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The blockchain gaming industry has shifted its focus from overcoming regulatory and platform challenges to developing high-quality games that can attract a mass audience. From Regulatory Hurdles to High-Quality Games The blockchain gaming industry has successfully overcome its initial hurdles and has shifted its focus to a core tenet of the gaming industry: building high-quality games that are compelling enough to attract millions of players. According to Nate Nesbitt, chief marketing officer (CMO) at Mythical Games, the goal now is to engage a mass audience, regardless of their interest in the underlying blockchain technology. To support the assertion that players…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. I entered crypto in 2017, when EtherDelta was one of the only live DEXs. It was clunky, slow, and borderline unusable. But people still used it. Because for the first time, you could trade without asking permission. Summary Core divide: TradFi enforces oversight through centralized intermediaries, while DeFi enables programmable, verifiable, permissionless coordination. DeFi protocols are coordination layers that route capital based on logic and incentives, scaling beyond human-led systems. Many emerging “DeFi” tools mimic TradFi control…

Donald Trump has accused the New York Times (NYT) of damaging his $TRUMP memecoin in a $15 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the publication. The lawsuit, filed in a Florida court, alleges that the outlet damaged $TRUMP’s reputation, as well as that of his social media platform Truth Social and the wider Trump Organization, with multiple harmful statements. Trump is following up on legal threats he made after the NYT revealed a series of birthday letters sent to the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. These included a poem and a drawing of a nude woman allegedly signed by then president. He denies…

Coinbase CEO teases new products before the end of 2025. It is set to launch Mag7 + Crypto Equity Index Futures later this month. Eyes Further acquisitions after Deribit deal. Right in the midst of the Q4 energy, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has teased a bold message. “Lots of cool new products to ship, let’s do this,” he shared, sparking excitement in the community. The message seemed like a clear call to action, with focus on execution and finishing the year strong. ~3 months left in 2025. Lots of cool new products to ship. Let’s do this. — Brian Armstrong…

Aave V4 is set to launch in Q4 with unified cross-chain liquidity, as Aave cements its position as the market leader in DeFi lending with record-high $41.7 billion TVL. Summary Aave V4 upgrades introduce the Cross-Chain Liquidity Layer, enabling users to borrow and collateralize across both EVM and non-EVM chains. Aave now holds nearly half of the sector’s total liquidity, with V4 expected to further accelerate growth by unlocking cross-chain capital efficiency and broader liquidity access. Aave Labs (AAVE) has published the official launch roadmap for Aave V4, outlining completed milestones and upcoming stages as V4 undergoes final review, testing,…

The UK and the US are preparing to cooperate more closely on cryptocurrencies, including stablecoins, according to the Financial Times. The decision came to the fore following a meeting today between British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Both governments are also reportedly developing a joint “digital securities sandbox” program to test blockchain applications in financial services. Cryptocurrency companies like Coinbase, Circle, and Ripple, as well as major banks like Citi, Bank of America, and Barclays, attended the meeting. Officials said the meeting was organized “at the last minute” following a letter sent by the crypto…

The Cardano community has made an important call to major crypto exchange Coinbase. This follows a clarification on asset listings made by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong in the past week. On Friday, the Coinbase CEO shared with the crypto community that the crypto exchange has published a “Guide to the Digital Asset Listing Process” in a bid to enlighten crypto project users. This, according to the Coinbase CEO, was necessitated by the exchange getting a ton of questions about how and why assets get listed, and in order to boost transparency, the guide was then written. According to the guide,…

Ethereum is in the midst of a paradox. Even as ether hit record highs in late August, decentralized finance (DeFi) activity on Ethereum’s layer-1 (L1) looks muted compared to its peak in late 2021. Fees collected on mainnet in August were just $44 million, a 44% drop from the prior month. Meanwhile, layer-2 (L2) networks like Arbitrum and Base are booming, with $20 billion and $15 billion in total value locked (TVL) respectively. This divergence raises a crucial question: are L2s cannibalizing Ethereum’s DeFi activity, or is the ecosystem evolving into a multi-layered financial architecture? AJ Warner, the chief strategy…

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is pressing the US Department of Justice to step in over state-level crypto enforcement after federal regulators abandoned their case against the company earlier this year. In a 14-page letter sent Monday to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal said federal officials should take action in response to state-level enforcement directed against cryptocurrency companies. According to Grewal, the DOJ should urge Congress to “step in and enact broad preemption provisions.” “When Oregon can sue us for services that are legal under federal law, something’s broken,” said Grewal in a Tuesday X post.…

On Monday, the Web3 and payments infrastructure firm Transak revealed it will exclusively power stablecoin onramping in Metamask’s Deposit button, with upcoming support for metamask usd (mUSD), according to a company statement shared with Bitcoin.com News on Sept. 15, 2025. Transak Becomes Exclusive Onramp for Metamask’s Deposit Flow Transak said Metamask users in the U.S. and European Union can buy stablecoins at near 1:1 rates without leaving the wallet via bank transfers or cards. Support for metamask usd (mUSD) will roll out alongside purchases of Circle’s USDC and Tether’s USDT through its white-label integration. The integration places Transak as the…