May 2025 – Page 7

Circle’s Allaire: Stablecoins Could Expand by Trillions in 10 Years, Will Be Integral Part of Global Financial System

While USDC has been popular in developed markets, it has seen significant growth in emerging regions among fintechs and brokers servicing businesses and households, Jeremy Allaire told CoinDesk in...

Bitcoin ETFs Will Soon Hold 1M Tokens, Nearly as Much as Satoshi

The U.S.-based spot funds currently hold about 396,922 bitcoin altogether, with BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust soon to cross 400,000 in BTC holdings.

As ‘Sentient Memecoins’ Become Latest Crypto Fad, GOAT Surges to $800M and an AI Rambles

Some claim a new wave of big-money tokens are backed by sentient AI bots. But that's not the reality.

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin on The Balance Sheet

Historically, only crypto-native companies held bitcoin on their balance sheets. However, a significant structural shift has occurred over the past four years. Public and private companies are now embracing...

Tigran Gambaryan Has Left Nigeria Following Months-Long Detention

After spending eight months detained in the country, the Binance enployee was allowed to leave Kuje prison last night.

Chainlink Taps Botanix Labs to Expand Into Bitcoin for the First Time

Botanix Labs is building Spiderchain to be compatible with EVM layers, allowing ny application or smart contract on an Ethereum layer to be effectively copied and pasted onto Bitcoin

Bitcoin Project BOB Maps Out How the Original Blockchain Could Take Over DeFi

The goal is to create trust-minimized bridges between itself and other layer-1 blockchains, according to the abstract of a new "vision paper" shared with CoinDesk.

Why Web3 VCs Are Embracing Crypto+AI

Coinbase Ventures is shifting focus away from pure-play crypto investments.

Kraken Picks Optimism for New Layer-2 Network, Joining Coinbase’s Base on ‘Superchain’

The disclosure comes nearly a year after CoinDesk broke the news that Kraken was considering its own layer-2 network, following the runaway success enjoyed by Base after it launched...

First Mover Americas: BTC Rebounds to $67K After Subdued U.S. Economic Data Reading

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 24, 2024.