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Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Sep 02, 2025
The partnership allows US investors to hold vaulted gold in self-directed IRAs, providing exposure to regulated DeFi strategies. Gold-backed IRA provider SmartGold is moving $1.6 billion of vaulted assets onchain through a partnership with tokenization platform Chintai Nexus, potentially opening the door to tokenized gold investments through self-directed US Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Each gold token is backed one-for-one with physical bullion and can be deployed as collateral across decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocols, the companies said Tuesday. The structure works by having investors purchase and store vaulted gold through a SmartGold self-directed IRA. Chintai then tokenizes the holdings, issuing digital representations tied directly to the physical asset. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:58 Sep 02, 2025
BitMine Immersion Technologies, the world’s largest corporate Ether holder, said it holds 1.87 million ETH — more than 1.5% of the total supply. BitMine Immersion Technologies, a publicly traded Bitcoin mining company and Ether treasury, said it holds almost 1.9 million ETH — well over 1.5% of all circulating Ether. According to a Tuesday announcement, BitMine holds 1,866,974 Ether (ETH) or nearly 1.55% of the entire ETH supply, 192 Bitcoin (BTC) and unencumbered cash of $635 million. This results in a combined total capital of $8.98 billion. According to Strategic ETH Reserve data, Bitmine is currently the world’s largest corporate Ether treasury, with its ETH holdings valued at over $8.1 billion. The second-largest treasury is SharpLink Gaming, with 797,700 ETH, worth approximately $3.43 billion. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:45 Sep 02, 2025
Bitcoin can rise toward $140,000 next and push higher over the next year if it repeats past gains seen after gold’s record highs. Key takeaways: BTC has rallied between 145% and 304% within a year of past gold peaks. The top crypto can rally to as high as $400,000 if the gold fractal repeats. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:35 Sep 02, 2025
Gaia Labs’ AI smartphone and Solana’s latest devices highlight a renewed push to merge blockchain features in consumer tech. Web3 companies are exploring ways to move beyond apps and tokens, experimenting with hardware devices like phones and consoles that merge crypto functions with everyday tech. Gaia Labs, a decentralized AI and Web3 infrastructure company, on Tuesday announced its upcoming AI smartphone for users in South Korea and Hong Kong. Built on Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge hardware, the device runs AI models directly on the phone, letting users interact with agents without relying on cloud services. According to the company, Web3 functions include onchain identity support, a pre-loaded Gaia domain, and tools for deploying custom AI agents. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:05 Sep 02, 2025
Hong Kong-listed Yunfeng Financial purchased $44 million of ETH to support its expansion into Web3, real-world assets and tokenized finance. Yunfeng Financial Group, a Hong Kong-listed company with ties to Alibaba founder Jack Ma, acquired 10,000 ETH (worth about $44 million) in a move to deepen its Web3 expansion. The purchase, disclosed in a voluntary announcement on Tuesday, was funded through internal cash reserves. The move follows a recent announcement by Yunfeng outlining its push into Web3, real world assets (RWA), digital currency and artificial intelligence. According to the company, Ether (ETH) was chosen as a reserve asset to support RWA tokenization, technological innovation and the broader integration of finance with Web3 infrastructure. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:47 Sep 02, 2025
Tokenizing mobility and autonomous robotaxis may be among the next emerging blockchain trends with fully onchain business models. Avalanche and Toyota Blockchain Lab are planning the future infrastructure necessary for self-deployed, autonomous robotaxi fleets, highlighting another emerging use case for blockchain technology in the future of transportation. Avalanche and Toyota are researching the creation of a new blockchain layer to “orchestrate trust and unlock mobility’s value” through a blockchain-based intermediary network called the Mobility Orchestration Network (MON). Built on Avalanche’s multichain infrastructure and Interchain Messaging (ICM), the proof-of-concept aims to enable secure data sharing for vehicle financing, ride sharing, insurance and carbon credit tracking, while streamlining ownership transfers for secondary markets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:45 Sep 02, 2025
Whale inflows into Ethereum are getting bigger as investors take profits from Bitcoin and rotate capital into Ether, raising hopes of new all-time highs soon. Key takeaways: Ethereum whales bought 260,000 ETH in the last 24 hours, signaling accumulation. Whales, BitMine and ETFs add billions of dollars in ETH, reinforcing bullish demand. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:42 Sep 02, 2025
Winklevoss brothers-founded crypto exchange Gemini has filed for an IPO, seeking to raise up to $317 million as an “emerging growth company.” Gemini, a crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, announced the launch of an initial public offering (IPO) of 16.67 million shares of Class A common stock. Gemini Space Station filed a Form S-1 for IPO on Tuesday, planning to sell the shares priced between $17 and $19 per share, to raise up to $317 million. Subject to completion, the filing comes weeks after the company filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker GEMI on Aug. 16. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:31 Sep 02, 2025
Bitcoin still has time for one more surge to $150,000 says Peter Brandt, as retail sentiment around Solana soars: Trade Secrets. Welcome to Trade Secrets Bitcoin and Ether price predictions from top analysts, along with options data, sentiment analysis and prediction markets to determine what they can tell us about the months and years ahead. After soaring to new highs in August, Bitcoin is now facing a critical test for its next major move, according to veteran trader Peter Brandt. I think there is still room for one more big thrust, perhaps to $125,000 to $150,000, but it is running out of time, Brandt tells Magazine. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:31 Sep 02, 2025
Bitcoin still has time for one more surge to $150,000 says Peter Brandt, as retail sentiment around Solana soars: Trade Secrets. Welcome to Trade Secrets Bitcoin and Ether price predictions from top analysts, along with options data, sentiment analysis and prediction markets to determine what they can tell us about the months and years ahead. After soaring to new highs in August, Bitcoin is now facing a critical test for its next major move, according to veteran trader Peter Brandt. I think there is still room for one more big thrust, perhaps to $125,000 to $150,000, but it is running out of time, Brandt tells Magazine. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:30 Sep 02, 2025
Traditional compliance can’t keep up with 24/7 crypto markets — AI-native systems embedded at the core offer real-time risk detection and scalable solutions. Opinion by: Konstantin Anissimov, Global CEO at Currency.com Compliance isn’t what it used to be. In a market that runs 24/7 across multiple jurisdictions, payment methods and protocols, the status quo of checking boxes and filing reports feels disconnected from how digital finance actually works. Compliance must evolve when the system it protects is borderless, decentralized and constantly moving. For many, the way forward is still unclear. According to a recent industry report, 71% of executives expect financial crime threats to increase in 2025, yet only 23% consider their current frameworks genuinely practical. The gap between threat and readiness is widening. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:01 Sep 02, 2025
Meet the leaders shaping crypto in 2025 (BlackRock, Tether, Ethereum, Solana and EigenLayer) and what’s next on ETFs, stablecoins and restaking. Power in crypto has shifted from traditional players to five forces driving onchain finance and control. These forces are stablecoins, ETFs, base-layer upgrades, blockspace security and high-throughput execution. Traditional gatekeepers like exchanges and regulators now play a lesser role. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:00 Sep 02, 2025
RARI Foundation’s Anna Riabokon told Cointelegraph that licensing revenue and fee buybacks will sustain the platform’s rewards program. Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible launched a redesigned trading platform on Tuesday and rolled out a new system that directs transaction fees into token buybacks. Rarible told Cointelegraph that the model, which redistributes tokens to active traders, is intended to create a sustainable alternative to earlier NFT marketplace incentive schemes that relied on fixed token allocations. “Previous designs in the NFT marketplace ecosystem were not sustainable,” Anna Riabokon, head of operations and governance at the RARI Foundation, told Cointelegraph. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:53 Sep 02, 2025
Coincheck is expanding into the European Economic Area by acquiring Paris-based institutional crypto brokerage Aplo, with the deal expected to close in October. Major Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck is expanding into the European Economic Area (EEA) by acquiring Paris-based Aplo, a regulated digital asset brokerage for institutional investors. According to a Tuesday announcement, Coincheck entered a stock purchase agreement to acquire Aplo. As part of the deal, all issued and outstanding shares of Aplo are to be exchanged for newly issued ordinary shares of Coincheck. The acquisition is expected to close in October. The exchange said the acquisition is “the first step of an important component of Coincheck Group’s stated mission” of making “acquisitions for retail and institutional crypto businesses outside of Japan.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:23 Sep 02, 2025
Michael Saylor’s Strategy announced a $449 million Bitcoin purchase made last week, bringing total BTC buys in August to just 7,714 BTC. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public company holding Bitcoin, purchased more BTC as the price slipped below $108,000 last week. Strategy acquired 4,048 Bitcoin (BTC) for $449.3 million between Aug. 25 and Monday, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. Strategy’s latest Bitcoin purchase was made at an average price of $110,981 per BTC, as the crypto asset briefly surged above $113,000 and subsequently dropped below $108,000 on Friday, according to CoinGecko. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:17 Sep 02, 2025
Kite AI raised $18 million in a Series A round led by PayPal Ventures, bringing its total funding to $33 million to build decentralized infrastructure for AI agents in web3. Decentralized AI infrastructure provider Kite AI raised $18 million in its Series A funding round led by PayPal Ventures, bringing total cumulative funding to $33 million. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Tuesday, other investors in the company include 8VC, Samsung Next, SBI US Gateway Fund, Vertex Ventures, Hashed, HashKey Capital, Avalanche Foundation, LayerZero, Animoca Brands and more. In February, Kite launched the testnet of its AI-centric layer-1 blockchain, based on Avalanche (AVAX), aiming to enhance scalability and data processing while providing centralized coordination for artificial intelligence (AI) workflows. Kite aims to leverage distributed infrastructure to power agentic AI infrastructure, envisioning AI agents as a new user category in the Web3 ecosystem. AI agents are autonomous software progra... -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:06 Sep 02, 2025
Ethereum-focused firm The Ether Machine secured $654 million in private financing from Jeffrey Berns, aiming to go public with over 495,000 ETH on its books. Crypto company The Ether Machine secured $654 million in a private financing round, collecting 150,000 Ether from prominent Ethereum advocate Jeffrey Berns. The funds will be transferred to the company’s wallet later this week, according to a Tuesday report by Reuters. Berns, known for his early investments in Ethereum infrastructure and Web3 initiatives, will join the board of directors. The raise is part of the company’s broader strategy to build a substantial Ether (ETH) treasury ahead of its anticipated Nasdaq debut later this year. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:28 Sep 02, 2025
Ethereum’s largest testnet, Holešky, will be sunset in the coming weeks after two years of rigorously testing Ethereum’s most important network upgrades. Ethereum’s largest testnet, Holešky, will sunset as part of a planned shutdown and migration to the Hoodi testnet following several technical issues earlier in the year. The foundation said Monday that Holešky will be shut down two weeks after the Fusaka upgrade is finalized on the network. The upgrade is proposed for sometime in the second half of September. “After this, Holešky will no longer be supported by client, testing or infrastructure teams,” it said. While the exact date isn’t clear, Ethereum core developers are looking to launch Fusaka on mainnet in November — so it must happen well before then. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 23:04 Sep 01, 2025
An X user known as Princess Hypio said they lost $170,000 in crypto and NFTs to a scammer who infiltrated a Discord server and pretended to have mutual friends. Update Sept.1, 11:30 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include information from Halborn’s chief information security officer. Last month, crypto user and NFT artist Princess Hypio told her followers she lost $170,000 in crypto and non-fungible tokens after a scammer convinced her to play a game with them on Steam. While she was “mindlessly” playing with the scammer, they were secretly stealing her funds and hacking her Discord. The same tactic was used on three of her other friends, she wrote in a post on Aug. 21 on X. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:40 Sep 01, 2025
Coinbase and OKX are moving into Australia’s pensions through SMSFs, while the United States revamps rules on how crypto fits into retirement plans. Two of the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase and OKX, are introducing services for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs ) in Australia, giving individuals new ways to add cryptocurrency to the country’s retirement savings system. While Australians have been able to hold digital assets in SMSFs for several years, Coinbase and OKX are now packaging that access into dedicated products, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Instead of leaving investors to set up their own structures and manage custody independently, the exchanges offer services that combine referrals to accountants and law firms with integrated custody and record-keeping to meet audit requirements. Read more
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