Bluesky reveals $100 million Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto
Bluesky, the decentralized social platform, revealed it raised $100 million in a Series B round back in April 2025.Key points:The round was led by...
Visa taps Aquanow to expand stablecoin settlement in CEMEA
Visa Just Made Stablecoin Payments Easier Across CEMEAVisa is taking another big step into the world of digital money. The company has expanded its...
WisdomTree launches Europe’s first fully staked Ethereum ETP on Lido
WisdomTree has officially launched a new product called the WisdomTree Physical Lido Staked Ether ETP, also known as LIST. It went live on Thursday,...
Robinhood unveils $1.5B buyback as HOOD drops 39% YTD
Robinhood has approved a $1.5 billion share buyback program, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The plan will run...
ZK Casino begins partial repayments in long-running $33M rug pull case
ZK Casino Is Back — and Finally Refunding Users After a Year of SilenceAfter months of complete silence, ZK Casino has suddenly reappeared with...
Custodia and Vantage Bank launch tokenized deposit platform for US banks
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2025 — Two U.S. banks, Custodia Bank and Vantage Bank, have launched a blockchain-powered platform that allows traditional banks to issue...
Europe banks pick stablecoin partners as MiCA srives shift
Europe is no longer just studying stablecoins—it’s starting to actually use them.Banks and big companies are now moving from “thinking about it” to launching...
North Korea weaponizes banned Nvidia GPUs in push to steal more...
North Korea has been working on artificial intelligence for almost 30 years, and a new report from South Korea’s Institute for National Security Strategy...
U.S. Treasury flags crypto ATMs as rising fraud risk in new...
The U.S. Treasury has raised a red flag about crypto ATMs, saying scammers are increasingly exploiting them. A report submitted to Congress under the...
Gold-backed stablecoins nearly triple to $4b as one token dominates 2025
Gold-backed stablecoins are having a big year. In 2025, their total market value has climbed to nearly $4 billion, almost three times higher than...
S&P assigns Michael Saylor’s Strategy a B- junk rating citing Bitcoin...
In a historic first for the cryptocurrency sector, S&P Global Ratings has officially issued a B- “junk” credit rating for Strategy Inc., the Bitcoin-treasury...
BNP Paribas brings crypto ETNs to investors in France
BNP Paribas is expanding its digital asset offerings in France by introducing six crypto-linked investment products for everyday investors.Starting Monday, clients will be able...
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...