OKX Launches Stablecoin Payments and Mastercard Debit Card in Brazil

OKX rolls out OKX Pay and OKX Card in Brazil to offer USD stablecoin access, up to 10% APY, and no IOF tax on international spending. OKX announces in São Paulo the launch of OKX Pay and OKX Card in Brazil, enabling instant PIX‑linked conversion of reais to USD‑denominated stablecoins, domestic and cross‑border stablecoin transfers, … Read more

Developer Behind Samourai Wallet Hit With 5-Year Sentence

According to reports, Samourai Wallet’s Keonne Rodriguez just got five years behind bars. Rodriguez and his fellow developer William Lonergan Hill were accused of running an unlicensed money-transmitting business — a fancy way of saying the feds didn’t like their privacy tools. Both struck a plea deal on that single charge, cutting out the heavier … Read more

Future Raises Strategic Funding to Build Swiss Bitcoin Treasury Platform

Swiss Bitcoin Treasury Company Future raises $34.6 million to scale institutional bitcoin services from Zurich. Future Holdings AG announces in Zurich on 5 November 2025 the successful close of a $34.6 million (CHF 28 million) strategic funding round anchored by Fulgur Ventures, Nakamoto and TOBAM to build Europe’s premier Bitcoin Treasury Company. The round backs … Read more

CMT Digital Closes $136M Fund IV to Back Next Phase of Crypto Adoption

CMT Digital raises $136 million for Fund IV to invest in blockchain infrastructure and re‑architecting global finance. CMT Digital announces the close of its fourth venture fund at $136 million, bringing the firm’s assets under management to over $600 million and targeting early‑stage founders building infrastructure and applications for the next phase of crypto adoption. … Read more

BoE Says UK Stablecoin Rules Will Roll out ‘Just as Quickly as the US’

Bank of England deputy governor vows UK stablecoin regime will be implemented promptly, with temporary holding limits. Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden tells a London conference on 5 November 2025 that the UK will unveil a proposed stablecoin regime on Monday and aims for it to be “up and running, just as quickly … Read more

UBS Completes First Live Tokenized Fund Transaction Using Chainlink

UBS executes the first in‑production onchain subscription and redemption for a tokenized money‑market fund. UBS announces in New York and Zurich the first live, end‑to‑end tokenized fund workflow using the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard, completing on‑chain subscription and redemption requests for the UBS USD Money Market Investment Fund Token (uMINT) built on … Read more

Pig‑Butchering Crime Syndicate Sentenced to Death in China

Shenzhen court sentences leaders of a “pig‑butchering” fraud syndicate to death amid large‑scale criminal findings. The Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court in Guangdong convicts leaders of the Bai family criminal syndicate—linked to “pig‑butchering” romance scams—and sentences Bai Suocheng, Bai Yingcang, Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang and Chen Guangyi to death, with additional defendants receiving death with two‑year … Read more

Zerohash Secures Dutch Authorization to Serve European Clients

Zerohash Europe obtains AFM MiCAR authorization to provide regulated crypto and stablecoin infrastructure across the EEA. Zerohash Europe announces in Amsterdam that it has received authorization under the EU’s Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation (MiCAR) from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), enabling the company to offer regulated crypto‑asset and stablecoin infrastructure services, including … Read more

Google Launches Project Suncatcher to Put AI Compute in Space

Google announces Project Suncatcher to test space‑based TPUs, optical links, and scalable artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Google unveils Project Suncatcher on 4 November 2025, announcing plans to test Trillium‑generation tensor processing units (TPUs) in space and to launch two prototype satellites with Planet by early 2027 to validate optical inter‑satellite links, radiation tolerance, and clustered … Read more

The Buying Spree Never Ends: Strategy Scoops up 397 Bitcoin

On Monday, Nov. 3, Strategy’s founder and BTC evangelist Michael Saylor revealed his firm had quietly stacked another batch of bitcoin. The move came right after Saylor dropped a sly hint on Sunday, teasing that “Orange is the color of November.” The public company holding the world’s largest stash of bitcoin (BTC) just topped up … Read more