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Snowball Money has signed a strategic agreement with a multi-VM blockchain platform named Arichain. The joint venture was announced on October 22, 2025, that includes Snowball Modular Naming Service (MNS) and parallel virtual machine architecture the architecture created by Arichain. The partnership addresses the issue of fragmentation of identity in Web3 that allows users to have one portable identity on EVM, SVM, and beyond, which is a primary step towards real blockchain interoperability. Breaking Down Virtual Machine Barriers Arichain is differentiated from its Multi-VM Execution Layer, where more than one virtual machine can operate under a single governance. Arichain is…

Wall Street’s interest in Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies is growing exponentially. However, some companies are hesitant about where and how to start when entering the crypto space. Aware of this, the Ethereum (ETH) Foundation announced its new move. Accordingly, the Ethereum Foundation has introduced the website “institutions.ethereum.org” for institutions, developed by the Enterprise Acceleration team, to promote the network and guide businesses adopting Ethereum. The Ethereum Foundation has announced the launch of a new website designed to provide clear pathways for companies to transition from the traditional finance ecosystem to the Ethereum ecosystem and to bring more institutions into the…

Consensys, the blockchain software company behind the MetaMask wallet, plans to go public and has chosen JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs as lead underwriters for its initial public offering, Axios reported Wednesday. The listing would mark one of the most significant public debuts yet by a firm building the infrastructure of Ethereum ETH$4,027.87, the world’s second-largest blockchain. Founded by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, Consensys develops tools that allow users and developers to interact with Ethereum applications. Its best-known product, MetaMask, serves as a digital wallet used by millions to store crypto, manage tokens, and connect to decentralized applications directly from…

Crypto exchange Gate is blending the performance of centralized exchanges with “cutting-edge” decentralized infrastructure as part of a push to provide a full ecosystem for more than 42 million users worldwide. “Our shift from a traditional exchange to a full Web3 operating system isn’t just an idea anymore,” the platform’s CEO Dr. Han told Decrypt. “It’s happening right now.” He added that the third quarter of 2025 marked a “defining moment” for Gate. “We accelerated our ‘All in Web3’ strategy, our futures and spot businesses both reached record highs, with total users surpassing 42 million and derivatives trading volume surging…

Blockchain isn’t a proof of concept anymore — it’s becoming financial infrastructure in 2025. In Q3, legacy institutions quietly crossed the line from testing to building. A new report shows that banks, payment networks, and cloud providers — from SWIFT and to Google Cloud and Visa —are now leveraging blockchain at scale — reshaping how global finance moves, settles, and stores value. Q3 2025 Becomes a Turning Point for Global Blockchain Integration The Q3 2025 Crypto x TradFi Community Report from Messari highlighted how the quarter became a defining moment in the integration of traditional finance and crypto. Major enterprises…

Analysts at investment firm Bernstein initiated coverage of SharpLink Gaming with an “outperform” rating on Thursday, saying the Ethereum treasury firm’s shares could nearly double as the Federal Reserve lowers borrowing costs. Bernstein analysts issued a price target of $24 per share for SharpLink, representing an 80% increase from current prices. The firm’s shares recently changed hands around $13.08, after peaking at $124.12 earlier this year, according to Yahoo Finance. “We expect SBET to emerge as a compliant-first-institutional focused investment vehicle to access Ethereum as an investment and yield-generating asset,” the analysts wrote. “As we head into a lower rate…

Securitize, a real-world asset tokenization platform, has unveiled a tokenized fund designed to give investors access to AAA-rated collateralized loan obligations onchain. The fund is being developed in partnership with global investment bank BNY Mellon. According to Wednesday’s announcement, BNY will safeguard the fund’s underlying assets, while a subsidiary of the bank will manage the fund’s portfolio. With global collateralized loan obligation issuance topping $1.3 trillion, Securitize and BNY aim to bring AAA-rated floating-rate credit onchain, the company said. Pending governance approval within the Sky Ecosystem, Grove, an institutional-grade credit protocol, plans to anchor the fund with a $100 million…

Crypto exchange Coinbase announced in its new announcement that it will list perpetual contracts for the token called CLANKER. Coinbase Launches Futures Contracts for CLANKER Token According to the announcement made by Coinbase, the CLANKER-PERP market will begin trading on October 29, 2025, at 18:00. The exchange stated that sufficient liquidity conditions must be met for the contract to begin trading. Once these conditions are met, retail investors in select regions will be able to trade CLANKER futures through the Coinbase Advanced platform. Additionally, institutional investors in appropriate jurisdictions will be able to access perpetual contracts directly through the Coinbase…

New figures reveal that mining the privacy coin zcash (ZEC) has become a serious money-maker after the digital asset’s price rocketed more than 200% this month. The rally lit a fire under miners, blasting the network’s hashrate straight into uncharted territory. ZEC Miners Reap Big Rewards as Equihash Outshines SHA256 While most of the chatter has focused on ZEC’s price rally over the past 30 days, the network’s soaring hashrate has slipped under the radar. As a proof-of-work (PoW) crypto, the Zcash network runs on the same grind as Bitcoin—miners race to uncover new blocks, and the protocol throws in…

Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has sparked controversy in the crypto community with his statement about renowned gold investor Peter Schiff’s new tokenized gold product. CZ Criticizes Peter Schiff’s Tokenized Gold Project: “Trust-me-bro Token” Schiff’s new digital asset allows investors to trade gold-backed tokens on the blockchain. However, CZ emphasized that this approach is not “true gold on a chain.” CZ, in a post on the X platform, said, “Tokenized gold isn’t gold on a chain. It’s simply based on a third party asking us to trust them to repay the gold in the future. So, it’s…