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Researchers say broad HTX tainting could freeze legitimate users and make compliance tools less useful for tracing illicit funds. Blockchain researchers have raised concerns about the United Kingdom's sanctions against crypto exchange HTX, arguing that the move may have created broad collateral damage across the industry's compliance system. In an X post, Galaxy Digital's head of research, Alex Thorn, said the UK adding “all of HTX” to its sanctions was “problematic” because the exchange has many legitimate users. Thorn pointed to differences in how stablecoin issuers decide when to freeze tokens, saying there’s a big divergence in enforcement practices. Security researcher Taylor Monahan said in an X post that the HTX sanctions undermined years of work to encourage decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to screen and block stolen funds. She argued that most HTX users are legitimate. Read more

William Mougayar says critics are measuring the Ethereum Foundation by the wrong standard, claiming it was never meant to pump ETH or court institutions. A blockchain researcher has pushed back against growing criticism of the Ethereum Foundation, arguing that the organization is doing “exactly” what it was designed to do, which the critics keep getting wrong. In a post on X titled “Leave the Foundation Alone,” William Mougayar, a Toronto-based blockchain investor, researcher and best-selling author, argued that the Ethereum Foundation is a protocol steward, not a marketing engine. Mougayar said that Ether (ETH), Ethereum and the Ethereum Foundation are three separate entities with three separate trajectories. “The asset is money. The infrastructure is shared compute. The Foundation is a non-profit that is steering the protocol toward irrelevance for its own founders,” he wrote, adding that confusing the three leads to bad predictions and misplaced anger. Read more

The crypto services company began the US IPO process as companies across the digital asset sector weigh public market debuts. Crypto services company Blockchain.com confidentially filed for a US initial public offering (IPO), becoming the latest digital asset player to pursue a public listing as crypto firms return to equity markets. The company said it submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to a proposed offering of Class A ordinary shares. Pricing and the number of shares have not yet been determined. According to Thursday's announcement, the proposed IPO remains subject to market conditions and SEC review. Confidential S-1 filings allow companies to begin the IPO process and receive regulatory feedback before publicly disclosing financial and offering details. Read more

With a CFTC greenlight expected soon, industry momentum is building for the derivative contracts still only available to non-US investors. Blockchain.com has rolled out perpetual futures trading in its non-custodial DeFi wallet, allowing users to open leveraged positions directly from self-custodied Bitcoin used as collateral without transferring funds to an exchange. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the feature is routed through decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid and gives users access to more than 190 crypto markets with up to 40x leverage. Perpetual futures are derivative contracts that allow traders to take leveraged positions on an asset’s price without an expiration date. Michael Selig, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said last month that the derivatives regulator plans to allow the contracts in the coming weeks. Read more

Bio Protocol surged ~90% after AI scientists proposed a new ADHD peptide via its BioAgents platform. Analyze the price setup, DeSci sector momentum, and what early-stage infrastructure plays are attracting capital right now. The post An AI Scientist Proposed an ADHD Treatment on the Blockchain: BIO Price Explodes Is This What DeSci Has Been Waiting For? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto philanthropy in Africa builds moments, not enduring systems. Transparency without local ownership and maintenance delivers aid dependency, not dignity. Opinion by: Samuel Owusu-Boadi, founder of WellsForAll Over the past decade, crypto philanthropy has exploded. From a niche experiment to a transformative force channeling billions into global causes, crypto philanthropy’s moment has arrived. According to data from The Giving Block, crypto donations exceeded $1 billion in 2024, proving that blockchain-based giving is now a legitimate, more transparent (in theory) and efficient alternative to traditional charity fundraising. While these figures show momentum, scale alone does not equate to success, especially in philanthropic projects across Africa. Read more

The World Gold Council unveils "Gold as a Service" to modernize the $5B tokenized gold market. Meanwhile, Bitcoin Hyper raises over $32M in presale. The post Gold Price Prediction: World Gold Council Just Built a Blockchain “Trust Layer” for Gold — Is a $100 Billion Tokenized Market Coming? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The crypto brokerage said increasing demand across West Africa is driving its expansion as user activity grows across the Sub-Saharan region. Crypto brokerage company Blockchain.com is expanding into Ghana as part of a broader push to grow its presence across Africa, following rapid user growth in Nigeria over the past year. The company said it plans to offer Ghanaian users access to its trading platform as it builds out regional infrastructure and explores additional African markets. The expansion follows strong growth in Nigeria, where the company launched retail operations last year and reported more than a 700% increase in brokerage transaction volume. According to the company, the most traded assets on its platform in the country have been Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT) and Tron (TRX). Read more

Larger crypto payments to darknet markets were linked to higher stimulant hospitalizations and deaths in Canadian health data. Blockchain transaction data tied to cryptocurrency payments may provide an early signal of emerging drug crises, according to a new report from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The study, which examined illicit market activity across darknet drug and fraud ecosystems, found that crypto flows connected to darknet markets reached nearly $2.6 billion in 2025, showing that online drug markets continue to operate at scale despite repeated law-enforcement takedowns. Vendors typically receive payments from personal wallets and centralized exchanges. Beyond measuring criminal activity, Chainalysis argued that the data can track real-world health outcomes. Crypto payments to suppliers of fentanyl precursor chemicals declined sharply beginning in mid-2023. Months later, overdose deaths also fell in the United States and Canada after peaking in 2023. Read more

At Abu Dhabi Finance Week, OKX CEO Star Xu has argued that on-chain finance has begun to support a shift in global economic activity, citing stablecoin growth, tokenized assets, self-custody wallets and regulatory work in major markets for compliant blockchain-based settlement. The post OKX CEO Star Xu Says 50% of Global Economy Will Run On Blockchain appeared first on Cryptonews.

Cardano has suffered a brief chain split from a malformed transaction, sparking FBI involvement, developer resignations and debate over protocol safety, while traders compare ADA’s shaky price structure with the growing presale interest in SUBBD’s creator-focused token. The post Cardano Price Prediction: Hoskinson Calls FBI After Dev “Breaks” Blockchain – Could ADA Crash Again? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Blockchain can still serve its purpose while catering to institutional finance needs through privacy technology, says Aztec Labs’ Zac Williamson. Blockchain is being pulled between traditional finance and its decentralized ethos as the industry shifts to serve institutional products. Zac Williamson, CEO of Aztec Labs, said early decentralized governance failures shifted blockchain’s trajectory away from community coordination. “There is a real risk that blockchain just becomes a slightly more efficient settlement layer than Visa or Mastercard,” he told Cointelegraph. “If we lose the social coordination side of this, then the entire point of the technology gets hollowed out.” Read more

Cardano price prediction has faced pressure as ADA hits a fresh yearly low, even as Hoskinson details the Midnight roadmap, sets a December 8, 2025 launch for the NIGHT token, denies exit rumors, and traders weigh SUBBD’s presale progress and current staking yields. The post Cardano Price Prediction: Hoskinson Indicates Shift to New ‘Midnight’ Blockchain – Is He Leaving Cardano? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Blockchain has transitioned from arena sponsorships to mission-critical stadium infrastructure. Sport has enabled blockchain’s mainstream moment. Opinion by: Dima Saksonov, founder and CEO of Atleta Network The sports industry has become the distribution channel for blockchain’s mainstream moment. Leagues, teams and venues are running verifiable ticketing, identity and rights-management systems as mission-critical infrastructure that operates at stadium scale. This shift has positioned sports organizations as decisive buyers that carry blockchain into everyday fan experiences. Read more

Vitalik Buterin emphasized that blockchain's cryptographic safeguards protect on-chain funds from validator collusion but offer no protection for off-chain activities like oracles or restaking that depend on validator honesty rather than protocol enforcement. The post Your Crypto Isn’t Safe Outside the Blockchain, Vitalik Buterin Warns appeared first on Cryptonews.

Blockchain.com praised Malta’s regulatory clarity while member states still argued over how MiCA should apply across the EU. Blockchain.com, one of the oldest crypto platforms operating a wallet and a blockchain explorer, has received regulatory approval in Europe as it ramps up compliance efforts. Blockchain.com obtained a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license from the Maltese Financial Services Authority (MFSA), the company said on Thursday. With the license, Blockchain.com is enabled to provide custody and wallet services in 30 European Economic Area (EEA) countries and plans to roll out institutional services, including treasury management. Read more

Blockchain analytics are evolving with AI, turning raw onchain data into actionable insights for investors, law enforcement and everyday users. The blockchain industry has always prided itself on transparency. Every transaction on a public blockchain is permanently recorded, visible to anyone with an internet connection.  Still, with billions of transactions and hundreds of millions of wallet addresses, the sheer scale of that transparency can be paralyzing. Without the right tools, it’s less a crystal-clear ledger and more a haystack hiding countless needles. That is where blockchain analytics comes in.  The latest episode of The Clear Crypto Podcast discusses how blockchain’s radical openness has created both opportunities and challenges, and now, artificial intelligence (AI) may be the missing piece in making sense of it all. Read more

Football’s transfer system is plagued by delays and barriers. Blockchain technology offers faster settlements and global market access. Opinion by: Przemysław Kral, CEO of zondacrypto The football transfer market has long been seen as a world of discrete backroom deals and negotiations. The transfer window brings immense excitement to supporters wanting to see how clubs prepare for the season ahead.  It’s not always smooth sailing, given the huge capital requirements and tight deadlines the clubs face to complete the deals. There is an option that could overcome these issues.The answer has come to the fore in recent years, and the football industry is beginning to embrace it. Read more

The U.S. Commerce Department has outlined plans to place GDP and other economic statistics onto blockchain to strengthen transparency and prevent tampering. The step follows H.R. 1664 and wider policy initiatives under the Trump administration to expand blockchain adoption in federal operations. The post US to Publish Official Statistics on the Blockchain – Why It Matters Now appeared first on Cryptonews.

Blockchain.com has strengthened its leadership ranks with the addition of Timothy Flynn, the former chairman and CEO of KPMG, to its board of directors. The post Blockchain.com Adds Ex-KPMG Chief Timothy Flynn to Board Amid IPO Plans appeared first on Cryptonews.