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In a new report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), a mechanism to monitor and report UN sanctions violations, cryptocurrency is earning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) billions of dollars worth of foreign currency every year. According to the report, it’s one of North Korea’s most stable ways to acquire foreign currency since at least 2022, and is helping Russia acquire DPRK manufactured munitions and weapons. This sanctions evasion and use of crypto to launder and abstract monetary movements appears to be a direct contributor to Russia’s ability to fight its war against Ukraine. While early in the Russo-Ukrainian War, crypto was heralded as a way for hundreds of millions of dollars to be donated to the Ukrainian war effort. However, according to the MSMT, it’s proven to be far more useful for the Putin regime and the DPRK, with “DPRK officials… found to have used a… stablecoin for procurement-related transacti...

In a recent Bloomberg interview, Nakamoto (NAKA) CEO David Bailey explained that bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies are becoming ripe for takeover. He specifically mentioned treasury companies pursuing M&A deals, “acquiring competitors and restructuring some of those businesses.” However, despite his intention to deflect attention onto other stocks, Nakamoto itself appears to be a prime candidate for a hostile takeover . A hostile takeover could occur if anyone accumulates a controlling amount of voting rights in the company against the wishes of management. This type of takeover contrasts with board-approved changes of control like mergers, buyouts, or business combinations. Already 98% below its all-time high over the last five months and with a market capitalization at least 85% lower than the value of its BTC holdings, investors’ confidence in Bailey as a public company CEO is at an all-time low. Today’s penny stock price has fallen far from NAKA’s high ...

The Bitcoin price slid 2.4% in the past 24 hours to trade at $107,867 as of 1:10 a.m. EST even as Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, aka CZ, said it will eventually surpass gold’s $30 trillion market cap. “Prediction: Bitcoin will flip gold,” CZ said on X. ”I don’t know exactly when. Might take some time, but it will happen. Save the tweet.”  Prediction: Bitcoin will flip gold. I don't know exactly when. Might take some time, but it will happen. Save the tweet. pic.twitter.com/bR4Bq0JeVE — CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) October 20, 2025 He accompanied his statement with a chart showing Bitcoin’s current market cap at a $2.21 trillion against gold’s towering $30.3 trillion. For Bitcoin to successfully surpass gold’s valuation, the price would need to reach approximately $1.52 million. Key US Economic Data Incoming Economic data is likely to be key to Bitcoin’s performance this week, with jobless claims and ho...

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Shiba Inu (SHIB) has a supply of nearly 589 trillion coins. The massive supply presents a substantial barrier to the asset’s price. One of the most significant catalysts for SHIB’s incredible 2021 rally was Vitalik Buterin’s token burn. Buterin received half of SHIB’s entire supply upon launch. However, the Ethereum co-founder burned 90% of the coins he received. The sudden supply dip led to a massive price rally for SHIB. Let’s discuss how high Shiba Inu (SHIB) can go if we burn half the current supply. What’s Shiba Inu’s Price If We Burn 50% Of The Supply Source: Watcher Guru If 50% of SHIB’s supply is destroyed, the project will have 294.5 trillion tokens remaining in circulation. Let’s assume that the project’s market cap remains the same, at $6.14 billion. In such a scenario, the price of each SHIB token will hit $0.00002085. Although the growth would be commendable, it is still way lower than Shiba Inu’s (SHIB) all-...

Nvidia’s Blackwell Wafer production has officially begun on U.S. soil, with the first wafer manufactured at TSMC‘s Arizona facility. This milestone represents a major advancement in U.S. chip production and also marks a turning point for semiconductor strategy in America. The Nvidia Blackwell Wafer demonstrates that advanced AI hardware can now be produced domestically, which actually reduces dependency on overseas manufacturing right now. Blackwell Wafer Boosts Nvidia’s AI Hardware and U.S. Chip Production Source: Nvidia / YouTube The unveiling of the first U.S.-made Nvidia Blackwell Wafer took place at TSMC’s Arizona facility, and this achievement has significant implications for the semiconductor industry. At the time of writing, this facility represents one of the most advanced chip manufacturing plants in the United States, along with some of the most cutting-edge technology available globally. TSMC is producing the Nvidia Blackwell Wafer using technology th...

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says that people who still refer to him as the CEO of XRP or believe that Ripple is still in control of the asset need to be educated. Garlinghouse made the comment at the DC Fintech conference this week when asked about the difference between Ripple’s control of XRP and its control of securities. “ We need to educate these people ,” he said after claiming that he still hears people refer to him as the CEO of XRP, and as Ripple as the company in control of XRP. That situation is potentially confusing given that the company paid a court settlement and Garlinghouse agreed to never dispute the US District Court for the Southern District of New York’s ruling that Ripple sold XRP in securities offerings. “Ripple’s Institutional Sales of XRP constituted the unregistered offer and sale of investment contracts in violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act,” judge Analisa Torres wrote in a ruling that remains final after a brief appeal to the Seco...

A coffee shop in Washington, D.C. has become the first merchant globally to accept Bitcoin via Square’s point-of-sale terminal. Compass Coffee, which has 27 locations, invited lawmakers and fintech leaders to see the technology in action, and hosted a demonstration during the DC Fintech Week. During the demonstration, customers were able to purchase coffee using BTC over the Lightning Network through a standard Square register. This is the same point-of-sale device that is used by millions of small businesses nationwide.  Compass Coffee said on X that the new payments terminal from Square was tested “on a huge range of wallets,” and they “all worked seamlessly.”  Big moves today – just deployed the first Square terminal in the world accepting bitcoin. Thank you @jack ! Cannot wait to see this come to Square devices worldwide soon. Tested on a huge range of wallets, all worked seamlessly. The beauty of open standards. ⚡️ ...

Kadena, the scalable Layer-1 Proof-of-Work blockchain, today announced a partnership with tokenization specialist Brickken to bring institutional-grade real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure to its Chainweb EVM network.  The collaboration combines Kadena’s technical scalability with Brickken’s compliance-driven tokenization tools to accelerate enterprise blockchain adoption. Building compliant tokenization for institutional use Under the collaboration, Kadena and Brickken plan to tokenize an initial $10 million in real-world assets as part of the testnet launch, with a full mainnet rollout expected in 2026. The initiative comes amid forecasts that as much as $16 trillion in assets could be tokenized by the end of the decade. Kadena’s multi-chain Proof-of-Work design delivers energy efficiency and low transaction fees while maintaining enterprise-level security. Brickken’s white-label infrastructure complements this with end-to-end tokenization capabilities cover...