FinTech

Astra Nova, which develops no-code tools that enable creators to launch blockchain-based entertainment experiences, raised $48.3M (www.coindesk.com)
2025-10-18 Blockchain

Sources: Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain developed by Stripe and Paradigm, raised a $500M Series A led by Greenoaks and Thrive Capital at a $5B valuation (fortune.com)
2025-10-18 Blockchain

North Korean hackers use EtherHiding to hide malware on the blockchain (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-10-17 Blockchain Korea

Court hearing: UK prosecutors aim to confiscate ~$6.8B in bitcoin tied to a massive 2017 fraud in China and to pay back Chinese investors that were its victims (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-16 China Bitcoin

'Global phone scam kingpin' has £100million London mansion seized along with 18 other properties as he is charged with founding £10.5billion bitcoin racket (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2025-10-16 Bitcoin London

DOJ Seizes $15 Billion In Bitcoin From Massive 'Pig Butchering' Scam Based In Cambodia (slashdot.org)
2025-10-15 Bitcoin Cambodia

Crypto investor Roger Ver, aka “Bitcoin Jesus”, reaches a deferred prosecution agreement with the US DOJ and pays ~$50M to resolve a tax evasion indictment (fortune.com)
2025-10-15 Bitcoin Tax

The US DOJ seizes ~$15B in bitcoin from a man who oversaw a Cambodian “pig butchering” operation, in the DOJ's largest ever forfeiture; the man remains at large (www.cnbc.com)
2025-10-15 Bitcoin

Bhutan announces that it is migrating its national ID system for roughly 800,000 residents from Polygon to Ethereum, with completion expected by Q1 2026 (cointelegraph.com)
2025-10-14 Ethereum

Sources: Securitize, a blockchain company that tokenizes investments, is in talks to go public via a SPAC started by Cantor Fitzgerald at a $1B+ valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-12 Blockchain

Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Had Double-Digit Drops Friday, Largest Liquidation Event Ever (slashdot.org)
2025-10-12 Bitcoin

Block debuts Square Bitcoin, a BTC wallet allowing US-based SMBs to convert up to 50% of daily sales into BTC now and accept BTC payments starting November 10 (decrypt.co)
2025-10-10 Bitcoin

Sources: crypto investor Roger Ver, aka “Bitcoin Jesus”, has reached a tentative agreement with the US DOJ to pay ~$48M to end a 2024 criminal tax fraud case (www.nytimes.com)
2025-10-10 Bitcoin Tax

The Ethereum Foundation announces the “Privacy cluster”, a team of 47 blockchain industry experts developing protocol-level privacy features for the network (cointelegraph.com)
2025-10-9 Blockchain Ethereum

Meanwhile, a Bermuda-regulated bitcoin life insurance provider, raised $82M from Apollo, Bain Capital, Haun Ventures, and others, after a $40M Series A in April (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-8 Bitcoin Insurance

Bee Maps, a decentralized mapping project powered by Hivemapper on the Solana blockchain, raised $32M to expand its network by distributing AI-enabled dashcams (www.coindesk.com)
2025-10-7 Blockchain AI Decentralize

Chinese Woman Convicted After 'World's Biggest' Bitcoin Seizure (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-10-1 China Bitcoin

Imgur blocks UK access after the ICO notified it of a possible fine over its handling of kids' data; the ICO calls Imgur's move a “commercial decision” (techcrunch.com)
2025-10-1 ICO

Swift To Build a Global Financial Blockchain (news.slashdot.org)
2025-9-30 Blockchain

UK convicts "Bitcoin Queen" in world's largest cryptocurrency seizure (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-9-30 Bitcoin Cryptocurrency

A judge sentences Frank founder Charlie Javice to 85 months in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase by overstating how many customers the fintech company had (www.cnbc.com)
2025-9-30 Fintech JPMorgan

A Chinese woman pleads guilty in a London court to laundering bitcoin linked to a £5B Chinese investment scheme in which UK police seized 61,000 bitcoin in 2018 (t.co)
2025-9-30 China Bitcoin London

Swift says it is building a blockchain-based ledger with over 30 financial institutions and the first prototype will be built in partnership with Consensys (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-30 Blockchain

A profile of Ant International, Ant Group's cross-border payments unit using AI and blockchain for treasury management, which handled $1.1T in cash flow in 2024 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-28 Blockchain AI

China's central bank opens a digital yuan hub in Shanghai; a Chinese state media report says the hub will oversee cross-border payments and blockchain tech (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-27 Blockchain China Central Bank Shanghai

Source: cryptocurrency exchange Kraken quietly closed a $500M funding round at a $15B valuation, including from co-CEO Arjun Sethi's Tribe Capital (fortune.com)
2025-9-26 Cryptocurrency

Sources: Flipkart is investing $30M in its fintech unit Supermoney, after a $20M 2024 spin-off round; Supermoney disbursed $700M+ in loans via lending partners (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-24 Fintech

Bitcoin-treasury company Strive, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, will acquire Semler Scientific, a medical device company that has a bitcoin treasury, for $1.34B (www.reuters.com)
2025-9-23 Bitcoin

Ethereum's “low-risk DeFi” applications like payments and savings could drive the chain's revenue in a similar way that search and ads sustain Google's business (vitalik.eth.limo)
2025-9-22 Google Ethereum

The London Stock Exchange launches a blockchain-based platform, marking its push into digital assets, initially focused on private funds (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-9-15 Blockchain Asset London

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