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• South Africa’s central bank flags crypto, stablecoins as financial risk
  The bank cited increasing trading volume and the number of users among large exchanges, as well as gaps in South Africa’s regulatory framework on crypto. The South African Reserve Bank issued its second financial stability report for 2025, identifying digital assets and stablecoins as a new risk as the number of users in the country […]
• How Zcash went from low-profile token to the most-searched asset in November 2025
  Halving math, shielded growth and NU6.1 governance turned Zcash from a low-profile relic into November’s most-searched crypto. Zcash surged more than 10x within weeks, briefly returning to large-cap territory with a valuation above $10 billion.On Coinbase, ZEC became the most-searched asset in mid-November, surpassing both Bitcoin and XRP.The rally is supported by several real shifts: […]
• Paxos acquires Fordefi to power stablecoin, tokenization infrastructure
  The addition of Fordefi’s MPC wallet infrastructure broadens Paxos’ regulated capabilities for custody, tokenization and institutional onchain operations. Blockchain infrastructure company Paxos has acquired Fordefi, a New York-based institutional crypto wallet and custody technology startup.Paxos said the deal brings its regulated custody infrastructure together with Fordefi’s multi-party computation (MPC) wallet technology and decentralized finance integrations, […]
• Polymarket wins regulatory approval to operate US trading platform
  The approval came as the US Senate is expected to soon vote on prospective CFTC Chair Michael Selig as a replacement for acting chair Caroline Pham. Prediction platform Polymarket has received regulatory approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate an intermediated trading platform.In a Tuesday notice, Polymarket said the CFTC issued an […]
• Bitcoin short-squeeze to $90K possible as funding rates turn negative
  Negative Bitcoin funding rates and large short liquidity zones could be a sign that a short-squeeze to $90,000 and higher could be on the cards. Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery from last week’s deep correction is beginning to solidify, with the price pushing back toward the $87,000 to $90,000 zone after sliding from $106,000 to $80,600 in […]
• Why the SEC’s new guidelines could speed up the approval process for new crypto ETFs
  New SEC rules could reshape the crypto ETF landscape by speeding up approvals, reducing the shutdown backlog and giving issuers a clearer and faster path to market. The SEC introduced new post-shutdown guidelines that explain how registration statements, including crypto ETF filings, progress through Sections 8(a) and 461 of the Securities Act.Generic listing standards approved […]
• Klarna enters crypto with new USD stablecoin built on Stripe’s Tempo chain
  The EU-licensed digital bank becomes the first financial institution to issue a token on Stripe and Paradigm’s layer-1 blockchain Tempo. Payments company Klarna has launched a stablecoin, becoming the first digital bank to issue a token on Tempo, the new layer-1 blockchain developed by Stripe and Paradigm.According to Tuesday’s announcement, the new stablecoin is pegged […]