Bahrain's Kanoo Group heirs successfully pushed their 135-year-old family to invest in Bitcoin starting in 2020. The family now uses hedge funds for digital asset exposure.

Crypto News Australia

08.10.2025

Elon Musk’s xAI Teases AI-Generated Video Game Coming Next Year

Elon Musk posted on X claiming xAI will release a “great AI generated game” by the end of 2026.

Crypto News Australia

07.10.2025

Saylor Pauses Bitcoin Acquisitions, Asks MrBeast to “Buy Bitcoin”

Greed returns as Bitcoin hits $126k before easing; US spot ETFs drew $3.23bn last week while Saylor's Strategy paused buying, and mining stocks rallied sharply.

Crypto News Australia

07.10.2025

Ripple’s J. Ayo Akinyele Champions Privacy-First Future for the XRP Ledger

XRPL will enable confidential, regulatory-compliant transactions with ZKPs, trusted execution environments, and confidential computing.

Crypto News Australia

07.10.2025

DeFi Fees Surge 76% to $600M as Protocols Pivot Toward Sustainable Tokenomics

DeFi fee revenue hit US$600M in Sep, up 76% since March as protocols shifted to revenue-linked tokenomics.

Crypto News Australia

07.10.2025

Galaxy Digital Launches ‘GalaxyOne,’ a Super-App Uniting Crypto, Cash, and Stocks

GalaxyOne merges crypto, equities, and cash trading in one app, featuring 8% premium yields and 4% FDIC-insured cash accounts.

Crypto News Australia

07.10.2025

Standard Chartered Sees $1 Trillion Shift to Stablecoins by 2028, Led by Emerging Markets

Standard Chartered warns that US$1T could be drained from emerging-market banks within 3 years due to stablecoin growth projected to reach US$2T by 2028.

Crypto News Australia

07.10.2025

Bitcoin Makes New All-Time High at $125k, Amid Record ETF Flows

Bitcoin hit a record US$125,559 as Uptober lifts the crypto market to US$4.22 trillion, with BTC now the seventh-largest asset globally, analysts eyeing US$150k.

Crypto News Australia

07.10.2025

Abracadabra Exploit Drains $1.8M in MIM Stablecoin, DAO Says Issue Contained

A security flaw on the Abracadabra DeFi lending platform allowed a hacker to steal around US$1.8 million (AU$2.7m) worth of the MIM token.

Crypto News Australia

07.10.2025

Consensys Expands Token Strategy: MetaMask, Linea, and Now Infura to Join “Token-Powered” Ecosystem

Consensys founder Joseph Lubin announced a plan to extend tokenisation to Infura's DIN, joining the upcoming MetaMask token and a US$30M $LINEA airdrop.

Crypto News Australia

06.10.2025

Samsung and Coinbase Join Forces to Bring Crypto Trading to 75 Million Galaxy Devices

Samsung has deepened its ties to the blockchain sector in its latest collaboration with US crypto exchange Coinbase.

Crypto News Australia

06.10.2025

DefiLlama Delists Aster’s Perp Volume Amid Suspicions of Wash Trading

Aster’s rise stalls after DefiLlama removes its trading stats, with 0xngmi warning data integrity is at risk and token prices sliding below US$2.

Crypto News Australia

06.10.2025

Coinbase Seeks Federal Trust Charter to Bolster Regulatory Standing

Coinbase has applied for an OCC national trust charter, seeking regulatory clarity while rejecting plans to become a bank and aiming to expand services.

Crypto News Australia

04.10.2025

What Happened to Blockchain Gaming?

Explore the collapse of blockchain gaming, from its theoretical promise to practical failures. Discover why "fun-first" is crucial for its future.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

OpenAI Becomes World’s Largest Startup With $500 Billion Valuation

OpenAI's valuation surged to US$500B after a US$6.6B employee secondary stock sale, rewarding staff amid rapid growth.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

Bitget Exec “Firmly” Believes We Won’t See an Altseason This Bull Run

Bitget COO Vugar Usi Zade predicts a broad altcoin "altseason" is unlikely due to lack of technical breakthroughs.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

Swedish Opposition Pushes Bold Bitcoin Reserve Plan

Swedish MPs submitted a motion asking for a study into creating a state Bitcoin reserve (digital gold) funded by seized BTC.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

US Treasury Exempts Crypto From Unrealised Gains Tax in Major Industry Win

Treasury and IRS interim guidance eases CAMT rules, covering crypto, corporate transactions, and industries such as utilities, shipping, and insurers.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

JPMorgan Says Bitcoin Could Hit US$165K by Year-End

Bitcoin’s volatility ratio to gold has fallen under 2.0, leading JPMorgan to predict a 42% rise to US$165K (AU$249K) as gold prices climb.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

Bitcoin Rallies Past $118k Mark, is it Time for Uptober?

Bitcoin has surged 6% to US$118,548 despite a US government shutdown, with historical October gains averaging 20.51% fuelling hopes for an 'Uptober' rally.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

Telegram’s Pavel Durov Says Bitcoin, Not Telegram, Built His Fortune

Holding Bitcoin through crashes since 2013 has independently funded Pavel Durov’s lifestyle, rather than profits from Telegram.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

Crypto 101, Market Movers & a $150K Bitcoin Call on Tapping Into Crypto

The latest episode of the Tapping Into Crypto podcast has explored recent market leaders, the prospects of a bullish Q4 and questions around fundamental crypto concepts.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

Australian Company Fitell Buys $1.5M Worth of Pump.fun Tokens to Deepen Solana Bet

Australian-based gym equipment retailer turned Solana treasury company, Fitell Corporation, has purchased 216.8 million PUMP tokens, valued at around US$1.5 million.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

New York Lawmakers Push Tax on Bitcoin Miners Over Energy Use

Senator Liz Krueger’s proposal sets tiered taxes on crypto miners, exempting renewable users, to offset US$79m in household and US$165m in business costs.

Crypto News Australia

03.10.2025

BBVA Launches 24/7 Bitcoin and Ether Trading for All Spanish Customers

BBVA Spain now lets retail clients buy, sell and hold BTC and ETH via its app, aligning with EU's MiCA rules to offer secure, regulated crypto access.

Crypto News Australia

02.10.2025

EU Watchdog Recommends Ban on Multi-Issuance Stablecoins Amid Regulatory Push

The ESRB urges limits on stablecoins issued inside and outside the EU, citing financial stability concerns.

Crypto News Australia

02.10.2025

U.S. Government Shutdown Freezes Crypto ETF Approvals at SEC

The US government shutdown could stall the SEC and freeze all Spot ETF application reviews, prolonging regulatory uncertainty.

Crypto News Australia

02.10.2025

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Eyes Tokenised Commodities, Expands USD1 Stablecoin

Trump-backed World Liberty Financial (WLF) is expanding its crypto venture beyond the USD1 stablecoin into tokenised commodities, while piloting a debit card by early 2026.

Crypto News Australia

02.10.2025

Arthur Hayes Warns Banque de France’s €7.7B Loss Could Trigger Money Printing and Boost Bitcoin

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicts France's large fiscal deficit will force the ECB into large-scale money printing (QE) to finance debt.

Crypto News Australia

02.10.2025

Ripple CTO David Schwartz to Step Down After 13 Years, Will Join Board

David Schwartz, XRP ledger architect and Ripple CTO for seven years, will depart at 2025's end to focus on family while joining Ripple's board of directors.

Crypto News Australia

02.10.2025

Chainlink, UBS, and Swift Pilot Bridges Banks to Blockchain with Onchain Fund Transactions

A pilot by Chainlink, Swift, and UBS shows how tokenised fund transactions can run on legacy rails, boosting automation in the US$100T (AU$151.6T) fund industry.

Crypto News Australia

01.10.2025

SEC Gives Green Light to DePIN Tokens in Rare No-Action Letter

The SEC issued a no-action letter to DoubleZero's 2Z token, clearing programmatic transfers without securities registration.

Crypto News Australia

01.10.2025

Visa Pilots Stablecoin Settlements to Speed Up Global Payments

Visa is piloting stablecoin pre-funding for its Visa Direct cross-border payouts to cut friction and boost liquidity. This adoption follows the new GENIUS Act regulatory pathway.

Crypto News Australia

01.10.2025

Stripe Unveils ‘Open Issuance’ to Let Businesses Launch Their Own Stablecoins

Payments giant, Stripe, has launched a new platform called Open Issuance, which allows businesses to quickly and easily launch and manage their own stablecoins.

Crypto News Australia

01.10.2025

Tether Bolsters Bitcoin Reserves with $1B Acquisition, Nears 110K BTC Holdings

Tether purchased 8,888.88 BTC for its reserves at Q3 end, consistent with its policy of allocating 15% of net profits. Total BTC holdings are now nearly $109,410.

Crypto News Australia

01.10.2025

Polish Parliament Advances Strict Crypto Market Regulation Bill

Poland’s Sejm passed the Crypto-Asset Market Act, requiring licences and setting fines up to AU$4.26M and potential prison for violations.

Crypto News Australia

30.09.2025

Saylor’s Strategy Buys More Bitcoin, Now HODLing over 640,000 BTC

Strategy Inc. acquired 196 BTC for $22.1M, bringing its total holdings to 640K BTC.

Crypto News Australia

30.09.2025

Chinese Fraudster Pleads Guilty to Laundering Nearly $7B in Bitcoin

UK police seized 61,000 Bitcoin from fraudster Zhimin Qian, the world’s largest crypto seizure, with investors still seeking rightful compensation.

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Pantera’s Cosmo Jiang Says It’s “Still Early” for Crypto as Most Investors Hold None

XRP Sentiment Turns Bearish as Trader Optimism Plummets to Pre-Tariff Levels

How Two 22-Year-Old Heirs Brought Bitcoin Into a 135-Year-Old Gulf Dynasty

Elon Musk’s xAI Teases AI-Generated Video Game Coming Next Year

Saylor Pauses Bitcoin Acquisitions, Asks MrBeast to “Buy Bitcoin”

Ripple’s J. Ayo Akinyele Champions Privacy-First Future for the XRP Ledger

DeFi Fees Surge 76% to $600M as Protocols Pivot Toward Sustainable Tokenomics

Galaxy Digital Launches ‘GalaxyOne,’ a Super-App Uniting Crypto, Cash, and Stocks

Standard Chartered Sees $1 Trillion Shift to Stablecoins by 2028, Led by Emerging Markets

Bitcoin Makes New All-Time High at $125k, Amid Record ETF Flows

Abracadabra Exploit Drains $1.8M in MIM Stablecoin, DAO Says Issue Contained

Consensys Expands Token Strategy: MetaMask, Linea, and Now Infura to Join “Token-Powered” Ecosystem

Samsung and Coinbase Join Forces to Bring Crypto Trading to 75 Million Galaxy Devices

DefiLlama Delists Aster’s Perp Volume Amid Suspicions of Wash Trading

Coinbase Seeks Federal Trust Charter to Bolster Regulatory Standing

What Happened to Blockchain Gaming?

OpenAI Becomes World’s Largest Startup With $500 Billion Valuation

Bitget Exec “Firmly” Believes We Won’t See an Altseason This Bull Run

Swedish Opposition Pushes Bold Bitcoin Reserve Plan

US Treasury Exempts Crypto From Unrealised Gains Tax in Major Industry Win

JPMorgan Says Bitcoin Could Hit US$165K by Year-End

Bitcoin Rallies Past $118k Mark, is it Time for Uptober?

Telegram’s Pavel Durov Says Bitcoin, Not Telegram, Built His Fortune

Crypto 101, Market Movers & a $150K Bitcoin Call on Tapping Into Crypto

Australian Company Fitell Buys $1.5M Worth of Pump.fun Tokens to Deepen Solana Bet

New York Lawmakers Push Tax on Bitcoin Miners Over Energy Use

BBVA Launches 24/7 Bitcoin and Ether Trading for All Spanish Customers

EU Watchdog Recommends Ban on Multi-Issuance Stablecoins Amid Regulatory Push

U.S. Government Shutdown Freezes Crypto ETF Approvals at SEC

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Eyes Tokenised Commodities, Expands USD1 Stablecoin

Arthur Hayes Warns Banque de France’s €7.7B Loss Could Trigger Money Printing and Boost Bitcoin

Ripple CTO David Schwartz to Step Down After 13 Years, Will Join Board

Chainlink, UBS, and Swift Pilot Bridges Banks to Blockchain with Onchain Fund Transactions

SEC Gives Green Light to DePIN Tokens in Rare No-Action Letter

Visa Pilots Stablecoin Settlements to Speed Up Global Payments

Stripe Unveils ‘Open Issuance’ to Let Businesses Launch Their Own Stablecoins

Tether Bolsters Bitcoin Reserves with $1B Acquisition, Nears 110K BTC Holdings

Polish Parliament Advances Strict Crypto Market Regulation Bill

Saylor’s Strategy Buys More Bitcoin, Now HODLing over 640,000 BTC

Chinese Fraudster Pleads Guilty to Laundering Nearly $7B in Bitcoin

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