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Tether, the company behind the USDT stablecoin USDT$1.0006, is working with crypto miner financing firm Antalpha to raise at least $200 million for a new digital asset treasury for tokenized gold, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The planned vehicle would stockpile XAUT$3,753.81, a blockchain-based token backed by physical gold bars under custody in a Swiss vault. XAUT is the largest tokenized gold offering on the market with nearly $1.5 billion market capitalization. Antalpha is known as a key lender of Chinese crypto mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain, and offers supply chain and margin loans. The report follows…

The U.S government was at risk of a shutdown on October 1, 2025 after the congress failed to reach a budget deal. The 12:01 a.m. EDT (4:01 a.m. UTC, 9:31 a.m. IST) deadline went by without any agreement between the republican and democratic leaders. Shuts are caused by the expiration of appropriations and necessitate the agencies that are not essential in the federal government to put the workers on furlough. NBC News (Sept. 30, 2025) states that the services such as national parks, housing loans and support to veterans become paralyzed during the shutdowns. Low Effect of Stock Market in…

The era of mastering controlnets, wrestling with inpainting masks, and memorizing arcane prompt engineering formulas has officially ended. Those convoluted workflows that required understanding style references, LORAs, and image-to-image pipelines have been replaced by something remarkably simple: typing what you want in plain English. Understanding the fundamental distinction between image generators and image editors is important as these tools converge. Traditional generators like FLUX 1 Dev or Google’s Imagen create images from nothing—transforming text prompts into pixels through pure synthesis. On the other hand, image editors like FLUX Kontext and Nano Banana operate differently, taking existing images and modifying them…

SINGAPORE — Arf, a Swiss provider of short-term liquidity for cross-border payments, is set to join Circle Payments Network (CPN) in a move that will provide eligible users access to on-demand credit, effectively eliminating the need for prefunding, or tying up a large fiat balance before settlement occurs. The integration, powered by Huma Finance’s PayFi network, aims to make cross-border stablecoin settlements faster and more capital-efficient, said Irfan Ganchi, senior vice president of product management at Circle Internet (CRCL). Circle is the issuer of USDC, the second-largest stablecoin by market cap. The development addresses a fundamental challenge in cross-border finance…

Minswap, a community-launched decentralized exchange built on Cardano, has grown into the network’s dominant DeFi protocol. With no VC backing, no presale, and a fair token distribution model, Minswap now processes the majority of Cardano’s daily DEX activity and continues to expand its role across the network. No Private Capital, Full Community Control Launched in 2021 without institutional funding, Minswap introduced its native MIN token through a Fair Initial Stake Offering (FISO), distributing ownership to the Cardano community. Since then, the protocol has scaled through public development and governance, giving MIN holders full voting rights over protocol parameters, upgrades, and…

Coinbase is riding a wave of positive momentum, with a Rothschild upgrade validating its financial evolution as a massive Samsung deal simultaneously places its services directly in the hands of tens of millions of new users. Summary Coinbase stock rose 2.59% to $381.80 after a Rothschild upgrade to Buy. Rothschild says Coinbase’s business is shifting beyond retail fees, driven by institutional trading, USDC income, and its Base network. Meanwhile, a landmark Samsung Wallet integration will embed Coinbase services on 75M Galaxy devices. On Oct. 3, Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN) shares gained more than 2%, a move catalyzed by a strategic…

The acting chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Bureau, Travis Hill, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to take over the role more permanently, which would elevate an official who has leaned hard against the trend of debanking that plagued crypto insiders and their businesses. Hill, a former staffer at the Senate Banking Committee, has sought to rethink the banking regulator’s previous resistance to crypto banking and has opposed any past FDIC connection to debanking customers from industries — such as the digital assets sector — that banks may consider risky. As with other financial agencies, the administration hasn’t…

Centralized crypto exchanges are increasingly incorporating DeFi features into their platforms, a shift that Animoca Brands research suggests could be leading them toward becoming so-called “universal exchanges” or UEXs. In a report shared with The Defiant, the analysts stated that UEXs could gain popularity among a wider audience because they offer more than just trading, including on-chain tokens and tokenized real-world assets. Source: Animoca Brands While centralized exchanges (CEXs) have been central to crypto’s growth for years, the growth among crypto-native users is slowing, analysts note, adding that new tools, such as memecoin launchpad Pumpfun and decentralized exchanges (DEXs), are…

Launched in 2024 on the Base blockchain, Avantis is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol that enables users to trade perpetual contracts on cryptocurrencies and real-world assets, including forex pairs, metals, commodities, and indices. Traders handle these transactions directly from their wallets, maintaining self-custody of their collateral, and apply leverage of up to 500 times across more than 90 markets. With its focus on providing zero-fee perpetual trading and loss rebates, it has obtained funding from investors such as Pantera Capital and Founders Fund. Since February 2024, Avantis has handled over $27 billion in cumulative trading volume and shows a run-rate…

The next wave of stablecoin adoption may not be led by people at all. Paxos Labs’ co-founder says AI agents could become the “X-factor,” instantly shifting liquidity to the most efficient issuers and turning market fragmentation into an advantage. With clearer regulations around stablecoins passing in the United States, the stablecoin market has surged past $300 billion, becoming one of crypto’s central narratives. However, fragmentation across issuers and jurisdictions remains a challenge. As new entrants join an increasingly diverse field — from dollar-backed leaders like Tether and Circle, to synthetic assets like Athena, and PayPal’s PYUSD, which targets consumer payments…