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Recently, the intense institutional demand for Bitcoin has shifted to Ethereum. As the number of institutions holding, staking, and purchasing Ethereum treasury strategies increases rapidly, the price of ETH is predicted to reach double-digit figures. At this point, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Matt Hougan evaluated the growing demand in Ethereum. Speaking on The Wolf of All Streets podcast, Bitwise’s CIO said that institutional investors are completely skipping Bitcoin and moving towards Ethereum. Stating that Ethereum is the latest trend in the market, Matt Hougan stated that ETH has attracted major institutional interest and is forcing investors to forget about…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s call for stablecoin issuers has triggered a modern-day gold rush, with 77 diverse firms staking a claim. However, the regulator has embarked on a deliberate winnowing process designed to separate truly viable projects from mere aspirants in a bid to ensure market stability. Summary Hong Kong Monetary Authority received 77 expressions of interest for stablecoin licenses by August 31. Applicants include banks, fintech firms, asset managers, Web3 startups, and state-owned enterprises. No licenses will be issued until 2025 as regulators carefully vet submissions. According to a September 1 local report by The Standard, the HKMA…

QCP trading, the over-the-counter trading arm for Singapore-based crypto trading and investment firm QCP Group, has secured a Major Payments Institution license from the country’s key financial regulator. Summary QCP Trading has secured a Major Payment Institution license from Singapore’s Monetary Authority. The approval follows an in-principle nod granted in November last year. QCP joins OKX, Coinbase, and Bitstamp as licensed operators in Singapore. According to a Sep. 1 press release, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has granted QCP trading the MPI license, which allows it to offer spot digital payment token trading services to institutional clients. QCP Trading was…

Bitcoin’s single-day hash rate on Tuesday hit a new high of 1.279 zettahash per second (ZH/s), according to mining data platform CoinWarz, even as the price of the asset remained roughly flat over the past 24 hours.  The hash rate also reached a moving average high for seven days, surpassing 1 ZH/s for the period.  The increases come, despite miners ongoing struggles with rising energy costs and lower rewards. After last year’s halving, the payoff for miners has fallen to 3.125 bitcoin, down from 6.250 previously.  Miners typically rely on the price of Bitcoin to go up to cover costs…

The next era of Web3 will be defined by simplicity: users won’t think about chains, bridges, or gas tokens; they’ll just use applications that work. Particle Network is bringing that vision to life to give users one account and balance across any chain, with the launch of the Particle Chain on Avalanche. The Particle Chain isn’t a general-purpose smart contract platform. It’s a high-performance coordination and settlement layer enabling Universal Accounts’ chain-agnostic user experience, demanding low latency, instant finality, built-in interoperability, and proven reliability in high-value environments. The Particle Chain Layer 1 (L1) is slated to go live in Q4,…

With liquidity support, grants, audits, and developer resources, the program aims to remove friction for teams launching the next generation of DeFi apps on Polkadot. Zug, Switzerland September 3, 2025 – Velocity Labs, in collaboration with Web3 Foundation, Parity Technologies, Wave Digital, Scytale Digital, Hypernative and other leading Polkadot ecosystem partners, announces the launch of the DeFi Builders Program, a new initiative designed to attract, support, and scale the next generation of decentralized finance applications on Polkadot Hub, the EVM-compatible chain set to launch in late Q4. The DeFi Builders Program is built to meet developers where they are, whether…

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Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. The following opinion editorial was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. FBI PSA: How to Avoid Falling Prey to Fictitious Crypto Law Firm Scams On August 13, 2025, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued a new warning about a growing threat in the cryptocurrency space: fake law firms targeting scam victims. These fraudsters claim they can help recover stolen digital assets, but, in reality, are operating a secondary…

BasedApp has announced it will stop its Visa card services in Singapore this year. The company confirmed that all active Visa debit cards will be deactivated on November 15, 2025. The platform has already stopped accepting new Visa card applications from Singapore users. Starting immediately, customers cannot make new crypto deposits or swaps through BasedApp. This decision was made after reviewing the firm’s long-term strategy. Users can withdraw their remaining funds til November 30, 2025. Any balance above one US dollar that is not withdrawn will be converted into USDC. Then sent to the user’s self-custodial wallet. BasedApp stated that…

Avail Nexus, a permissionless layer for cross-chain connectivity, has partnered with Hyperliquid, a rapidly growing decentralized exchange (DEX). The partnership endeavors to offer multichain liquidity to the consumers across ten blockchains. As per the official social media announcement of Avail Nexus, the integration permits Hyperliquid-based projects to leverage native liquidity on 10 prominent chains without requiring any redeployments or bridges. Avail Nexus is now integrated with @HyperliquidX⚡Projects in the Hyperliquid ecosystem can now access native liquidity from 10 chains through Nexus, a single liquidity layer providing multichain scalability from day one.Nexus removes the need for bridges and redeployments by… pic.twitter.com/Iyys6zFjH9…