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Crypto.com has rolled out AED Cash Accounts for users in the United Arab Emirates. They are offering instant setup with automated verification. The move allows customers to link bank accounts in minutes without uploading documents manually. The platform also confirmed that no deposit fees will apply. This makes the service fast and cost-effective. This update marks another milestone for Crypto.com. It has been expanding aggressively in global markets. The new service will make it easier for UAE-based users to fund their accounts and participate in crypto trading without delays. 🇦🇪 UAE users, opening an AED Cash Account has never been…

The European Union’s top financial risk watchdog has called for urgent policy action to address vulnerabilities in stablecoins that straddle the bloc and other jurisdictions, warning of potential systemic shocks if safeguards are not strengthened. In a statement, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), chaired by European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, warned that “third country multi-issuer schemes – with fungible stablecoins issued both in the EU and outside – have built-in vulnerabilities which require an urgent policy response.” Stablecoins, designed to maintain a steady value by pegging to assets like currencies or baskets of reserves, have grown into a…

The Korea Digital Asset Trading Platform Association (DAXA), a coalition of leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges including Upbit and Bithumb, has issued a warning about a new altcoin. Accordingly, DAXA has set an investment alert for the altcoin called Boundless (ZKC). At this point, Upbit, Bithumb, and Coinone announced that Boundless (ZKC) has been designated as an investment alert. Bithumb explained that the decision was made after it was determined that the project had arbitrarily changed critical information without proper justification. The exchange also stated that there were numerous procedural deficiencies regarding the implementation and disclosure of these changes. “Boundless…

CME Group, a prominent exchange among institutions, announced plans on Thursday to offer around-the-clock trading for its cryptocurrency futures and options markets, a shift that would bring one of the largest regulated derivatives venues closer in line with the nonstop nature of crypto markets. The service could start in early 2026 pending regulatory approval, the firm said. “Client demand for around-the-clock cryptocurrency trading has grown as market participants need to manage their risk every day of the week,” Tim McCourt, CME’s global head of equities, FX and alternative products, said in a statement. “Ensuring that our regulated cryptocurrency markets are…

While the government shutdown and its possible effects were the main agenda item in the US, a surprising bill came from the state of New York. Accordingly, a bill introduced in New York state proposes a graduated electricity tax on cryptocurrency miners. At this point, New York State Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Anna Kelles introduced Bill S8518, which would impose an electricity consumption tax on Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies that use significant amounts of energy. According to the bill, miners using up to 2.25 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually will not be taxed. BTC mining companies with consumption above…

As of September 30, 2025, the capitalization of stablecoin approaches $280 billion, while the tokenized Treasuries amount to “a few billion” in AUM, as indicated by RWA.xyz. In this context, the push is driving real assets on‑chain out of the pilot phase and towards true operational scale. In the last 24 months, our team has followed over twenty institutional tokenization projects, participating in implementation discussions with banks, asset managers, and infrastructure providers. According to analyses published by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey, institutional interest has grown rapidly: tokenized money market funds exceeded $1 billion in the first quarter of…

Popular investment platform Robinhood has officially listed the native token of Optimism (OP), Ethereum’s Layer-2 scaling solution. Robinhood Lists Optimism’s Native Token OP The development, announced on the company’s social media accounts, is considered an important step for both the Optimism ecosystem and Robinhood users. Optimism is one of the leading Layer-2 solutions that aims to address the high transaction costs and speed issues of the Ethereum network. Offering users a faster transaction experience with lower fees, the project has recently been gaining attention for its growing ecosystem. The OP token plays a key role in the network’s governance mechanism;…

Bitcoin BTC$111,480.33 miner CleanSpark (CLSK) ended September with record production and a growing BTC treasury as it wrapped up a transformative fiscal year, the company said in a press release Friday. The Las Vegas-based mining firm produced 629 bitcoin during the month, averaging nearly 21 coins a day, and sold 445 BTC for about $49 million at an average price of $109,568. Its operational hashrate averaged 45.6 EH/s with fleet efficiency reaching 16.07 J/Th. The company’s holdings rose to more than 13,000 self-mined BTC, underscoring its strategy of using bitcoin as a core treasury asset. Over the past year, CleanSpark…

Ethereum gaming metaverse The Sandbox will soon have its own creator-focused blockchain called SANDChain, an Ethereum layer-2 network built with the ZK Stack.  SANDChain aims to become the home for creators on-chain, enabling them to own their content, generate money from their identities, and manage their communities without losing out to the platforms they create on.  “By leveraging The Sandbox’s existing ecosystem, which includes over 8 million users, 400+ brand partnerships, and the SAND token, we’re laying the foundation for the ‘Creator Nation’: a decentralized economy designed to empower creativity at scale,” The Sandbox co-founder and SANDChain ambassador Sébastian Borget…

Decentralized exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap set a new quarterly record in Q3 with $749 billion in trading volumes, marking a 42% increase from Q2. In Q2, the platform recorded $529 billion, following $205.3 billion in Q1, marking the first time since its 2020 launch that PancakeSwap has posted three consecutive quarters of record growth, according to data from Dune. PancakeSwap Quarterly Volume The PancakeSwap team told The Defiant that the top token pairs by volume for Q3 included BR-USDT ($80.72 billion), USDT-WLFI ($72.20 billion), and KOGE-USDT ($66.52 billion). The DEX also reached a new all-time high of 11.8 million users in…