Institutional crypto staking firm Figment has acquired Rated Labs, a staking and validator analytics platform. The Rated brand and website will stay unchanged, but the Rated team and technology will join Figment. The deal marks Figment’s first acquisition. Figment and Rated declined to disclose the deal terms. Figment runs a staking platform aimed at institutional
BlackRock will debut a GENIUS Act-compliant money market fund for stablecoin reserve custody, providing regulatory-grade solutions to top crypto issuers. The launch marks an institutional shift toward compliance-focused crypto infrastructure. The initiative arrives as a new US law transforms stablecoin regulations. Major industry players may benefit from improved, transparent custody as compliance rises in importance
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Even as more firms board the bitcoin treasury bandwagon, their collective appetite for scooping up BTC has weakened. That decline is nothing short of drastic when you look at the numbers. The seven-day moving average of net daily inflows into bitcoin digital asset treasuries (DATs) recently dropped to 140 BTC, marking the lowest level since
16 October, 2025 – Tether, the largest company in the digital assets industry, today announced a $250,000 donation to OpenSats, a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to funding contributors and projects that strengthen Bitcoin and advance open, censorship-resistant technologies. The donation will support OpenSats’ operations and grant-making efforts, enabling continued financial support for a wide range
The market crash on October 11 caused severe losses for retail investors. It also triggered notable behavioral changes among Bitcoin whales. Recent on-chain data reveals three major shifts in this group’s activity. What are they, and can the market adapt to these new patterns? The following analysis explains. 1. Dormant Whales Are Waking Up After
Kadena’s Chainweb EVM Testnet represents a significant advancement in blockchain technology, blending the security of Proof-of-Work (PoW) with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility. Launched in June, the testnet expands Kadena’s braided Chainweb architecture to include EVM support, allowing Solidity developers to deploy smart contracts on a scalable Layer 1 network. This report compiles research based
For the past three days, the price of Bitcoin seems to want to break below the support set around $110,000. Will there be another crash? This hypothesis indeed seems at least plausible, but there is at least one element that suggests the opposite hypothesis might actually be true. Summary The Bitcoin Crash The Key Threshold
The Venom Foundation, an organization based in Abu Dhabi and developer of the next-generation Layer-0 and Layer-1 blockchain of the same name, has published a comparative research on transaction fees of the world’s top ten blockchains. The report, titled “How Transaction Fees Across 10 Leading Blockchains Affect Their Usability and Adoption Potential”, reveals an impressive
The “debasement trade,” a strategy championed by both retail and institutional investors betting on hard assets like gold and Bitcoin to hedge against fiat currency decline, is under fresh scrutiny after a dramatic divergence in performance. On October 10, the “Black Friday Crypto Crash” wiped out over $19 billion in leveraged positions, sending Bitcoin (BTC)