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Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s edutech venture, Giggle Academy, managed to amass over a million dollars in public donations within half a day, thanks mainly to a memecoin. Giggle Academy’s donation address showed a balance of over 1,311 BNB (BNB) worth over $1.3 million at the time of writing, according to the BNB Smart Chain scan tool BscScan, after opening for donations on Sunday. A large portion of the donations came through a memecoin called “Giggle,” which was launched by the Giggle Fund, which has been sending trading fees charged for the memecoin to the Giggle Academy as BNB. Giggle…

Lumera Protocol, the AI-first Layer-1 that grew out of Pastel Network, has launched the Lumera Hub and a new permanent storage module called Cascade. Rolling out after Lumera’s mainnet debut, the Hub is meant to be the one place both developers and everyday users go to interact with the network, whether that’s storing files, running AI tasks, minting NFTs, staking, or voting in governance. At its simplest, the Hub combines Lumera’s key features into a single, clean interface. Through it, you can store data permanently with Cascade, run agentic AI jobs via Inference, and verify digital assets with Sense, all…

The Federal Reserve is likely to take central focus again this week with several members, including Chair Jerome Powell, speaking at public events. On Friday, U.S. personal consumption expenditure (PCE) figures for August are published. The PCE index is closely watched by the Fed and feeds into its monetary policy decisions. Crypto exchange Coinbase is introducing futures that track a mix of crypto exchange-traded funds and tech stocks and Hedera, a layer-1 blockchain, upgrades its mainnet. What to Watch Crypto Sept. 22: Coinbase introduces Mag7 + Crypto Equity Index Futures, a product combining major U.S. tech stocks with cryptocurrency ETFs…

The boom in share price for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) companies since September has delivered extraordinary returns for bitcoin miners expanding into those industries, but the growth comes at a cost. Bitcoin BTC$107,764.56 has risen just 10% this year, and with the bubble popping in corporate bitcoin treasuries in recent months, the narrative has shifted toward miners transforming their business models. Miners have been increasingly active in the debt markets as they seek to finance ambitious buildouts of their AI and HPC businesses. According to The MinerMag, their combined debt and convertible note offerings reached record levels…

CDARI, a renowned Web3 ecommerce entity, has collaborated with Krain AI, an infrastructure layer to drive AI economy. The partnership is aimed at developing a robust infrastructure layer to back the swiftly advancing AI economy. As mentioned in the official social media announcement shared by CDARI, the development focuses on merging the next-gen infrastructure solutions of Krain AI with the ecosystem expertise of CDARI. Hence, this synergy powers the creation of unique decentralized AI apps. 🚨 PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨We’re beyond excited to partner with @Krain_AI — building the Infrastructure Layer for the AI Economy! ⚙️🤖💎 AI App Portal🔥 Token Launch…

Crypto inflows climbed toward the $2 billion mark last week, with positive sentiment drawing from the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) decision to cut interest rates. Amid strong crypto inflows, the total AuM hit a YTD high of $40.4 billion, putting the market on track to match or slightly exceed last year’s $48.6 billion positive flows. Fed Rate Cut Pushed Crypto Inflows Past $1.9 Billion Last Week BeInCrypto reported the Fed’s move to cut interest rates last week, with chair Jerome Powell framing the rate cut as a risk management decision Against this backdrop, the Dollar weakened while equities and Bitcoin rallied…

Argo Blockchain’s largest lender, Growler Mining, is taking control of the embattled crypto miner through a debt-for-equity swap that leaves existing shareholders with just a small stake in the company. The restructuring, filed under the UK Companies Act, revealed that Growler will convert about $7.5 million in secured loans and provide new funding in exchange for 87.5% of Argo’s recapitalized equity. Bondholders of Argo’s $40 million unsecured notes will collectively receive 10%, while current shareholders will retain only 2.5%. The deal, part of a court-supervised restructuring plan dubbed Project Triumph, is designed to prevent insolvency and preserve the miner’s Nasdaq…

Empowering a Future Where Humans, Autonomous Machines, and AI Agents alike can Build, Deploy, and Transact Freely Using Secure, Self-custodial Wallets 17 October 2025 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset ecosystem, today announced it has open-sourced its Wallet Development Kit (WDK), a new development toolkit designed to empower humans, machines, and AI agents to build, deploy, and utilize secure, multi-chain, self-custodial wallets. These wallets can be integrated into any device, from the smallest embedded systems to mobile, desktop, or server operating systems. With WDK by Tether, developers, organizations, nations, AI Agents, and even autonomous systems can create…

Crypto-related company stocks tumbled in pre-market trading on Monday as bitcoin BTC$112,893.81 and several altcoins succumbed to unrelenting sell pressure, spurring $1.6 billion in liquidations across derivatives exchanges. Coinbase (COIN) is down by 3% in pre-market trading while Strategy (MSTR) slid by 2.3%. Mara Holdings (MARA) and Metaplanet (TYO: 3350) also lost more than 3%. Crypto treasury companies had a rougher morning; with solana treasury company Forward Industries (FORD) selling off by as much as 5% in pre-market trading while ETH-focused BitMine (BMNR) lost 3.9%. The equities sell-off comes after a grueling weekly open for crypto markets during the Asia…

Crypto majors mostly rally post-FOMC; BTC at $117,300. SOL jumps 5% as Forward Industries announces $4B ATM. BNB crosses $1,000 for first time; CZ bull-posts ASTER (+400%). Hype hits new ATH at $59; Project X announces its Phase 2. TokenWorks & PNKSTR announce perpetual machine rollouts for 5 new NFT collections, token soars. Crypto majors are very green after a 25 bps cut at FOMC yesterday; BTC +1% at $117,300, ETH +2% at $4,580, XRP +3% at $3.11, SOL +5% at $247. PENGU (+14%), SPX (+11%) and AVAX (+10%) led top movers. HYPE hit a new ATH at $59 on…