Ethereum stablecoin supply hits new all-time high of $162B
Sooner Than ExpectedOctober 17, 2025 — Ethereum’s dominance in decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to grow, with its total stablecoin supply hitting a new record...
Stocks news: Wall Street muted amid bank credit jitters
U.S. Stocks Trade Mixed as Regional Bank Loan Worries Offset Trump’s Trade RemarksOctober 17, 2025 — U.S. stocks opened mixed on Friday as Wall...
Trump Defends China Tariffs Amid Ongoing Crypto Market Crash
October 17, 2025 — Global crypto markets tumbled on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed his plan to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese...
Solana price retreats near $180 as technicals flag caution
Solana Price Slides Below $185 as Bearish Pressure Builds and ETF Hopes FadeSolana (SOL) is showing renewed weakness, with the token dropping to $181...
Crypto stocks tank as Bitcoin retreats below $110k
Crypto Stocks Slide as Bitcoin Falls Below $110,000Crypto-related stocks came under pressure on Thursday, October 16, as Bitcoin slipped back under the $110,000 mark,...
Visa Backs Stablecoin Push Into Lending, Led by Huma Finance
Visa: Stablecoins Move Beyond Payments to Power $670B in On-Chain CreditOctober 16, 2025 — Stablecoins are expanding far beyond payments, emerging as a key...
a16z Invests $50 Million in Solana Staking Protocol Jito
a16z Crypto Injects $50 Million Into Solana Staking Platform JitoOctober 16, 2025 — Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm (a16z Crypto) has invested $50 million in...
Tether Freezes $13.4 Million in USDT Across 22 Wallet Addresses
Tether Holdings has frozen $13.4 million worth of USDT across 22 wallet addresses on the Ethereum and Tron networks, according to on-chain data from...
Lombard Partners with Story to Develop Bitcoin-Based IP Infrastructure
Lombard Partners with Story to Build Bitcoin-Backed IP Infrastructure for CreatorsOctober 16, 2025 — Bitcoin liquidity protocol Lombard has partnered with Story, a layer-1...
Stable Partners with Morpho to Boost Stablecoin Yield
Stable Teams Up with Morpho to Turn Idle Crypto Into EarningsStable just announced a new partnership with Morpho, a decentralized lending platform, to help...
Zeta Network Secures $231M Bitcoin-Backed Investment to Expand Treasury
Zeta Network Bets Big on Bitcoin with $231 Million BoostZeta Network just made a bold move — it’s expanding its treasury using Bitcoin as...
US Seizes $14 Billion in Bitcoin from Cambodia’s Prince Group Scam...
U.S. prosecutors have charged Cambodia’s Prince Group and its chairman Chen Zhi with wire fraud and money laundering, after seizing more than $14 billion...
Iraqi News
Kurdish opposition figure: The region’s finance ministry stole 5 trillion dinars allocated for job...
Independent Kurdish politician Saman Ali has made serious allegations against the Kurdistan Regional Government’s finance ministry, claiming more than 5 trillion dinars meant for...
Iraqi oil prices fall by 2%… Basra crude records $112
Iraqi oil prices moved lower on Wednesday, falling more than 2% as global energy markets weakened.Basra Heavy crude dropped $1.13 to $112.50 per barrel,...
Al-Kadhimi: Halting dollar shipments is American blackmail that infringes on Iraq’s sovereignty.
Former parliamentary finance committee member Mu'in al-Kadhimi criticized reports that the US halted dollar shipments to Iraq, calling the move “political blackmail” and interference...
1.6m bpd Kirkuk Export Pipeline Set for Relaunch
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil says exports through the Kirkuk-Fishkhabour-Turkey pipeline could resume soon, starting with limited volumes.The pipeline has a capacity of 1.6 million...
DNO issues Update on Production
Norwegian energy company DNO has given an update on its operations in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, saying it is preparing to ramp production back up...