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Investment firm and crypto game publisher Animoca Brands plans to go public via a reverse merger, the Hong Kong-based firm said Monday.

The downturn in prices rippled across derivatives markets, liquidating over $1 billion in leveraged trading positions across all digital assets Monday, CoinGlass data showed.

ETH's price cannot sustainably rally if the downtrend in network activity continues.

The preferred shares, dubbed SATA, are set to carry an initial 12% annual dividend, payable monthly in cash.

Nasdaq reprimanded TON Strategy, a major holder of TON, for failing to obtain shareholder approval before issuing stock to finance a $272.7 million purchase.

Tokenized Treasuries have climbed to a capitalization of $8.63 billion as traders and banks begin using them for repo market financing. Tokenized U.S. Treasuries, the largest class of real-world assets (RWA) after stablecoins, have entered a new phase. Tokenized money-market funds (MMFs), which pool cash into short-term U.S. government securities, are shifting from passive yield to collateral for trading, credit and repo transactions.  As of late October, the total market cap of tokenized Treasuries reached $8.6 billion, up from $7.4 billion in mid-September. The increase was led by BlackRock’s BUIDL, which reached about $2.85 billion, followed by Circle’s USYC at $866 million and Franklin Templeton’s BENJI at $865 million. Fidelity’s newly launched tokenized MMF also showed impressive growth and rose to $232 million. Digital representations of Treasury bills are starting to move through the same settlement and margin systems that support traditional collateral markets. The first practical test of fund-as-col...

In the span of one frenetic week, France unveiled seemingly opposing policy tracks. On Oct. 31, the French National Assembly adopted a first-reading amendment rebranding the country’s real estate-only wealth tax into a broader “tax on unproductive wealth” that now explicitly covers digital assets. At the same time, the right-wing Union des droites pour la […] The post France wants to tax unrealized crypto holdings but also hoard 420,000 BTC appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The blockchain firm’s native token debuted Monday with strong activity on Binance and Korean exchanges, following a $18 million Series A raise in September.

Donut Labs has now raised $22 million across a pre-seed and seed funding round in the last six months.

The broker said the company's full-cap bitcoin strategy is maturing, as preferred equity drives accretion and a new S&P credit rating expands its investor base.

The nanocap biotech firm is pivoting into digital assets with a $540 million raise to build a canton coin–based treasury, backed by DRW and Liberty City Ventures.

The company's 3.4 million of ETH tokens represents just shy of 3% of the total supply.

XRP is on the verge of a big move, but in which direction?

A clear guide to WLFI, the TRUMP memecoin and USD1, explaining how token sales, trading fees and treasury deals produced $802 million for Trump-linked ventures. Reuters estimates Trump-linked ventures earned $802 million in crypto in early 2025. Income came from WLFI tokens, the TRUMP coin and USD1 stablecoin yields. Alt5 Sigma’s deal and foreign buyers helped turn token value into cash. Read more

Sui (SUI) fell 8.6% and Cronos (CRO) dropped 7.9% over the weekend.

Nasdaq has reprimanded TON Strategy for its $272.7 million Toncoin purchase and PIPE deal, citing missed shareholder approval rules. TON Strategy, a publicly traded company that accumulates Telegram-linked Toncoin tokens and previously operated as Verb Technology Company, has been reprimanded by Nasdaq over rule violations related to its Toncoin purchases. Nasdaq has issued TON Strategy a letter of reprimand in connection with its $272.7 million Toncoin purchase and associated private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing. According to Nasdaq, TON Strategy failed to obtain shareholder approval for stock issuance under the PIPE financing to purchase Toncoin (TON), Nasdaq stated in an 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Read more

Following a presidential pardon that sparked debate over influence and access, crypto companies and PACs are ramping up political spending as the sector matures into a Washington power player. Crypto’s relationship with Washington is rapidly evolving as the industry takes a more assertive role in US politics, signaling a shift from outsider status to growing influence across the federal landscape. This week on Byte-Sized Insight, we examine how lobbying, political spending and access are reshaping crypto’s presence in the Capitol and what that may mean for decentralization, market competition and future policy. The recent presidential pardon of Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao catalyzed the conversation, prompting scrutiny into whether crypto’s expanding political footprint is driving outcomes. While some industry figures framed the case as government overreach, critics pointed to lobbying pressure and high-level connections as evidence of swelling influence. Against that backdrop, crypto advocacy in Washing...

The firm mostly funded the fresh buys with sales of common stock.

Bitcoin and Ethereum outflows of $1.5B and $500M suggest accumulation as investors move assets to cold storage.

Binance users are no longer allowed to open new positions on the KDA/USDT, AXS/USD, and THETA/USD perpetual contracts.