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Company announces new initiative to bring authentication to the enterprise, solving trust and verification at scale Eightco will serve as the global authentication and trust layer that corporations rely on The Company is supported by a select group of strategic and institutional investors including: BitMine (BMNR), MOZAYYX, World Foundation, Wedbush, Coinfund, Discovery Capital Management, FalconX, Kraken, Pantera, GSR, Brevan Howard and more EASTON, Pa., Oct. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) today announced the launch of a new pilot program focused on advancing AI authentication for the enterprise. The initiative will identify and develop innovative approaches to…

Blockchain security firm PeckShield reported Friday that a wallet suffered a devastating loss of roughly $21 million worth of crypto assets on Hyperliquid, a decentralized trading platform.According to PeckShield, the theft stemmed from a private key compromise, allowing an attacker to drain the victim’s funds in a single swift move.The hack was isolated and was targeted towards the victim’s wallet, not HyperLiquid itself.The stolen assets PeckShield claims included approximately 17.75 million DAI and 3.11 million MSYRUPUSDP, both of which the hacker has since bridged to Ethereum.Onchain data shows that the attacker’s wallet executed a series of transactions to move the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple’s top legal and European policy leads met with Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Gilles Roth to discuss the company’s push to obtain a license in the Grand Duchy—a move that would position the US fintech to passport regulated digital-asset services across the European Union under MiCA. What Ripple’s Luxembourg Meeting Reveals After the meeting, Roth struck a decidedly welcoming tone, writing via X: “Great meeting with Ripple, as they advance toward securing their license to operate in Luxembourg. We discussed their ambitions in Europe and Luxembourg, and I…

The Funding Coordination team is excited to announce a joint initiative with Keyring Network that introduces a new approach to impact funding in the Ethereum ecosystem. Directly support privacy-focused developers Keyring’s zkVerified permissioned vaults on mainnet provide compliant and privacy-preserving access to DeFi lending markets. For the first two months, all protocol fees from Keyring’s zkVerified vaults will go to the legal defense funds of Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev, the Tornado Cash developers currently on trial for publishing open-source code. This model ensures that the first users of a vault directly support the legal protection of privacy-focused developers. By…

Key takeawaysSWIFT powers most of the world’s bank transfers through its messaging network, while Ripple uses XRP to make cross-border payments faster and cheaper.Beyond payments, XRP is also used for remittances and is being explored for tokenized loyalty and DeFi applications, with institutions like SBI Holdings testing integrations.SWIFT is developing a blockchain-based ledger for real-time payments, interoperable with major networks and supporting tokenized assets.SWIFT still faces challenges like outdated systems, regulatory hurdles, institutional inertia and competition from Ripple’s expanding network.Cross-border payments move trillions of dollars each year, and two names dominate: the long-established SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)…

PI’s valuation has recently tumbled to a new all-time low of $0.22. While Pi Network’s team has implemented multiple updates lately, the price of PI continues to disappoint its investors and proponents. In the following lines, we will explore what has happened as of late. The Hackathon Nears Its End Approximately two months ago, the team behind the crypto project introduced the Pi Hackathon 2025: an event that invites developers to improve the ecosystem. The ultimate goal is to encourage them to create real-world applications that expand the utility of the PI token. To incentivize their efforts, Pi Network…

Institutional adoption of digital assets — like bitcoin — is booming, with average portfolio exposure expected to double from 7% to 16% within three years, according to new research from State Street.  State Street’s study touched on how tokenization and blockchain technology are moving from experimentation to execution across global investment portfolios. The study surveyed senior executives across asset management, trying to decipher how institutions are integrating digital assets, tokenization, and emerging technologies like AI and quantum computing into their strategies.  Nearly 60% of respondents plan to increase digital asset allocations over the next year, while most expect exposure to…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong slammed a Senate Democratic proposal that would regulate DeFi front-ends as brokers, calling it a “bad proposal” that threatens U.S. crypto innovation. Summary Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong criticized a Senate Democratic proposal to regulate DeFi front-ends as brokers, saying it would hinder U.S. crypto innovation. Other crypto advocates echoed the concern, warning the plan could effectively ban DeFi development in the U.S. “We absolutely won’t accept this,” Armstrong declared in a post on X, warning that the proposal would hinder innovation and prevent U.S. from becoming the crypto capital of the world. However, he acknowledged that…

2025 is proving to be a critical year for crypto adoption. Before, we had meme coins, but every token that goes live on Pump.fun risks plunging to zero as soon as it launches. The meme coin mania soon shifted to stablecoins, and out of this, early supporters, including Coinbase who are behind USDC, are deep in green. The big boys, including BlackRock and politicians, including Donald Trump, are watching and stealthily investing billions. Plasma immediately took off, but the network is not suited for AI payment agents; however, Coinbase has a plan. The new global financial system is here. pic.twitter.com/pkpXia30FS…

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF is pulling in cash at a speed never seen in the fund industry. After another $4 billion streak of inflows this week, IBIT now holds more than 800,000 BTC, worth roughly $98 billion, and is within striking distance of a milestone that no ETF has ever reached this quickly.Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart estimate IBIT now generates over $240 million a year in revenue from its 0.25% fee, making it BlackRock’s most profitable product across its global lineup of more than 1,000 ETFs. That’s a stunning outcome for a fund launched less than…