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In brief UFC parent company TKO has signed a multi-year, exclusive deal with prediction market platform Polymarket. Polymarket’s crypto-powered markets will be used for broadcast and social media content for UFC and Zuffa Boxing. Polymarket is valued at $9 billion following a recent $2 billion investment from NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange. Ultimate Fighting Championship parent company TKO Group Holdings has agreed to a multi-year deal with Polymarket to make the platform the official, exclusive prediction market partner of UFC and Zuffa Boxing.The collaboration introduces engagement features designed to help fans interact with combat sports. Central to the partnership is a…

Amboss Technologies and Voltage have joined forces to launch a new enterprise payment stack that could redefine how businesses handle Bitcoin and stablecoin transactions, according to a release shared with Bitcoin Magazine.  The collaboration combines Voltage’s Lightning Payments API with Amboss Rails, allowing instant, low-cost payments and automated yield generation on self-custodied Bitcoin. The goal of the collaboration is to turn what has traditionally been a cost center — payment processing — into a potential revenue stream. In high-volume industries such as iGaming, prediction markets, and exchanges, fees can consume up to 5% of total transaction volume. Meanwhile, large Bitcoin…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Taiwan edged closer to a formal Bitcoin policy this week after Premier Cho Jung-tai and Central Bank Governor Yang Chin-long signaled support—at a minimum—for studying Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset, accelerating pro-BTC rulemaking, and piloting treasury exposure using government-seized coins. The push was catalyzed by tech legislator Ko Ju-chun, who published the commitments following an interpellation at the Legislative Yuan’s Finance Committee on November 11, 2025, and by statements amplified by Bitcoin infrastructure firm JAN3. While no statutory change has yet been enacted, the on-record commitments…

For decades, wholesale dollar settlement has meant waiting for Fedwire to open, and JPMorgan just stopped waiting.The bank converted its permissioned “JPM Coin” system into JPMD, a deposit token backed by insured balances at JPMorgan, and placed it on Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 (L2) Base.Pilot transactions with B2C2, Coinbase, and Mastercard are already live. The timing isn’t accidental, as JPMorgan is betting that corporate treasurers and trading desks will pay for programmable, round-the-clock liquidity before the Federal Reserve decides whether to extend Fedwire hours.This isn’t DeFi experimentation, but a regulated bank money running on public rails with smart contract hooks instead.JPMD…

In brief Circle has announced the launch of StableFX and Circle Partner Stablecoins to create a unified infrastructure stack for institutional FX activity. StableFX features on-chain settlement with simultaneous payment and delivery, eliminating counterparty risk through 24/7 trading. Eight regional stablecoin issuers gain integration into Circle’s Payments Network, expanding beyond domestic markets. USDC stablecoin issuer Circle has launched Circle StableFX, an institutional-grade foreign exchange engine that enables 24/7 stablecoin currency pair trading with on-chain settlement on its Arc blockchain network.The company simultaneously announced Circle Partner Stablecoins, a program supporting select regional stablecoin deployments on Arc, creating a unified infrastructure stack…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP vient de signer une hausse d’environ 6 % en quelques heures, alors que le marché crypto semblait en mode pause. Derrière ce move, ce n’est pas un simple coup de FOMO : quatre géants de la gestion d’actifs (Canary Capital, Bitwise, Franklin Templeton et 21Shares) ont déposé des formulaires S-1 amendés pour lancer des ETF XRP au comptant. En parallèle, la DTCC, rouage central de Wall Street, intègre de nouveaux ETF crypto dans son système de compensation, ce qui renforce la légitimité de l’écosystème aux yeux…

Lava, the Bitcoin-backed loans software company, sparked controversy among Bitcoin CEOs recently, after a series of announcements following a $200 million fundraise. The company, led by Shehzan Maredia, had previously been marketed as a self-custody wallet and platform, mirroring the functionality of DeFi or decentralized finance products. The new update to the Lava app changed the custody model to a fully custodial and trusted fintech platform, raising questions about the lending company’s legal status.  The announcement about the fund raise drew the attention of Bitcoin industry leaders, who raised questions about the nature of the investment and the implications of the change…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure After the initial drawdown, Bitcoin looks to be showing some strength as bullish momentum begins to pile up again. At this point, the possibility that the price will rise rapidly remains high, especially as players in the space look to be preparing for the next upward move. In this same vein, crypto analyst Weslad has predicted that the Bitcoin price could actually double in the next wave, especially as the macro bullish structure continues to remain firmly in place. Why Bitcoin Is Headed About $200,000 The analysis…

Banks don’t publish their risk positions, and asset managers don’t broadcast client portfolios. Yet, both want programmable settlement and verifiable execution without exposing what they’re settling or for whom.That tension has kept institutional capital at the edge of public chains, waiting for privacy technology to catch up to compliance requirements.If banks can’t enter public blockchain markets without confidentiality, the entire $3.4T crypto market remains effectively off-limits.Chainlink is betting it can close that gap first with “Confidential Compute,” a privacy layer inside its new Chainlink Runtime Environment that processes sensitive data off-chain, returns attested results on-chain, and never reveals the inputs…