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The United States (US) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases the delayed Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for September on Thursday at 13:30 GMT. The US Dollar (USD) traders eagerly await the September employment report for clear hints on the health of the labor market and whether the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will lower interest rates next month. What to expect from the next Nonfarm Payrolls report? Economists expect Nonfarm Payrolls to rise by 50,000 in September after increasing by a meagre 22,000 in August. The Unemployment Rate (UE) is likely to stabilize at 4.3% during the same period. Meanwhile, Average…

Since its founding in 2017, Binance has shifted its principal place of business around the world at least half a dozen times and has spun up subsidiaries in just as many countries. However, Binance has made mapping its official headquarters incredibly difficult with the company denying for many years that it even had any. Even three years into the company’s operations, founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) claimed that his company didn’t have a headquarters “because Bitcoin doesn’t have an office.” After CZ repeatedly refused to name a primary place of business, US regulators began to complain and eventually escalated their inquiries…

In a groundbreaking move that bridges physical resources with digital innovation, the minerals tokenization project SAGINT has announced its selection of the Sui blockchain as its Layer 1 partner. This strategic partnership promises to transform how we track valuable minerals from extraction to final use, bringing unprecedented transparency to an industry that desperately needs it. For cryptocurrency enthusiasts and industry observers alike, this represents a significant real-world application of blockchain technology beyond financial speculation. Why Did SAGINT Choose the Sui Blockchain? The decision wasn’t made lightly. SAGINT evaluated multiple blockchain platforms before selecting Sui blockchain as their foundational technology. The…

Get ready for a game-changing development in decentralized finance! The Aave V4 upgrade is poised to transform how lending protocols handle risk management with its innovative liquidation model. This isn’t just another technical update—it’s a fundamental shift toward more efficient and user-friendly DeFi operations that could set new standards for the entire industry. What Makes the Aave V4 Upgrade So Revolutionary? The upcoming Aave V4 upgrade represents a significant leap forward in decentralized lending protocol design. Unlike previous versions that used rigid systems, this update introduces adaptive mechanisms that respond dynamically to market conditions. The core innovation lies in how…

Bitget’s stock futures contracts reached $5 billion in cumulative trading volume, the company announced yesterday (Tuesday), a fivefold increase from $1 billion recorded in early November, just four months after launching the product line in July The crypto exchange crossed $3 billion in trading volume one week earlier, according to company figures. MicroStrategy futures led activity with $1.4 billion in trades, followed by Tesla at $1 billion and Apple at $472 million. Tokenized Stocks Trading Activity Mirrors Tech Rally The volume jump tracks with gains in U.S. equity markets, where third-quarter earnings and renewed interest in artificial intelligence stocks pushed…

9 December 2025 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset industry, and HoneyCoin, one of the fastest-growing African fintech platforms on a mission to build the operating system for money movement in frontier markets, are announcing a strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating access to digital assets across Africa. HoneyCoin provides innovative solutions for cost-effective storage, transfer, and exchange of value globally. By leveraging blockchain technology and traditional financial infrastructure, the company is addressing long-standing challenges in cross-border transactions, such as high costs, delays, and inefficiencies. As part of this collaboration, HoneyCoin will launch a cashless point-of-sale (POS) platform…

Global bank J.P. Morgan has arranged a landmark commercial paper issuance on the Solana blockchain, in a move that pushes real-world financial instruments deeper into public blockchain infrastructure. Commercial paper, typically issued through legacy systems, is a short-term debt tool that companies use to raise working capital. This one was structured onchain and settled using USDC, the stablecoin issued by Circle (CRCL). J.P. Morgan created the onchain token representing the debt and handled the settlement. Galaxy’s investment banking arm structured the issuance. Coinbase acted both as investor and wallet provider, while Franklin Templeton, which has already created a tokenized money…

A flagship perp DEX is about to reshape derivatives trading as the Synthetix perps ecosystem prepares its high-profile return to Ethereum with strict caps and fresh incentives. Synthetix comes back to Ethereum Mainnet Launch parameters and withdrawal controls Trading competitions and the road to Mainnet Core product experience: portfolio and markets Enhanced order tools and “chase” functionality Synthetix perps Teams and early access incentives New Market Mondays and feature rollouts Reviving SNX and sUSD at the core of the protocol Outlook for SNX, staking, and Mainnet growth Synthetix comes back to Ethereum Mainnet On December 17, Synthetix will relaunch its…

Money managers may need to rethink their approach to digital assets, with over a third of young, wealthy investors in a recent US survey indicating they had moved on from advisers who don’t offer crypto exposure. Crypto payments provider Zerohash’s survey of 500 US investors aged 18 to 40, released on Wednesday, found that 35% had moved money away from advisers who didn’t offer access to crypto. Those surveyed had incomes between $100,000 and $1 million, and more than half of those who moved money due to an advisers lack of crypto offerings said they had moved between $250,000 and…

For Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour, the company’s duel with Polymarket is the kind of pressure that forces a new market to mature. In his interview with 20VC, he framed this rivalry as a “ferocious” battle akin to Brady vs. Manning or Messi vs. Ronaldo. He argued that the infighting is what will ultimately propel prediction markets into the financial mainstream. The intense competition is what forces both companies to push beyond their limits, transforming the sector from a niche curiosity into a legitimate industry. “An industry truly becomes an industry when there’s a rivalry,” Mansour said. “That sort of infighting…