X users have already reported using the new Bitcoin payment feature at coffee shops across the United States. Payment processor Square has launched its Bitcoin payment feature for sellers, allowing them to opt in and accept Bitcoin at checkout through its point-of-sale system. Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Block, which owns Square, said in an X post on Monday that with the new feature, merchants using Square can receive Bitcoin to Bitcoin, Bitcoin to fiat, fiat to Bitcoin or fiat to fiat payments. At the same time, Jacob Szymik, an account executive at Square, stated that Bitcoin (BTC) payments are currently only available for in-person purchases and point-of-sale terminals, but online and invoicing options are “in the works,” and teased that updates would be coming soon. Read more
BitMine’s massive ETH accumulation accelerated last week, adding 110,288 Ether to its $12.5 billion treasury as it targets 5% of the total supply. BitMine’s digital treasury accumulation is showing no signs of slowing down, with its latest week of Ether buying marking a 34% increase from the week before. BitMine Immersion Technologies announced the purchase of 110,288 Ether (ETH) on Monday, bringing its total to 3,505,723 ETH at an average purchase price of $3,639 per token. As part of the announcement, BitMine’s chairman Tom Lee said the recent ETH price dip presented an attractive opportunity” for the firm, as he went on to highlight Ether adoption happening on Wall Street: Read more
Propanc Biopharma said it will build a crypto treasury after securing up to $100 million from Hexstone Capital to further its potential cancer treatment and reignite investor interest. Australia-based Propanc Biopharma has announced it has secured up to $100 million from a crypto-focused family office to launch a crypto treasury — a move its CEO described as “transformative” as its cancer therapy product enters human trials next year. The private placement, structured through convertible preferred stock, provides Propanc with an initial $1 million investment and up to $99 million in follow-on funding over the next 12 months from Hexstone Capital, a family office that invests in several crypto treasury companies. The cancer-treating biotech company stated that the proceeds will be used to build a digital asset treasury and accelerate the development of its lead cancer therapy, PRP, which aims to enter first-in-human trials in the second half of 2026. Read more
The Uniswap token rose over 38% after the introduction of a protocol fee switch and burning mechanism that could strengthen UNI. The native token behind Uniswap rallied over 38% after the Uniswap Foundation and Uniswap Labs introduced a proposal aimed at making holding the token more appealing to investors. Among the potential changes outlined in the “UNIfication” proposal are activating a protocol-level fee mechanism to burn Uniswap (UNI) tokens and building a Protocol Fee Discount Auctions system to increase liquidity provider returns, the Uniswap Foundation said in a joint proposal with Uniswap Labs on Monday. They also plan to burn 100 million UNI — roughly 16% of the UNI’s circulating supply — from the treasury, which could further improve the supply and demand dynamics of UNI, the governance token behind the Uniswap decentralized exchange. Read more
The Senate Agriculture Committee has released a draft bill outlining the proposed regulatory jurisdiction of the country’s two main financial market regulators. The US Senate Agriculture Committee has released its long-awaited discussion draft of crypto market structure laws, bringing Congress closer to passing legislation outlining how the crypto sector will be regulated. Republican Agriculture Chair John Boozman and Democrat Senator Cory Booker released the draft on Monday, which includes brackets around sections of the bill that lawmakers are still negotiating. The bill aims to outline the limits of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s power to regulate crypto. Only Congress can set the agencies’ regulatory boundaries, and both have shared guidance to companies about crypto under the Trump administration’s deregulation push. Read more