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VILNIUS, Lithuania, October 9th, 2025, Chainwire BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, today announced it has surpassed 10.16 million registered users globally and achieved a record $1.15 trillion in trading volume during Q3 2025. These figures mark significant growth milestones for the platform. The exchange’s Q3 performance represents substantial growth, with trading volume up 20% compared to Q2 2025’s $957 billion. The user base expanded from 9.1 million in Q2 to 10.16 million by the end of Q3. This landmark quarter was highlighted by a strategic global brand ambassador partnership with NBA All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr. and triple industry recognition…

What is TDOG, and how does it work? 21Shares’ Dogecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), TDOG, recently appeared on the DTCC’s Active and Pre-Launch list under the ticker TDOG. The listing connects brokers and clearing institutions in preparation for potential trading, but it does not indicate regulatory approval.The proposed TDOG/21Shares Dogecoin (DOGE) trust is intended to be physically backed (i.e., holding Dogecoin directly) and to issue shares designed to track DOGE’s price (less fees).The fund calculates its daily net asset value (NAV) using a multi-exchange Dogecoin price index. During market hours, it also publishes an intraday indicative value approximately every 15 seconds,…

Multichain DEX aggregator Shapeshift announced support for shielded (private) transactions with the Zcash privacy cryptocurrency.According to a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, ShapeShift’s self-custodial decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator and self-custodial wallet now support Zcash (ZEC) shielded transactions. The announcement comes as Zcash Community Grants allotted $50,000 to support ShapeShift’s technical and marketing investments.According to the announcement, with this move, the organization aims to “offer true privacy on-chain for its users.”This follows ShapeShift’s delisting of anoncoins, also known as privacy coins, in 2020 amid regulatory pressure. Still, this was back when ShapeShift operated as a centralized instant exchange, before it transitioned…

Luxembourg is officially joining the ranks of governments investing in Bitcoin.  The country’s Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) will allocate 1% of its total portfolio — over €7 million — to Bitcoin and other crypto, Finance Minister Gilles Roth announced Wednesday during his 2026 budget presentation in the Chamber of Deputies. “This is really great news for crypto-assets because this is the first investment of a public fund in bitcoin in Luxembourg,” said CSV lawmaker Laurent Mosar following the announcement. The move positions Luxembourg as the first Eurozone nation to allocate sovereign wealth into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, marking a significant…

The Ethereum price has traded mostly sideways this week, rising just 1.3% over the past seven days to hover around $4,430. Even the month-on-month ETH price performance isn’t aggressive, with a minor 2.7% uptick.Despite the muted performance, accumulation is quietly underway, suggesting that something bigger could be brewing beneath the surface.Sponsored Whales and Short-Term Holders Quietly AccumulateThe most notable shift comes from Ethereum whales. On-chain data shows that large holders have added nearly 870,000 ETH in the past 24 hours, increasing their combined stash from 99.34 million to 100.21 million ETH. At the current price of roughly $4,440, this addition…

Wall Street broker Benchmark remains bullish on Strategy (MSTR) despite the stock’s recent struggles, arguing that its bitcoin-linked perpetual preferred shares give it something no other digital asset treasury can match: permanent capital. The broker reaffirmed its Strategy buy rating and $705 price target in the Thursday report. The stock was 2% lower in early trading, around $324.In an investor meeting hosted by Benchmark this week, Executive Chairman Michael Saylor outlined how these instruments strengthen the company’s strategy.While other firms race to replicate Strategy’s playbook, the company’s 640,031 BTC treasury, more than twelve times the next-largest corporate holder, remains unrivaled,…

Key takeawaysA new wave of DEX wars has shifted from token incentives to a focus on speed, leverage and sustainable infrastructure.Hyperliquid continues to lead the market with over $300 billion in monthly volume, strong liquidity and rising institutional adoption.Aster’s growth is powered by airdrops, Binance-backed credibility and leverage that attract professional traders.Lighter is gaining momentum through its Ethereum layer-2 speed, zero-fee trading model and exclusive points-based yield farming system.Platforms like SushiSwap, PancakeSwap and Curve leveraged yield farming and governance token incentives to attract liquidity. This approach catalyzed rapid capital formation, bringing billions of dollars onchain within a short time.Those early…

Quick take: The acquisition combines PayPay’s massive user base of over 70 million with Bianance’s global blockchain experience. The two companies want to make it easier for everyday users in Japan to access crypto. PayPay offers “seamless: cashless payments at a wide range of merchants, online stores, and for peer-to-peer transfers in Japan. PayPay Corporation, a portfolio company of SoftBank, has entered into a strategic partnership with Binance Japan to integrate crypto features into the PayPay Money wallet app. As part of the strategic partnership, PayPay has acquired a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan, the companies announced on Thursday.…

Yuma, a development studio and accelerator for decentralized AI (deAI) network Bittensor created by Barry Silbert of Digital Currency Group, has introduced Yuman Asset Management, to allow institutional and accredited investors easy access to the deAI ecosystem.Bittensor is a decentralized network for AI that rewards people for contributing data and computing power to a range of activities in the form of distinct use case-driven entities called “subnets,” that can include things like text translation, fraud detection, image recognition to more esoteric goals like predicting the structure of complex protein chains.Powered by its native token, TAO, Bittensor aspires to be the…

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