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Binance has launched a mock trading feature designed to significantly lower the barrier to entry for all crypto users. Risk-Free Learning Environment The leading cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has unveiled a feature that simulates an actual trading environment to significantly lower the barrier to entry for cryptocurrency users of all skill levels. Known as Binance Demo Trading, the feature is an upgrade from the previous mock trading feature and offers a unified, risk-free platform for learning both spot and derivatives trading. According to a media statement, the initiative reinforces Binance’s commitment to global crypto education amid market excitement about broader adoption.…

IBM has once again pushed the boundaries of computing innovation with the announcement of its Quantum Nighthawk chip, a next-generation processor engineered for the future of quantum computing. The processor reportedly has the capability to conduct nearly 5,000 two-qubit gates, which is a more than tenfold increase in capability over previous generations with the ambition of having approximately 15,000 two-qubit gates by 2028. This leap in technology has fueled yet another cycle of discussion and dialogue in technology and finance conversations. Yet the biggest promise is not really about computing performance; it is really about security against quantum cryptographic capability.…

Advocates for financial anonymity have shared their displeasure with the perceived heavy-handedness in the sentencing of Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez. Privacy advocates are fighting back against what they believe is regulatory hostility toward privacy-enhancing crypto tools, rallying support to potentially escalate their lobby to the level of the White House. The Bitcoin community disapproves of the Samourai dev sentencing The Bitcoin Policy Institute and several well-known libertarian activists are gathering support after Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez was sentenced to five years in prison for running an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The case is being viewed as part of a…

What started as a typical account script turned into one of the strangest XRP Ledger glitches of the last few months. BitGo, a popular crypto custodian and wallet provider, accidentally released a flood of failed XRP transactions after one of its accounts ran out of a balance. The issue started when BitGo’s automation kept trying to activate new XRP accounts, each requiring the standard one XRP reserve fee. But once the wallet’s funds were gone, the process did not stop. Instead, the script entered what looked like an endless cycle of sending small payments that could not be covered. Soon,…

The Canton Network said that Franklin Templeton’s Benji Technology Platform is now live on its blockchain, expanding the asset manager’s presence in regulated digital markets and giving institutional investors wider access to tokenized investment products. The move links Franklin Templeton’s blockchain infrastructure to Canton’s Global Collateral Network, a distributed system designed to connect traditional finance with on-chain markets. The integration gives market makers and institutions a new source of liquidity and collateral while maintaining compliance and privacy standards, according to an emailed announcement on Wednesday. Tokenization is the process by which real-world assets (RWA) are converted into blockchain-based tokens. In…

BitcoinOS (BOS) has raised $10 million to expand its institutional Bitcoin finance tools and developer protocols. The round was led by Greenfield Capital, with participation from FalconX, DNA Fund, Bitcoin Frontier Fund and a group of angel investors including Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley and Spartan Group’s Leeor Groen, BOS announced via email on Tuesday. BOS aims to transform Bitcoin into a programmable base layer for digital economies. The company made headlines after verifying the first zero-knowledge (ZK) proof on Bitcoin mainnet, a milestone enabling programmability without altering the original protocol. The project is part of the Bitcoin decentralized finance…

Russian police arrest multiple suspects accused of kidnapping and killing a St. Petersburg crypto investor and his wife in the UAE. Russia’s Interior Ministry announces arrests across several regions on 8 November 2025 of suspects allegedly linked to the October kidnapping and murder of St. Petersburg crypto investor Roman Novak and his wife Anna, who were living in Dubai; footage released by the ministry shows detained suspects and ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk confirms coordinated actions. Novak was previously convicted in 2020 in St. Petersburg of fraud and released early; relatives reported the couple missing after an investor meeting on 2…

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX TR announced that it will remove certain trading pairs from its platform in order to maintain trading volumes and market liquidity. OKX Removes TR, BAL, PERP, FLM, DEP, NC and LOOKS Spot Pairs from List The exchange stated that, as a result of its evaluation in line with user feedback and the OKX TR Token Delisting / Hiding Guideline, some pairs no longer meet the listing criteria. Tokens to be delisted include Balancer (BAL), Perpetual Protocol (PERP), Flamingo (FLM), Decentralized Eternal Profit (DEP), Noir (NC), and LooksRare (LOOKS). The trading pairs that will be removed are: BAL/USDT,…

US President Donald Trump announced that he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea in two weeks. Trump stated that many issues would be discussed during the meeting, saying, “China wants to negotiate with us. We will make a great trade deal.” Trump, in a statement following China’s recent expansion of export controls on rare earths, said the US is held in “great respect” by Beijing. Speaking after meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House, Trump described the new agreement with Australia as a significant step toward challenging China’s dominance of these critical…

Coinbase Business, a new business platform from major US crypto exchange Coinbase, has launched in Singapore, marking the company’s first international expansion. After introducing Coinbase Business in June, Coinbase has rolled out the platform in Singapore as its first international market outside of the US, the company announced on Wednesday. Targeting startups and small businesses, Coinbase Business provides an “all-in-one crypto operating platform” that allows users to send and receive payments in Coinbase-backed stablecoin USDC (USDC), manage crypto assets and automate financial workflows. “By leveraging the speed and stability of digital dollars like USDC, we offer businesses a platform that…