Cryptocurrencies

Telegram set TON as the exclusive blockchain for Mini Apps and began rolling out its built-in TON Wallet in the United States. This move turns chats into one‑tap dollar payments, in‑app dApps, and direct creator payouts across a near‑billion user base.

Seven months after the March 6, 2025 order that created a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, Washington has consolidated roughly 200,000 coins and signaled a no sell stance. Here is what October 2025 looks like, how the float tightened, and what comes next.

A new Swift, UBS and Chainlink pilot shows how standard ISO 20022 bank messages can mint and burn tokenized fund units onchain. Here is what shipped, why settlement compresses, what this unlocks for corporate actions and RWAs, and how builders can plug in.

Two SEC moves in July and September 2025 unlocked in kind creations and generic listing standards for crypto ETPs, setting the stage for the first U.S. multi-asset crypto ETF and a new playbook for liquidity, fees, and design.

Uniswap v4 makes liquidity programmable with hooks. Here’s how dynamic fees, protected orderflow, and in-path automation are reshaping markets and pulling activity to layer 2.

Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade is live. EIP‑7702 turns every address into a wallet‑native smart account, EIP‑7251 streamlines staking with larger validators and faster deposits, and bigger blob capacity pressures L2 fees while opening new consumer use cases.

On October 2, 2025 stablecoin supply crossed $300 billion just as Europe’s ESRB called for urgent safeguards under MiCA. Here is how that combo will reshape redemption, liquidity, and routing for builders, treasuries, and traders.

On October 2, 2025, the Optimism Superchain rolled out Upgrade 16a across Base, OP Mainnet, and Unichain. System-level toggles, a safer withdrawal path, and ETH Lockbox readiness push OP Stack chains toward configurable, interoperable Layer 2s.

In October 2025, Telegram’s built-in Wallet begins rolling out tokenized US stocks and ETFs powered by Kraken and Backed. Custodial first, then self-custodial via TON Wallet, this shift could compress onboarding, speed settlement, and turn RWAs into everyday chat balances.

The Sandbox has launched SANDchain, a ZK Layer 2 built on zkSync’s ZK Stack that uses SAND for gas and governance. Here is how branded ZK chains could reset creator funding, distribution, and ownership at scale.

Aave V4 shifts to a hub and spoke architecture and ERC-4626 vaults, aiming to compress rates, simplify cross-chain UX, and concentrate liquidity in Q4. Here is what changes, who benefits, and how to prepare.

Coinbase will pause MATIC activity and automatically convert balances to POL between October 14 and 17. Here is what changes for holders, builders, and liquidity as Polygon’s AggLayer becomes the default path.

Jump Crypto’s Firedancer team has proposed SIMD-0370 to lift Solana’s per block compute cap once Alpenglow ships. Dynamic blocks could raise throughput, fee capture, and real user performance, while sharpening debates about propagation limits and decentralization pressure.

Starknet has switched on BTCFi, bringing non-custodial Bitcoin staking and a 100 million STRK incentive program to jump-start BTC-backed lending and liquidity. Here is what launched, how it works, the risks, and the scorecard to watch over the next six months.

A rare SEC-CFTC joint signal just opened the door for registered US exchanges to list certain spot crypto products. Here is what surveillance, custody, cross margin, fees, and a 3 to 12 month rollout could look like, plus who moves first.

DBS will list Franklin Templeton’s sgBENJI on the XRP Ledger alongside Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, giving accredited and institutional clients a regulated way to trade, pledge and sweep cash into a yield‑bearing fund with on‑ledger settlement and bank‑grade controls.

On September 1, 2025, Tether ended support for five legacy networks and pushed USDT flows to a few dominant rails. Here is what changed, who benefits, and how teams should migrate without breaking payments.

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, a production workflow from Swift, DTCC and Chainlink standardizes corporate actions into on chain golden records mapped to ISO 20022. The result is faster timelines, fewer breaks and a clear path to tokenized funds at scale.