Finance
World Liberty Financial is preparing to roll out its own debit card, with co-founder Zak Folkman saying the launch is coming “very soon.” The announcement came during a fireside chat at Korea Blockchain Week 2025’s Impact conference in Seoul on Tuesday. The card will allow users to link World
Why Wallet Choice Matters If you’ve dipped your toes into crypto, you already know one rule: protect your assets. But the real challenge comes in deciding how. With wallets being the entry point to your coins, choosing between a hot or cold wallet can make all the difference. Each
A New Way to Use Bitcoin Bitcoin has long been seen as digital gold—valuable to hold, but not especially easy to put to work. Lombard, a new Bitcoin infrastructure protocol, wants to change that. By introducing LBTC, a liquid, yield-bearing version of Bitcoin, Lombard lets BTC holders earn rewards
GameFi
Immutable, a leading Web3 gaming platform, has announced the launch of a dedicated Mobile Gaming Division as it sets its sights on the $121 billion global mobile gaming market. The new division will focus on bringing blockchain-powered titles to mobile devices, where more than half of the world’s gamers
Markets
ZOOZ Power shares surged on Friday after shareholders approved the company’s $180 million private placement and plan to adopt a bitcoin-focused treasury strategy. The Nasdaq- and Tel Aviv-listed energy storage company saw its stock close at $2.33 on Thursday before soaring as high as $8.44 in pre-market
Markets
FTSE 250-listed trading giant IG Group is expanding its digital asset footprint with the acquisition of Australian cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve, in a deal worth up to $117 million. The agreement, announced Friday, marks IG’s latest move to strengthen its crypto offerings outside the UK and U.S., as
AI
US President Donald Trump lightened the mood at a London summit on Thursday, joking that artificial intelligence was “taking over the world” while admitting he knew little about the technology. The remark came as Trump joined UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in hosting business and technology leaders during the president’
AI
As artificial intelligence moves from experimental pilots to enterprise-scale deployments, the challenge is no longer proving its potential but making it practical, measurable, and sustainable. Dell Technologies is positioning itself at the center of this shift, building the infrastructure and tools businesses need to harness AI at scale. Christian Spindeldreher,
Security
Canadian authorities have carried out the country’s largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure, shutting down digital asset exchange TradeOgre and confiscating 56 million Canadian dollars (about $40 million USD) in crypto assets. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Thursday that its Money Laundering Investigative Team dismantled the platform following a
DeFi
Coinbase has introduced a new way for users to put their stablecoins to work, rolling out onchain lending for USD Coin (USDC) directly inside its app. The feature, announced on September 18, offers yields as high as 10.8% annual percentage yield (APY) and reflects the company’s growing push
Finance
Defiance ETFs has introduced a new product that blends the potential of leveraged crypto exposure with a steady income stream. The firm announced the launch of the Defiance Leveraged Long + Income Ethereum ETF (NASDAQ: ETHI), the first exchange-traded fund designed to combine amplified exposure to Ethereum-related assets with an options-based
Markets
PayPal’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, PYUSD, is taking a major step toward broader adoption with its expansion to several new blockchains, thanks to a partnership with interoperability protocol LayerZero. PYUSD Reaches More Blockchains Launched in 2023 and issued by Paxos Trust Company, PYUSD was initially available only on Ethereum,