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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. There’s a funny thing about progress: it doesn’t always look like progress. Every year, new blockchains launch with sleeker branding, faster confirmation times, and bold promises to “finally fix” what came before. Each chain introduces its own tooling, fee structures, and communities. Instead of forming a unified global network, these ecosystems feel siloed, leaving users and enterprises constantly second-guessing whether they’re following the correct procedures. Summary Despite faster and sleeker new chains, developers are split across ecosystems,…

Stablecoins are emerging as one of the clearest near-term use cases for transforming cross-border payments, according to a report last month from accountancy firm KPMG. Banks currently rely on a correspondent banking network that moves roughly $150 trillion annually, the report noted, a system that typically takes between two and five days for settlement, involves multiple intermediaries, and carries an average cost of $25 to $35 per transaction. This infrastructure forces institutions to lock up large sums of money in nostro and vostro accounts around the world to ensure liquidity, KPMG said, creating inefficiencies that stablecoin technology is increasingly well-positioned…

Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, announced that two new projects will be added to the platform. Binance Announces Listing of Lorenzo Protocol (BANK) and Meteora (MET) According to the exchange’s announcement, Lorenzo Protocol (BANK) and Meteora (MET) tokens will be listed on the spot market with BANK/USDT, BANK/USDC, BANK/TRY, MET/USDT, MET/USDC and MET/TRY trading pairs as of 17:00 on November 13, 2025. Users will be able to begin depositing BANK and MET one hour before trading begins. Withdrawals will become available at 5:00 PM on November 14, 2025. Binance announced that it will not charge a listing…

Canton Network is transitioning from a promising protocol to an active construction site, with YZi Labs doubling down on its ecosystem by funding Temple Digital to build the foundational trading applications required for adoption. Summary YZi Labs has invested in Temple Digital Group, developer of Canton Network’s first native trading platform, signaling a major step toward institutional blockchain adoption. The funding supports Temple’s goal to build a privacy-focused, compliant trading stack for tokenized and traditional assets on Canton’s synchronized ledger. According to a press release dated Oct. 16, YZi Labs has invested in Temple Digital Group, the company behind Canton…

TKO Group Holdings — the parent company of UFC and Zuffa Boxing — has signed a multi-year partnership with Polymarket, the prediction market platform, to bring real-time fan sentiment tools to live fight broadcasts and in-venue experiences, the companies announced Thursday. The agreement makes UFC and Zuffa Boxing the first sports organizations to directly integrate prediction market technology into the live fan experience. At the center of the rollout is a new broadcast feature: the Fan Prediction Scoreboard. Powered by Polymarket, the scoreboard will show how fans around the world are forecasting each UFC fight as it unfolds. “By partnering…

Has the PIPE model failed for bitcoin treasury companies? The collapse in the share prices for two notable recently closed deals — KindlyMD (NAKA) and Strive (ASST) suggests as much. A PIPE, or Private Investment in Public Equity, is a financing mechanism where institutional investors purchase shares directly from a publicly traded company at a pre-determined price, typically below market value, which allows the company to raise capital at a much faster rate without the lengthy and costly process of a traditional public offering. PIPE transactions are often used by companies undergoing reverse mergers or going public via special-purpose acquisition…

USDC stablecoin issuer Circle has launched Circle StableFX, an institutional-grade foreign exchange engine that enables 24/7 stablecoin currency pair trading with on-chain settlement on its Arc blockchain network. The company simultaneously announced Circle Partner Stablecoins, a program supporting select regional stablecoin deployments on Arc, creating a unified infrastructure stack for global FX activity, according to a press release shared with Decrypt. The dual offerings is built on Arc’s Layer-1 blockchain, whose public testnet went live last month with over 100 participants, including BlackRock, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, BNY, State Street, ICE, AWS, Cloudflare, Mastercard, Coinbase, Kraken, Robinhood,…

Republican Congressman Troy Downing is going to introduce a bill aimed at making Donald Trump’s Bitcoin and Crypto 410(k) executive order into federal law. A representative of the congressman confirmed that Downing is going to introduce the bill on Oct. 21. Summary President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing crypto and other “alternative assets” in Americans’ retirement plans on Aug. 7, 2025. The order was dubbed “401k crypto Trump.” On top of crypto, the order opens retirement accounts for investing in real estate and private equity. If Downing’s bill becomes federal law, it may remove locks for $12 trillion…

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX, traditionally known for its centralized trading services, is expanding into decentralized finance with a new feature that lets US users trade tokens directly on decentralized markets. The DEX trading option, available through the OKX app, allows users to buy and sell tokens while retaining control of their digital assets. Trades are executed via self-custody wallets, meaning users hold their own private keys rather than storing funds on the exchange. According to OKX, the feature provides access to millions of tokens across Solana, Base and X Layer, which is OKX’s own Ethereum layer-2 network built using Polygon’s Chain…

BNY Mellon is exploring the development of stablecoin infrastructure but has not committed to launching its own token, executives said during the company’s recent earnings discussion on Thursday. The bank, one of the world’s largest custodians, has brought forward several blockchain-related investments in 2025 — including those that would support real-world asset settlement and tokenized payments. Executives linked that acceleration to a more “constructive” regulatory environment and improved market conditions. “With the change in administration, and everything going on in the digital asset space, we’ve brought forward some of our investments that previously might have fallen below the line,” said…