The blockchain gaming sector is shifting to more sustainable economics and has improved sentiment and market maturity as it recalibrates its outlook, reported the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA). The Web3 gaming advocacy group said in its annual state of the industry report released on Wednesday that the sector is “moving beyond its speculative origins toward a more operationally disciplined, product-led future.” In a survey of over 500 global blockchain gaming professionals, the level of optimism rebounded to 65.8% from its 2024 lows, with the focus shifting from token economics to…
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YouTube Allows US Creators to Get Paid in PYUSD Stablecoin
Video-sharing giant YouTube has reportedly enabled US-based creators to accept payouts in PayPal’s stablecoin, PYUSD. Fortune reported on Thursday that PayPal’s head of crypto, May Zabaneh, said the feature is live, but only for users in the US. The firm integrated the ability for recipients to accept payments in PYUSD earlier this year, with YouTube ultimately opting to open that choice up to its creators. “The beauty of what we’ve built is that YouTube doesn’t have to touch crypto and so we can help take away that complexity,” she said. …
SEC Grants Approval For DTCC to Tokenize Traditional Assets
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has given a subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) a highly coveted “no-action” letter, allowing it to offer a new securities market tokenization service. The DTCC said on Thursday that its subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company (DTC), was given the go-ahead to launch “a new service to tokenize real-world, DTC-custodied assets in a controlled production environment.” The DTC will tokenize a “set of highly liquid assets” including the Russell 1000 index, exchange-traded funds tracking major indexes, US Treasury bills, bonds and…
Bitcoin Miners More Important as Bitcoin Treasurys Ease Buys
Bitcoin miners, which can acquire the cryptocurrency at below-market costs, could be in the best position to shape corporate adoption as accumulation by crypto treasury companies slows, says BitcoinTreasuries.NET. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies are projected to buy 40,000 BTC in the fourth quarter, the lowest since Q3 2024, BitcoinTreasuries.NET President Pete Rizzo said in a corporate adoption report released on Thursday. Despite the slowdown, Rizzo said Bitcoin mining companies continue to “anchor public‑market Bitcoin holdings” and accounted for 5% of new additions and 12% of aggregate public company balances in…
XRP Negative Funding Rate Fails To Lure Bullish Traders: Why?
Key takeaways: XRP derivatives are dominated by bears as the funding rate turns deeply negative and open interest remains stagnant. XRP ETF volumes and declining XRP Ledger TVL show fading interest in the XRP ecosystem, reducing the chances of a near-term price rebound. XRP (XRP) fell 9% over two days after being rejected at $2.18 on Tuesday. The slide below $2 created brief turmoil in derivatives markets as the cost of holding leveraged bearish positions jumped to a two-month high. Traders worry that XRP could weaken further given the slowdown…
Pakistan Minister Says Bitcoin Should Anchor New Financial Rail
Pakistan sees Bitcoin and digital assets as the backbone of a new financial rail for its 240 million citizens, a senior official said at the Bitcoin MENA Conference, signaling a shift toward formal regulation of crypto markets. Bilal Bin Saqib said on Tuesday that Pakistan can no longer rely on traditional economic models, but needs “a new engine,” citing digital assets. The minister said during a roundtable in Abu Dhabi: “We see Bitcoin, digital assets, and blockchain not just as speculation but as infrastructure. Not as noise, but as a…
Netflix Teases Comedy Movie about Missing $35M Crypto Password
Streaming service Netflix announced a new comedy movie focused on one couple’s attempt to remember a password and gain access to millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. In a Thursday notice, Netflix said that Hollywood star Jennifer Garner would be one of the leads in the movie “One Attempt Remaining.” The comedy feature would focus on the story of two people who divorced only to discover “the cryptocurrency they won together on a cruise is now worth millions… but they’ve forgotten the password.” According to What’s on Netflix, the story…
Xiaomi to Pre-install Sei Wallet on Millions of Smartphones
Sei Labs, the core development group behind the Sei blockchain, has reached a distribution deal with Xiaomi to pre-install a new crypto wallet and discovery app on all Xiaomi smartphones sold outside mainland China and the United States. According to Thursday’s announcement, the app will let users sign in with their existing Google or Xiaomi IDs and will feature a multiparty computation wallet for security, access to popular crypto applications, and support for both peer-to-peer and merchant payments. The rollout will start in Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.…
JP Morgan Takes Galaxy Digital Commercial Paper Onchain
Financial services company J.P. Morgan announced on Thursday that it arranged a $50 million onchain US commercial paper issuance for Galaxy Digital Holdings on the Solana blockchain, one of the earliest debt deals executed on a public network in the United States. The offering, a tokenized short-term corporate bond, was tokenized by J.P. Morgan. According to the company, it created the corresponding blockchain token for the bond and handled the settlement of the primary issuance. The tokenized securities were sold to asset manager Franklin Templeton and crypto exchange Coinbase, while…
BTC Analyst Explains Why $94K Has Been a Major Hurdle
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price action remained underwhelming this week after another failed attempt to reclaim the monthly volume-weighted average price (VWAP), with BTC consolidating near $90,000 following the Federal Reserve’s 0.25% interest rate cut. The market continued to reject any meaningful push above $93,000, thereby limiting bullish momentum. Key takeaways: One Bitcoin analyst said that liquidity contraction is suppressing Bitcoin’s upside, reducing demand relative to sell pressure. $94,000 to $98,000 remained the critical liquidity pocket, but BTC must avoid forming a bearish break of structure below $88,000. Bitcoin one-day chart. Source:…