Coinbase Acquires “The Clearing Company” to Fortify “Everything Exchange” Strategy and Internalize Prediction Market Tech
Key Takeaways: The acquisition marks Coinbase’s tenth deal of 2025, capping a year of aggressive expansion aimed at transforming the platform from a pure crypto exchange into a financial “super-app.”
xAI Secures Strategic Deal with Pentagon to Embed Grok Models into Defense Department’s Core AI Infrastructure
Key Takeaways: Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has finalized a major agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to plug its Grok models directly into the Pentagon’s internal AI platform.
Hyperliquid Enforces “Zero-Tolerance” Trading Ban to Shield HYPE from Insider Influence
Key Takeaways: Hyperliquid Labs has formally announced a rigorous new ethics policy designed to wall off its internal team from the market dynamics of its native token, HYPE. In a
Metaplanet Secures Clean Sweep at Shareholder Meeting to Accelerate Bitcoin Treasury Expansion
Key Takeaways: Metaplanet’s transformation into Japan’s premier corporate Bitcoin vehicle has cleared a critical governance hurdle. The firm’s latest extraordinary shareholder meeting concluded with a clean sweep, as investors approved
Solana Deploys x402 Protocol: Unlocking the “Agent Economy” with Instant Autonomous Payments
Key Takeaways: Solana is aggressively positioning itself as the default financial layer for the era of Artificial Intelligence. The network is scaling the deployment of x402 – a new Internet-native
PayPal Partners with Permian Labs to Power the AI GPU Economy with PYUSD
Key Takeaways: The partnership effectively links PYUSD, PayPal’s regulated stablecoin, with USDai, the “AI-native” stablecoin issued by the USD.AI protocol. The goal is to replace the slow, friction-heavy world of
Circle Brings Native Dollar Liquidity to Bitcoin DeFi with USDCx on Stacks
Key Takeaways: Circle is officially bridging the gap between the world’s largest stablecoin ecosystem and the world’s most secure blockchain. The company has announced the launch of USDCx on Stacks,
Coinbase Unveils Custom Stablecoins and Kalshi Partnership in Major Push to Become a Financial Super App
Key Takeaways: Coinbase is no longer content with simply being the primary venue for buying and selling Bitcoin. At its year-end “System Update” event, the U.S. crypto giant unveiled a
Securitize Unlocks Live Trading for Tokenized US Stocks on Ethereum
Key Takeaways: The new product, dubbed “Stocks on Securitize,” represents a fundamental structural shift. Unlike previous crypto-equity experiments that relied on derivatives or mirror assets, this platform facilitates the trading
Marshall Islands Launches World’s First On-Chain Universal Basic Income via Stellar
Key Takeaways: The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has turned a theoretical crypto use case into national policy. In a move that defies warnings from the International Monetary Fund