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GCEX Group has acquired GlobalBlock, a crypto brokerage specializing in wealthy clients with more than $60 million in assets under management. The deal pushes GCEX beyond its core over-the-counter trading business into wealth management services for high-net-worth individuals. GlobalBlock’s client base adds to GCEX’s existing institutional trading platform, which already serves professional traders across multiple jurisdictions. GCEX operates under licenses from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, Denmark’s Financial Supervisory Authority, and Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. The company plans to use these regulatory approvals to speed up client onboarding for GlobalBlock’s wealth management customers. Firms Combine Technology Platforms GlobalBlock brings…

Ethereum (ETH) founder, Vitalik Buterin, has shared his views on the ongoing debate about how to reduce the blockchain’s bloated data storage. Buterin’s view came as a response to support for a thread on X supporting state expiry. Vitalik Buterin Rejects Expiry, Proposes Partial Node Solution For context, ‘Ethereum’s state’ refers to all the data needed to keep track of account balances, token ownership, smart contract storage, and the rest. Over the years, the state has grown with the creation of more accounts and contracts. The amount of resources required to maintain the state continues to soar, and it is…

While the FED has been pausing interest rate cuts since January, a rate cut is now considered inevitable. At this point, it seems certain that the FED will not cut interest rates at next week’s meeting. While it is unlikely that interest rates will remain unchanged, a 25 basis point cut by the FED is priced at 88.1 percent, and a 50 basis point cut is priced at 11.9 percent. While the Fed is expected to continue cutting interest rates from now on, Wells Fargo predicted that the Fed will cut interest rates five times by June 2026. Wells Fargo…

The Georgia Senate race is already one of the most closely watched contests amid the upcoming midterms. Democrat incumbent Jon Ossoff has begun to defend his seat tooth and nail as crypto financing money starts pouring into rival Republican Mike Collins’ campaign. Despite the primary elections being eight months away, Collins’s Senate PAC has already raised nearly $746,000. Prominent contributors include the Winklevoss twins, Elon Musk, SpaceX, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). A Tale of Two Campaigns Similar to the last federal election cycle, crypto political action committees (PACs) are already noting which candidates support their agenda.…

Key Takeaways Robinhood is adding WLFI, a deflationary token from Trump-backed World Liberty Financial, to its US trading platform. WLFI is designed to bridge traditional and decentralized finance, trading at $0.2 with a $5.4 billion market cap despite a 37% price drop since launch. Robinhood is listing the WLFI token on its US trading platform. WLFI is the deflationary token from World Liberty Financial, a Trump-backed DeFi project that aims to bridge traditional finance with decentralized finance. The token currently trades at around $0.2 with a market cap of $5.4 billion. WLFI’s price has declined about 37% since launch. World…

Dogelon Mars launches new metaverse features including Stripe purchases, sandbox mode, AI building tools, and Rufus Chain support for $ELON token. Dogelon Mars, the memecoin-driven project behind the $ELON token, released a set of updates to its Mars metaverse, known as Dogelon: Land on Mars. The updates, announced in late September, include Stripe integration for credit and debit purchases, a private sandbox mode for building, a new in-game notification system, and simplified plot acquisition. These changes aim to enhance usability and encourage active participation in the metaverse. Stripe Integration for Easier Credit Purchases Dogelon: Land on Mars now allows users…

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has waded into the debate about the pricing of tickets and how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can bridge the gap. Buterin’s statement comes as a reaction to comments made by the CEO of Live Nation-Ticketmaster that concert tickets are “underpriced.” Vitalik Buterin suggests NFTs can replace ticketing According to Buterin, tickets for these concerts or any event are usually stressful to obtain, as people stay up until 3:00 a.m. just waiting to snap up a slot. He noted that this happens as a result of the gap between demand and supply. To address this, the Ethereum founder…

Ethereum price today is trading near $4,533, slipping slightly after defending the $4,500 zone. The short-term battle centers on whether buyers can reclaim $4,650 resistance or if sellers will push ETH back toward deeper liquidity near $4,480. Ethereum Price Holds Above Trendline Support ETH Key Technical Levels (Source: TradingView) On the 4-hour chart, Ethereum continues to trade within a broader ascending structure. Price action has respected the rising trendline that began in early September, with the $4,500 level acting as a pivot zone. The 20-EMA sits at $4,531 while the 50-EMA provides reinforcement near $4,492, keeping immediate momentum in check.…

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, which manages about C$112 billion for nearly 460,000 healthcare workers, has just taken a US$31 million position in MicroStrategy shares. In dollar terms, this isn’t massive for a pension of that size, but the signal is hard to miss. It is one of the first large Canadian pension funds to use MicroStrategy as a way to gain Bitcoin exposure without directly buying or storing Bitcoin itself. MicroStrategy Shares Track Bitcoin Performance MicroStrategy has become the biggest corporate holder of Bitcoin, and its stock price is now essentially tied to Bitcoin’s performance. When…

Major crypto exchange Binance is set to delist two perpetual contracts on Sept. 26. In a recent announcement, Binance revealed its decision to delist the perpetual contract of UXLINK token. Binance Futures will close all positions and conduct an automatic settlement on USDⓈ-Margined UXLINKUSDT perpetual contract on Sept. 26 at 9:00 a.m. (UTC). The contracts will be delisted after the settlement is complete. Users will not be allowed to open new positions for the UXLINKUSDT perpetual contract starting from Sept. 25 at 8:30 a.m. (UTC). In this light, users are advised to close any open positions prior to the delisting…