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Institutional crypto adoption is accelerating as Galaxy Digital and Coinbase Prime unite to deliver a powerful new standard in secure, scalable staking access — merging world-class custody with institutional-grade validator infrastructure to fuel the next wave of digital asset growth. Galaxy and Coinbase Prime Join Forces to Elevate Institutional Staking Access Institutional engagement with digital assets continues to expand as leading firms strengthen access to secure and diversified staking services. Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq/TSX: GLXY) announced on Oct. 29 that it has integrated its staking infrastructure with Coinbase Prime, the full-service prime brokerage platform from crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN).…
Publicly listed mining companies are dumping shares into the market faster than they have in ten years, and no one’s blinking. With gold prices having surged most of the year and demand for critical minerals climbing, North American miners have raised $2.9 billion across 185 deals in October alone. That’s the biggest monthly tally since November 2013, according to Bloomberg. Gold and silver miners made up one-third of October’s equity deals, even though the prices of both metals slipped after October 21. Still, investors haven’t flinched. There’s cash chasing deals left and right. “I can’t even think of a deal…
Neo and SpoonOS have launched Spoon-Fed Ideas, a unique way that ecosystem members can contribute to the multi-stop, multi-month Scoop AI Hackathon. Spoon-Fed Ideas is an initiative designed to connect non-developers with builders in the Web3 and AI space. If a Spoon-Fed Idea wins one of the various hackathon “Bowls,” then both the individual who makes the suggestion and developer who builds it will win GAS rewards. The campaign invites anyone to submit creative ideas for SpoonOS-powered projects by posting on X using the hashtag #SpoonFedIdeas. For non-developers, participation requires sharing a Tweet about an idea you’d like to see…
TL;DR Jupiter launched Limit Order V2 on Solana, a limit order system that brings enhanced transaction privacy. The update allows traders to set prices in USD or by market capitalization and fixes misexecuted orders from the previous version. It also includes a One-Cancels-Other feature, combining stop loss and take profit in a single position. Jupiter has launched Limit Order V2, a new limit order system on the Solana blockchain that introduces privacy protections and anti-front-running mechanisms. The update is designed to give both retail and professional traders greater precision, automation, and control over their operations within the decentralized platform. More…
At Jensen Huang’s recent appearance in Seoul, attendees waved smartphones showing stock tickers for Nvidia and Samsung rather than crypto charts. Meanwhile, trading volumes on Upbit, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, have declined by 12.8% recently, indicating a notable shift in retail investor sentiment. Korean Retail Market Rotates From Crypto to AI-Linked Equities South Korea is witnessing a visible exodus from digital assets. Data from CoinGecko shows Upbit recorded $2.02 billion in 24-hour trading volume as of October 31, 2025. It is down by over 13% in the last 24 hours. Trading volumes have been declining over the last several…
Elizabeth Warren is planning to put forward a Senate resolution this week condemning President Donald Trump’s pardon of Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, according to a copy of a letter sent to senators on Monday seen by Decrypt. The resolution is notably backed not only by noted crypto industry critic Warren (D-MA), but by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a crypto-supportive legislator who was one of a handful of Democrats central to the passage of the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act that Trump signed into law this summer. The planned resolution was first reported by Axios. Trump’s pardon of Binance’s founder has caused…
An account once used by Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, posted a link to a document on X late Thursday arguing the company was never insolvent, echoing arguments raised at his trial years ago. The 14-page document, supposedly written by the disgraced wunderkind and his team, claims the exchange did not go bankrupt because of a sweeping scheme to commit fraud and misappropriate $10 billion in customers’ funds, as a Manhattan jury found in 2023. Instead, FTX faced a “liquidity crisis” that was “on track to be resolved by the end of the month,”…
George Kikvadze adjusts his webcam to display a 2×3 foot circuit board framed and displayed in trophy-like fashion on the wall of his office. The board, which was used in Bitfury’s early bitcoin mining operations, contains hundreds of small green 55 nanometer silicon chips. These were among the first-ever Application Specific Integrated Circuits, commonly known as ASICs, to be used for industrial-scale bitcoin mining. “This board itself mined 400,000 bitcoins,” Kikvadze told me in an interview. “Every VC in Silicon Valley missed the chance to get in on this early.” The prop is a fitting visual for Kikvadze’s new memoir,…
Somnia Network has formed a new joint venture with Lair Finance, which is yet another strategic move towards revolutionizing decentralized gaming and entertainment. This is a partnership between the high-performance blockchain infrastructure component of Somnia and Lair expertise with cross-chain liquid staking. Welcome aboard, @LairFinance!Curious what utility’s coming to @Somnia_Network. https://t.co/cluCOSHUPh — ecosystem.somi (@SomniaEco) October 29, 2025 The two together are striving to re-establish the interaction of users with decentralized applications and gain rewards on numerous networks. Expanding Cross-Chain Capabilities Cross-chain restaking is available in Lair Finance on various noteworthy Layer 1 chains, such as Kaia Chain, Berachain, and Injective.…
Bitkub has announced the FF token of Falcon Finance, a significant boost in decentralized finance access in the Southeast Asian market. On October 29, 2025, the listing went live, with the FF/THB trading pair, following deposit and withdrawal services that opened two days earlier. This strategic move provides Thai investors with access to one of DeFi’s fastest growing stablecoin protocols directly through their local currency. Strategic Expansion into Regions Via Key Listings This timing of the listing is crucial because it will be one of several releases of new tokens that Bitkub will launch on its platform. In addition, the…