Crypto’s Real Economy Moment

Bitcoin has stormed back in 2025, hitting a new all-time high of over $124,000 in August after a turbulent start to the year. The rally is more than a speculative rebound. It is the manifestation of crypto’s long-promised integration into the global financial system. But unlike earlier cycles, this rally is not lifting the entire … Read more

AlphaTon Capital Shares Surge on TON Treasury Announcement

AlphaTON Capital, a Nasdaq-listed company newly rebranded from Portage Biotch (PRTG), said it will purchase about $100 million worth of toncoin (TON) to build a digital asset treasury firm offering exposure to the token. The firm will operate under the ticker “ATON” starting Sept. 4. It plans on managing TON network infrastructure and incubating applications … Read more

Trump-Linked American Bitcoin Soars 60%, Targets $2.1B Share Sale After Nasdaq Debut

American Bitcoin (ABTC), a newly public bitcoin mining and treasury firm backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, opened for trade Wednesday morning after completing its merger with Gryphon Digital Mining (GRYP). Wasting little time, the company filed for an at-the-market equity raise of up to $2.1 billion with which to continue building its … Read more

Why I love my Kenmore canister vacuum

Emma Roth is a news writer here at The Verge, “and for me,” she explains, “that means every day is different. During the four years I’ve been here, I’ve covered breaking news and written about basically everything in the realm of tech, whether it’s streaming price hikes, the latest in AI chatbots, privacy issues surrounding … Read more

Garmin’s Fenix 8 Pro series finally lets you leave your phone at home — sort of

There are a few caveats to the cellular and satellite connectivity, however. Garmin just announced its Fenix 8 Pro series of smartwatches, which adds both cellular and satellite connectivity via the company’s InReach tech. The Fenix 8 Pro series also adds a MicroLED display version that gets a maximum brightness of 4,500 nits. The catch … Read more

U.S. Bank Resumes Bitcoin Custody Services, Adds Support for ETFs

U.S. Bank said it restarted cryptocurrency custody offerings for institutional investment managers, broadening the service to include bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The program, first rolled out in 2021 and put on hold in 2022, is available on an early access basis through U.S. Bank’s Global Fund Services division, the bank said Wednesday. Custody operations … Read more

Gaia Launches AI Phone That Runs Entirely On-Device

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September, 2025 — Gaia today announced the launch of the Gaia AI Phone, the world’s first smartphone designed for complete AI sovereignty. Built on Galaxy S25 Edge hardware and launching initially in Korea and Hong Kong, the device processes AI entirely on-device while operating as a full network node, eliminating the cloud … Read more

Ondo Finance Rolls Out Tokenized U.S. Stocks, ETFs as Equity Tokenization Ramps Up

Ondo Finance launched Wednesday its tokenized equity platform dubbed Ondo Global Markets, offering non-U.S. investors access to more than 100 U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on-chain. The tokenized equities, first announced in February, has gone live on Ethereum and are backed by securities held at U.S.-registered broker-dealers, the firm said. The offering includes crypto … Read more

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Avalanche (AVAX) Gains 5.2% as Nearly All Assets Rise

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 4055.49, up 1.6% (+65.75) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: AVAX (+5.2%) and BCH (+3.4%). Laggards: POL (+0.0%) and APT (+0.6%). The … Read more

Ethereum Is More Than Just “Crypto”

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Bitcoin and the Blockchain 2.1 The Origins 2.2 Bitcoin in a nutshell 2.3 Basic Concepts Crypto Exchanges Source of Value of crypto assets and Bootstrapping Initial Coin Offerings Airdrops Ethereum 7.1 Proof-of-Stake based consensus in Ethereum 7.2 Smart Contracts 7.3 Tokens 7.4 Non-Fungible Tokens Decentralized Finance and 8.1 … Read more

ArbitrumDAO Incentivizes DeFi Growth With 24M ARB Token Rollout

ArbitrumDAO has unveiled season one of its $40 million DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program (DRIP), allocating up to 24 million ARB tokens to accelerate decentralized finance growth on the Arbitrum network. The first season of DRIP focuses on leveraged looping strategies for yield-bearing ETH and stablecoins, with incentives flowing to leading lending and borrowing protocols including … Read more