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YZi Labs has led a $50 investment million in Better Payment Network, supporting its plan to build a programmable global payment layer centered on stablecoins. Summary YZi Labs led a $50M funding round in BPN to expand stablecoin payment infrastructure on BNB Chain. BPN enables multi-stablecoin minting, swapping, and settlement via CeDeFi rails. Funds will boost liquidity and global adoption, aligning with YZi Labs’ BNB initiatives. The move marks one of YZi Labs’ largest single investments in 2025, reinforcing its focus on building real-world blockchain infrastructure. According to an Oct. 16 announcement by YZi Labs, the financing will help BPN…

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Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Hyperliquid announced today that it has temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals on the POPCAT trading pair due to suspicions of possible price manipulation attempts. POPCAT was recorded as one of the altcoins that experienced the most liquidation with the massive pump and dump wave it experienced today. Chart showing the pump and dump in POPCAT price. It appeared that the platform had halted operations for maintenance. On-chain data from ArbiScan also confirmed the pause. However, what really caught the community’s attention was the allegation that a user was attempting to artificially inflate the price of POPCAT. Onchain…

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On Nov. 16, Tom Lee — executive chairman of BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors and chief investment officer at Fundstrat Capital — said in a post on X that ether is “embarking on that same supercycle” that produced a 100x gain in bitcoin since his 2017 client recommendation. He noted bitcoin endured six drawdowns greater than 50% and three greater than 75% over the past 8.5 years, arguing crypto’s volatility reflects markets “discounting a massive future” and that investors had to hold through “existential moments.” The call drew pushback. A prominent bitcoin influencer known…

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Paxos’ accidental minting of $300 trillion PYUSD on Wednesday, while undoubtedly concerning, serves as a case study as to why blockchain could shine in traditional banking. On Wednesday, Paxos mistakenly minted $300 trillion worth of the PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoin, describing it as an “internal technical error.” What’s important, however, is that the blockchain allowed its mistake to be quickly identified and corrected. The incident took place on Oct. 15 at 7:12 pm UTC, and the entire amount was burned just 22 minutes later, as onlookers caught onto it almost immediately. Source: Ted Pillows The same could not be said…

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Key Takeaways Polymarket is now the exclusive prediction market partner for Yahoo Finance, integrating its forecasting data with the financial news platform. The integration will allow Yahoo Finance users to access event-based prediction market odds. Yahoo Finance, a financial news and data service, has tapped Polymarket as its exclusive prediction market partner. The collaboration will bring Polymarket’s real-time market-based insights to Yahoo Finance users. The partnership positions Polymarket to integrate its event-based forecasting capabilities with Yahoo Finance’s existing financial data infrastructure, expanding access to prediction market odds for mainstream users. Google is also set to incorporate data from prediction markets…

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Ethereum price crashed to an important support level as its open interest slipped and exchange-traded funds outflows accelerated. Summary Ethereum price has crashed by 35% from its highest level this year. The supply of exchanges has been in a strong freefall in the past few months. Ether has formed a small double-bottom pattern on the daily timeframe. Ethereum supply on exchanges has dropped Ethereum (ETH) token dived to the key support at $3,060, down by 35% from its highest point this year. It has moved to the lowest level since July 16 as the crypto bear marketaccelerates. ETH price has…

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JUST IN: MICHAEL SAYLOR’S STRATEGY HAS NOW BEEN QUALIFIED TO JOIN THE S&P 500 FOR OVER 70 DAYSIT’S NOT A MATTER OF IF, BUT WHEN 🔥 pic.twitter.com/f3Yzp1IONg — The Bitcoin Historian (@pete_rizzo_) October 16, 2025 MicroStrategy has now more than 70 days in S&P 500. The company satisfies all the significant requirements of the index committee. According to market analysts, it will not take too long before it becomes one of the 500 leading businesses of America. This surge is still driven by the Bitcoin-oriented approach offered by Michael Saylor. The company is currently worth more than 100 billion dollars.…

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Pump.fun announced an experimental Mayhem Mode, allowing AI agents to join the trenches for newly launched tokens. The automated bidding is a new step for AI agents and memes, as before, most agents relied on human assistants. Pump.fun announced its Mayhem Mode addition as a tool to increase early trading volumes by including AI agents. The meme platform did not explicitly announce Mayhem Mode or the agents to be involved, instead leaving the community to discover the addition in the documents. The AI agent will not create new tokens, unlike previous experiments for agent-generated memes. The trading agent wallet, however,…

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BlackRock’s tokenized U.S. Treasury fund (BUIDL), issued by Securitize, will now be accepted as collateral for institutional trading on Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, the firms said in a Friday press release. Using BUIDL as off-exchange collateral means traders can post the token with a custody partner, rather than directly on the exchange, as collateral while still trading on Binance. The move gives institutional traders more flexibility to use yield-generating assets while staying within compliance frameworks, the firms said. “Our institutional clients have asked for more interest-bearing stable assets they can hold as collateral while actively trading…

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