Day: 22 July 2025

Dubai, Emirates, UAE, 22nd July 2025, Chainwire

Amber Group, a global digital asset firm headquartered in Singapore, has unveiled BUIDL_QUESTS 2025, its second annual Web3 hackathon, through its accelerator program amber.ac. This year’s edition features over $10 million in incentives, reinforcing the company’s commitment to accelerating development in AgentFi, a crypto-native model where autonomous AI agents act ...

The Bank of England (BOE) is re-evaluating its plans to launch a digital pound amid shifting priorities towards stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg reported that the BOE is urging commercial banks to redirect their efforts away from central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) ...

BlockDAG has stepped into the spotlight this July as one of the most talked-about crypto launches of the year. Unlike most blockchain projects that release tokens to investors in slow, phased unlocks, BlockDAG offers its presale participants an unprecedented 100% coin unlock on launch day. This “No Vesting Pass”—available for ...

Brazil has openly acknowledged significant obstacles in its negotiations for a new trade deal with the United States, raising concerns that progress may stall due to unresolved policy differences. This development was confirmed on Monday, as officials from Brazil emphasized that the ongoing talks are facing critical uncertainties regarding key ...

BTC Digital Ltd. (NASDAQ: BTCT) closed trading at $3.21, down 4.46% on July 22, with a pre-market indication of $3.20. The decline in share price comes even as the company made headlines with a fresh $5 million acquisition of Ethereum (ETH), increasing its total ETH holdings to 2,135 ETH as ...

Coinbase has expanded its derivatives offerings by launching perpetual futures trading in the United States, granting eligible users access to high-leverage crypto trades previously unavailable under U.S. regulatory frameworks. On Monday, the leading crypto exchange announced that U.S. customers can now trade perpetual futures via Coinbase Financial Markets accounts. At ...

Illicit cross-chain crypto activity has skyrocketed to over $21 billion as of May 2025, according to Elliptic’s latest Cross-Chain Crime Report—a threefold increase from its $7 billion estimate in 2023. Criminal actors are increasingly exploiting decentralized exchanges (DEXs), cross-chain bridges, and anonymous swap services to launder funds, evade sanctions, and ...

Eddid Financial has received regulatory approval from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to launch digital asset coin in/out services, positioning the firm to deepen its footprint in the virtual asset space. The clearance was granted to its subsidiary, Eddid Securities and Futures, and marks a key milestone in ...

Ethena, a prominent player in decentralised finance has introduced an ambitious initiative to reinforce its ENA token ecosystem by launching a $360 million buyback programme. This strategic move will be executed through StablecoinX, the project’s newly established crypto treasury arm, marking a significant step towards consolidating ENA as a long-term ...