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Budget airline easyJet’s founder, Stelios Haji-loannou, plans to launch a crypto trading platform, easyBitcoin, this month. The new trading platform was created through a licensing deal with the regulated cryptocurrency exchange platform, Uphold. Haji-lannou said the initiative aims to mitigate high trading commissions. He also aims to make buying and selling Bitcoin fairer, more transparent, and more economical. easyJet’s official believes that competition can lower trading fees, arguing that it holds the crypto industry back. easyBitcoin allows users to purchase BTC and earn rewards on investments 🚨 JUST IN: EasyGroup is launching EasyBitcoin this month, a game changing crypto trading…

This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read more editions, subscribe “Without the need to trust a third party middleman, money can be secure and transactions effortless.” — Satoshi Property rights are not sacrosanct in traditional finance. Even in the US stock market — where shareholder rights are treated with near-religious reverence — a company’s management can sometimes forcibly divest an unwanted shareholder of their shares. In 2009, for example, the struggling software firm Selectica used a poison pill defense to cut a single shareholder’s stake in half. When the pill was triggered, all shareholders other than Versata,…

A new compensation report from the Protocol Guild paints a clear picture of the tradeoffs Ethereum core developers face: Many are underpaid in fiat terms and receive no upside exposure to tokens, yet continue to maintain Ethereum’s most critical infrastructure. For this cohort, Protocol Guild (PG) has become the sole source of “equity-like” compensation, filling a structural void that traditional employers can’t — or won’t — bridge. The numbers are striking. The median Ethereum core developer earns $140,000 in fiat compensation from their employer, while the median external offer stands at $300,000, creating a 114% gap. PG distributions, which are…

Web3 startups raised $9.6 billion in venture funding during the second quarter of 2025, making it the second-largest quarter on record, even as the number of deals fell to multi-year lows, according to a new report by Outlier Ventures. The research by the London-based venture capital firm could present a maturing market in which investors are putting more money into fewer projects. The findings suggest that Web3 fundraising is evolving from hype-driven activity toward targeted, durability-focused investment, with investors favoring foundational infrastructure and proven teams over volume. Only 306 deals were disclosed in the quarter, the lowest since mid-2023, but…

Ripple is expanding its banking partnerships in Europe through a new agreement with BBVA in Spain. The deal will see BBVA integrate Ripple’s digital asset custody technology into its recently launched retail service for trading and holding bitcoin and ether. The move comes as European banks adapt to the Market in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation, which sets a framework for offering digital asset services across the EU. “Now that MiCA is established, the region’s banks are emboldened to launch the digital asset offerings that their customers are asking for,” said Cassie Craddock, Ripple’s managing director for Europe. Ripple Custody was…

Suilend is a lending protocol built on the Sui ecosystem. It has suspended IKA lending following a sudden price surge that triggered unexpected losses. The IKA token’s value jumped from $0.04 to $0.47 within hours. Which creating abnormal liquidations across the platform. According to Suilend’s official announcement, the volatility led to liquidations at inflated valuations. Once prices adjusted, many positions turned unprofitable. This results in a market shortfall of around $379,000. Impact on IKA Depositors The protocol clarified that IKA depositors have absorbed the entire shortfall. The protocol absorbed the shortfall because it managed the asset in an isolated market.…

Ethereum price today is trading near $4,348, holding above the key $4,320–$4,325 support zone after bouncing from the base of its descending triangle. The breakout has shifted focus toward the $4,450–$4,500 resistance area, where momentum could decide if ETH can extend toward higher targets. Ethereum Price Breaks Triangle Support ETH price dynamics (Source: TradingView) The 4-hour chart shows ETH emerging from a descending triangle that capped upside momentum for two weeks. Buyers defended the $4,200–$4,250 support band multiple times, preventing a breakdown while gradually compressing toward resistance. Related: XRP (XRP) Price Prediction For September 10 The breakout above the downtrend…

This past week saw nearly $235 million in crypto VC funding with several notable funding rounds, led by Rain, which raised $58 million in Series B funding for its stablecoin interoperability platform. Other key investments include M^0, securing $40 million for its decentralized middleware protocol, and OrangeX, which raised $20 million for its global crypto trading platform. Additionally, aPriori gathered $20 million in a strategic round for its work in DeFi, liquidity, and staking. Other projects such as Hemi Labs, The Clearing Company, and Magne AI also raised significant funds, highlighting continued investor confidence across the crypto space. Series B…

Binance has announced that it will list two new altcoin trading pairs on its Futures platform to provide its users with a wider range of trading options. Binance Futures Opens Trading for FLOCKUSDT and SKYUSDT Perpetual Contracts According to the statement, the FLOCKUSDT contract will open for trading at 09:45 CET on September 9, 2025, and the SKYUSDT contract will open for trading at 10:00 CET. Both contracts will offer leverage of up to 75x. According to details of the new trading pairs, FLock.io (FLOCK) stands out as the first platform that aims to decentralize AI model development by combining…

Decentralized Information Asset (DIA), an open-source oracle platform, has unveiled its strategic partnership with Unilend, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending and borrowing protocol, built on Units Network. This partnership aims to empower Unilend’s lending and borrowing with DIA’s secure, transparent, and verifiable price oracles on Units Network. Partnership with @UnilendoneDIA has integrated its verifiable oracle infrastructure with Unilend, a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol on @UnitsNetwork.Transparent, tamper-resistant price feeds now power their lending operations.🧵 pic.twitter.com/mYSYPEl3ML — DIA | Cross-Chain Oracles for Web3 (@DIAdata_org) September 8, 2025 Fundamentally, DIA is famous for providing useful services in transparent and verifiable financial data…