blockchain, marking the asset’s first integration with a Move-based network.
The announcement, released on Oct. 1, followed an agreement between Aptos and WLFI co-founders Donald Trump Jr. and Zach Witkoff.
Following the news, Aptos native APT token jumped 8% to $4.56 as of press time, according to...
AOL discontinued dial-up internet access yesterday, Sept. 30, 2025, ending the access service while AOL Mail and other products remain.
According to AOL, the AOL Dialer and AOL Shield are now retired, with instructions for users to transition off legacy connections now posted for support reference.
The shutdown affects a tiny fraction of U.S. households and arrives as crypto markets mature...
The following is a guest post and opinion from Adrian Brink, Co-Founder of Anoma.
In August 2025, Bitcoin hit new all-time highs, reigniting the usual flood of headlines and euphoria about the promise of sovereign money. But the higher the price goes, the easier it is to overlook a critical blind spot: crypto isn’t actually sovereign—at least not yet. Why? Because users of individual blockchains...
The SEC issued a no-action letter on Sept. 30, allowing investment advisers to use state-chartered trust companies as qualified custodians for crypto assets, opening the door for Ripple, Coinbase, and other digital asset firms to serve registered funds.
The staff guidance clarifies the definition of “bank” under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,...
The success of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and major BTC treasury companies marked another step in the institutional adoption of crypto.
US-traded spot Bitcoin ETFs captured $518 million on Sept. 29 and have accumulated $57.3 billion in net flows since their launch in January 2024, according to Farside Investors data.
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) crossed $80...
Solana spot ETF approvals could come as soon as next week, with a timeline of Oct. 6-10 representing a realistic expectation for the SEC’s approval.
As Blockworks reported on Sept. 30, sources at three separate issuers said that the optimism follows the SEC’s adoption of generic listing standards for crypto exchange-traded products, which eliminated the need for individual 19b-4 filings for token...
Strategy raised the annual dividend rate on its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch (STRC) Preferred Stock from 10% to 10.25%, effective Oct. 1.
The company disclosed the change in a Sept. 30 SEC filing, also declaring a cash dividend of $0.854166667 per share on STRC, payable Oct. 31 to stockholders of record as of Oct. 15. The payout reflects the new 10.25% annual rate.
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