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Block Brings Bitcoin Lightning Payments to x402
Block has joined the x402 Foundation and contributed a Lightning payment specification to the open standard for AI-agent payments.
Ethereum Draft Adds Compliance Powers to Confidential RWA Tokens
Developer Aryeh Greenberg has submitted a draft Ethereum interface for confidential real-world asset tokens that includes compliance checks and issuer enforcement powers.
Tokenized-Stock Holders Hit 4.3 Million as BNB Chain Leads
Token Terminal reported about 4.3 million tokenized-stock holders across blockchains, compared with roughly 100,000 a year earlier.
KelpDAO App Provider Files Civil Claim Against LayerZero
Evercrest Technologies, identified in Kelp’s terms as its app provider, filed a civil claim against LayerZero Labs in British Columbia on Sept. 24.
Paxos Labs Introduces PAXGy With Gold-Based Lending Returns
Paxos Labs launched PAXGy on Sept. 24, linking returns on a token built on PAX Gold to reserve-asset lending to institutional borrowers.
Bitget Halts Withdrawals After Reporting $351.6M Hot Wallet Breach
Bitget reported unauthorized hot wallet transfers affecting about $351.6 million in assets on Sept. 24 and temporarily halted withdrawals.
Morpho CEO’s Vault Classification Proposal Faces Pushback
Paul Frambot’s proposal to split onchain vaults into two regulatory categories drew objections from Aave’s Stani Kulechov and other industry figures.
Kamino Adds sUSDai Collateral Market for USDC Loans on Solana
Kamino’s new Solana market lets sUSDai holders borrow USDC against the GPU-loan-linked token without exiting their yield-bearing position.
Gnosis Pay to End Consumer Cards on Dec. 20, 2026
Gnosis Pay will discontinue its consumer cards and most web app functions as it moves toward a business-to-business model, The Defiant reported.
IBM Links Digital Asset Haven to Swift’s Shared Ledger in Beta
IBM’s beta integration lets participating institutions initiate tokenized-deposit transactions using their existing payment-message standard.
ARK Brings Venture Fund Shares to Ethereum With $500 Entry Point
ARK Invest has introduced tokenized ARK Venture Fund shares on Ethereum through Securitize, opening access to U.S. retail investors with a $500 minimum.
Morgan Stanley, Oliver Wyman Forecast $2.3T in Tokenized Assets by 2030
A joint report from Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman projects tokenized real-world assets could total about $2.3 trillion by 2030.
Cross-Border Stablecoin Transfers Rise 77.5% to $220.3 Billion
Chainalysis data shows cross-border stablecoin transfers rose sharply, while the busiest quarter of country-to-country routes accounted for 96.1% of measured value.
Payy Suspends Transactions After $1.92M USDC Bridge Exploit
Privacy-focused payments network Payy halted transactions on Sept. 24 after an Ethereum bridge exploit drained approximately 1.92 million USDC.
New York Seeks to Shut Polymarket’s US Exchange in Gambling Case
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a petition alleging Polymarket’s U.S. exchange operates an unlicensed gambling business.
Ondo Leads Altcoin Gains as Bitcoin Trades Near $84,000
Bitcoin stayed near $84,000 in a narrow trading range as Ondo led an overnight altcoin advance, according to The Defiant.
SEC’s Peirce Backs Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Privacy-Focused KYC
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce called for cryptographic compliance checks that limit the personal information collected under KYC and anti-money-laundering rules.
Bitget Adds Sygnum Custody Option for Institutional Collateral
Bitget institutional clients can now keep trading collateral with Swiss digital-asset bank Sygnum rather than on the exchange’s balance sheet.
DWF: Just Four of 20 Crypto Treasury Firms Trade Above Holdings Value
A DWF Ventures report found that only four of the 20 largest crypto treasury companies in its sample had market valuations exceeding their digital asset holdings.
Ondo Debuts Three Tokenized Portfolios Based on BlackRock Strategies
Ondo Finance introduced three tokenized portfolios on Sept. 24, offering eligible investors outside the U.S. access to securities baskets.
South Korean gaming giant Wemade to double down on blockchain-based social communities
South Korean game developer Wemade wants to bridge gaming and blockchain by introducing new decentralized communities in 2025. South Korean gaming giant Wemade apparently has big plans for 2025, focusing…
Top 5 Bitcoin Books to Read in 2025
Cryptocurrencies have been the most mysterious phenomenon for thousands of people worldwide in recent years. No one believed that digital currency will become valuable assets when Bitcoin arrived in the…
Billionaire Mike Novogratz Says Blockchains Have the Capacity To Protect People From ‘Scary’ AI Agents
Galaxy Digital chief executive Mike Novogratz says that blockchain technology may offer people protections from “scary” artificial intelligence (AI). In a new interview with the When Shift Happens YouTube channel,…
Volumes on Decentralized Exchanges Soar to an All-Time High of $478,838,000,000 in December: On-Chain Data
Monthly trading volume on decentralized exchanges (DEXes) has reached new all-time highs, according to the latest on-chain data. According to blockchain data aggregator DefiLlama, DEX volume for December was $422…