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Crypto exchange Binance has added new features to its application programming interface (API), indicating that the platform is preparing to introduce stock trading capabilities. Binance’s changelog notes that on Thursday, the exchange introduced three new API endpoints, one of which — with a URL including stock/contract — allows users to “sign [a] TradFi-Perps agreement contract.” The two other endpoints introduced on the same day allow users to query “trading session schedules for a one-week period” or “current trading session information.” Together, this suggests that Binance is planning to introduce perpetual futures trading on its platform. The existing trading schedule endpoints…

Stablecoins and other forms of tokenized cash could grow to $3.6 trillion by 2030, according to a fresh report released by financial services giant BNY. The financial services giant said Monday that stablecoins alone could reach $1.5 trillion in market cap by the end of the decade, with tokenized deposits and money market funds contributing the rest. These instruments, collectively referred to as digital cash equivalents, were seen as tools to unlock faster settlement, reduce counterparty risk and improve collateral mobility across markets. Stablecoins, tokenized deposits and digital MMFs projected to reach $3.6 trillion market size (BNY) The report highlighted…

Key Takeaways Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority granted No Objection Certificates to Binance and HTX. This clears the way for the exchanges to begin preparatory activities. Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has issued No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to Binance and HTX, establishing a phased path toward full licensing that aligns with Financial Action Task Force standards. Justin Sun, founder of Tron, and Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, attended the ceremony to celebrate the regulatory milestone for crypto exchanges in Pakistan. According to PVARA, the NOCs were granted after a multi-agency review that assessed the exchanges’ governance, compliance systems, risk…

Australia-based Propanc Biopharma has announced that it has secured $100 million from a crypto-focused family office to launch a crypto treasury — a move its CEO described as “transformative” as its cancer therapy product enters human trials next year. The private placement, structured through convertible preferred stock, provides Propanc with an initial $1 million investment and up to $99 million in follow-on funding over the next 12 months from Hexstone Capital, a family office that invests in several crypto treasury companies. The cancer-treating biotech company stated that the proceeds will be used to build a digital asset treasury and accelerate…

Binance Futures has announced it will list two new USDⓈ-margin perpetual contracts on its platform. The exchange announced it will activate USUSDT and CYSUSDT perpetual contracts to offer users a wider range of trading options and enhance the futures trading experience. According to the announcement, the USUSDT perpetual contract will begin trading on December 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM UTC and will offer leverage support up to 40x. Following this, the CYSUSDT perpetual contract will open on the same day at 2:00 PM, allowing users to utilize leverage up to 20x. The underlying asset of the USUSDT contract is Talus…

Ripple is making a hard push into traditional finance, and the numbers back it up. The company has spent nearly $4 billion this year snapping up financial infrastructure companies in a bid to blend crypto with banking. In an interview with CNBC at the Swell 2025 conference in New York, CEO Brad Garlinghouse made it clear that Ripple is quite literally buying its way in right now. “I want to see Ripple invest in [the] future and get ahead of where that market’s going,” Brad said on Tuesday. The company’s entire strategy now leans on using crypto tech inside the…

While crypto gaming has long been seen as a key use for blockchain, letting gamers really own and freely trade their unique items and perhaps profit from a game’s success, developers are struggling to sustain their games and digital economies. Some games, like Gunzilla Games’ Off the Grid, have punched through to a broader audience, gaining adoption from top streamers and gamers alike—albeit ahead of full blockchain integration. But many other games and studios building with tokens are struggling to find players and maintain funding. In 2025, a number of once-promising crypto games closed up shop, with the list growing…

The market cap of bitcoin mining stocks climbed 9.43% on Friday, finishing the session with every one of the top ten publicly traded miners by market value in the green, including three names that logged double-digit advances. With just one week left on the 2025 calendar, nearly the entire mining cohort — save for two laggards — appears poised to wrap up the year on the plus side. Strong Friday Close Sets Publicly Traded Bitcoin Miners up for a Noisy Push Into 2026 Bitcoin miners trading on U.S. exchanges had a solid Friday, keeping pace with the major U.S. stock…

Crypto exchange operator Gemini reported its first financial results as a public company on Monday, revealing a deeper-than-forecast quarterly loss that pushed its stock lower in after-hours trading. The company posted a $159.5 million net loss for the third quarter, driven by higher IPO-related expenses, heavier marketing outlays, and a jump in stock-based compensation, according to its shareholder letter. On a per-share basis, that translated into an adjusted loss of $1.81, missing the consensus estimate of a $0.82 loss, according to MarketBeat data. GEMI shares fell as much as 12% in post-market trading, extending a selloff that has halved the…

ADNOC Distribution, the UAE’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, will begin accepting AE Coin stablecoin for payments across its retail network of nearly 980 service stations in the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The retailer signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Al Maryah Community Bank to enable customers to pay using AE Coin via the bank’s AEC Wallet at fuel pumps, Oasis by ADNOC convenience stores and car washes, the company said in a statement. The rollout of AE Coin provides an early example of how a sovereign-backed digital asset can be used in everyday…