Quick Breakdown Brian Quintenz’s nomination to chair the CFTC has been withdrawn by the Trump White House. The move follows a dispute between Quintenz and Gemini’s Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss over CFTC policies. The CFTC remains under Acting Chair Caroline Pham as Congress advances the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. ...
Miami, Florida, 1st October 2025, Chainwire
Quick Breakdown: 1inch unveils a new identity at 1inch.com, reflecting DeFi’s maturity and push toward mainstream adoption. Evolving from the first DEX aggregator to a full DeFi ecosystem integrating liquidity and infrastructure. Focus on simplicity, efficiency, and integration to bridge DeFi, TradFi, and everyday users. Decentralized finance aggregator 1inch has ...
Quick Breakdown Bit Digital, with $532.5M in ETH, has staked over 86% of its holdings. Figment, managing $17B in assets, will serve as its primary staking provider. Partnership strengthens institutional-grade, non-custodial ETH staking with strict compliance. Bit Digital (Nasdaq: BTBT), one of the largest publicly traded Ethereum-native treasuries, has appointed ...
Quick Breakdown Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services partners with Chainlink to publish real-time multi-asset class market data onchain. Data from Eurex, Xetra, 360T, and Tradegate will be available via Chainlink’s DataLink across 40+ blockchains. Integration gives 2,400+ DeFi protocols access to institutional-grade market data, enabling regulated financial products onchain. ...
Quick Breakdown GLEIF and Chainlink launch blockchain-based institutional identity solution. vLEI integration enables onchain compliance and trusted counterparties. Partnership paves way for banks and asset managers to scale tokenized finance. The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has entered a strategic partnership with Chainlink to launch an institutional-grade identity framework ...
Quick Breakdown Metaplanet generated ¥2.44B revenue from the Bitcoin income business in Q3 FY2025, up 115.7% from Q2. The company doubled FY2025 revenue forecast to ¥6.8B and operating profit to ¥4.7B. Holds 30,823 BTC in long-term treasury, reinforcing Bitcoin as core corporate strategy. Metaplanet Inc. has revised its full-year earnings ...
Quick Breakdown OSL Group teams up with Solana Foundation to drive compliant tokenization of funds, bonds, and private credit. Institutional-grade RWA platform combines OSL’s regulatory expertise with Solana’s high-speed blockchain. Partnership bridges finance and Web3, unlocking trillion-dollar opportunities in tokenized markets. OSL Group (863.HK), a leading provider of digital asset ...
Quick Breakdown Promise and Potential: Interoperability enables seamless asset transfers, deeper liquidity, and innovation across DeFi, NFTs, and gaming, with potential to attract institutions and improve risk management. Regulatory Challenges: Lack of unified global rules, jurisdictional conflicts, and KYC/AML uncertainty create hurdles for adoption and compliance in multi-chain ecosystems. Balancing ...
Quick Breakdown: MicroStrategy turned corporate debt into a weapon, raising billions at near-zero rates to buy Bitcoin. Convertible debt gave investors upside in equity while sparing MicroStrategy heavy cash repayments. Market critics liken the strategy to a financial “Ponzi loop,” dependent on Microstrategy Bitcoins rise. Beyond MicroStrategy, the playbook sparks ...
