• The crypto industry spent a decade evangelizing decentralization. At the same time, AI companies assembled the most valuable monopolies since Standard Oil, and they’re data monopolies that make protocol dominance look trivial by comparison.
• The AI industry is expected to generate over $300 billion in revenue by 2025, primarily through training models on trillions of tokens scraped from researchers, writers and domain experts. 
• Bitcoin maxis fought block size wars. Ethereum debated MEV extraction. Meanwhile, OpenAI, Google and Anthropic scraped the entire corpus of human knowledge, locked it inside proprietary training runs and built moats that no amount of capital or talent can overcome.
• Crypto’s response was launching the ten-thousandth DeFi fork while the most consequential infrastructure battle of the decade happens offchain.
• Crypto needs a wake-up call. It is catastrophically misallocating attention while AI companies perfect centralized control over intelligence itself, the ultimate network effect that makes liquidity pools look like child’s play.

Data set monopolies are permanent without intervention

• DeFi demonstrated that financial infrastructure could be rebuilt transparently. Financial rails, however, are commoditized compared to knowledge monopolies. Every DeFi protocol competes on execution, composability and user experience because the underlying assets like tokens, stablecoins and liquidity are standardized and portable.
• AI data sets are not portable. They’re locked inside training runs that cost $100 million and take months to complete. Once a foundation model reaches critical mass, it becomes prohibitively expensive to replicate. The first mover that assembled the training corpus wins permanently unless new infrastructure changes the rules.
• Google has 20 years of search query data. Meta has 15 years of social interaction data, and OpenAI partnered with publishers who will never license the same content to competitors. These are permanent moats that compound with every new user interaction.
• Crypto built decentralized alternatives to centralized finance, so where is the decentralized alternative to centralized intelligence? It doesn’t exist because crypto hasn’t treated data ownership as an existential fight worth having.

Crypto founders aren’t building data set protocols

• The brutal truth is that data set infrastructure is less exciting than yield farming. Crypto founders chase token velocity, speculative upside and viral growth mechanics. Building attribution layers for training data generates zero speculation, requires years of ecosystem development and demands partnerships with institutions that move slowly.
• Boring infrastructure, however, is precisely what mattered. Ethereum wasn’t exciting when it launched; it was a slow, expensive computer that academics appreciated. Chainlink wasn’t exciting; it was an oracle network that took five years to gain adoption. The most critical crypto infrastructure often resembled homework compared to the casino next door.
• Data set attribution protocols are the homework right now. The market opportunity is larger than DeFi, the network effects are more potent than those of any protocol token, and regulatory pressure creates inevitable demand. Yet crypto capital flows into the next NFT marketplace instead of the infrastructure that could prevent AI companies from becoming more powerful than nation-states.

The window is closing fast

• AI companies are not waiting for permission. They’re training GPT-5, Claude 4 and Gemini Ultra right now using data scraped from millions of creators who will never see compensation. Every training run that completes without onchain attribution makes centralized control more entrenched.
• Once these models reach sufficient capability, they become self-reinforcing. Users generate data through interactions, which train the next version, and the next version attracts more users. The flywheel accelerates, and competitors cannot catch up because they lack both the initial corpus and the ongoing data stream.
• Crypto has maybe two years before this window closes permanently. After that, data set monopolies become facts of nature that no amount of decentralized infrastructure can dislodge.

What crypto should build instead of more DEXs

• The crypto industry needs data set registries where contributors cryptographically sign data licenses before any training begins. It requires attribution protocols that log which data sets influenced which model outputs, and micropayment rails that automatically split inference revenue among the original creators. It needs reputation systems that rank data set quality based on measured model performance, rather than subjective metrics.
• The technology is simpler than most DeFi protocols. Data set registration requires cryptographic hashes, contributor wallet addresses, licensing terms in standardized formats, and usage logs. Training runs record the data used and when it was used — inference requests route payments to registered contributors proportionally.
• This infrastructure doesn’t require new consensus mechanisms or experimental cryptography, but rather builders who prioritize preventing monopolies over farming liquidity rewards.

Crypto’s mission or crypto’s obituary

• Crypto’s founding thesis was preventing centralized control over valuable networks. Bitcoin prevented central banks from monopolizing money. Ethereum prevented tech companies from monopolizing computation. But if AI companies monopolize intelligence, those victories become irrelevant. 
• What good is decentralized money if centralized models control what people think? What good is decentralized computation if centralized training data determines which ideas get amplified? Intelligence is upstream of everything, from finance and governance to media and education. Whoever controls AI training data controls the future information environment.
• Crypto can either build the infrastructure that makes data set monopolies impossible, or it can watch AI companies perfect the exact centralized control that blockchain was invented to prevent. There’s no third option where crypto remains focused on token speculation while being relevant to the most significant technological shift of the century.
• The industry needs to build data set attribution infrastructure now, or write crypto’s obituary as the movement that talked about decentralization. In contrast, centralized AI companies built permanent monopolies on human knowledge.

This article is for general information purposes and is not intended to be and should not be taken as legal or investment advice. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph.

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• American fast-food chain Steak ‘n Shake has announced the formation of a new Bitcoin treasury, built with the Bitcoin made from its restaurants’ sales. 
• “All payments received in Bitcoin will be placed in our [strategic Bitcoin reserve],” said Steak ‘n Shake in a post on X on Friday, which garnered strong support from the Bitcoin community.
• The company added that for every Bitcoin meal it sells, 210 sats (around $0.23) will be donated to nonprofit OpenSats, which supports contributors to Bitcoin Core and open source Bitcoin development.

How much Bitcoin could Steak ‘n Shake scoop up? 

• Steak ‘n Shake has not disclosed how much of its restaurants’ sales are made in Bitcoin since it began accepting BTC payments across its US locations in May. Many other fast food chains that accept Bitcoin via third-party services also do not disclose this information. 
• However, Steak ‘n Shake’s revenue figures could provide some hints as to how much the company could realistically accumulate in Bitcoin each quarter.  
• In the second quarter of 2025, Steak ‘n Shake reported revenue of $69.3 million — a 12% increase year over year. At the time, the company praised Bitcoiners for helping it secure a 10.7% quarter-on-quarter rise in same-store sales. This momentum continued in the third quarter as same-store sales grew by 15%. 
• Both figures suggest that Bitcoiners comprise only a small (but growing) percentage of their customer base and sales, meaning Bitcoin accumulation will likely be slow compared to Bitcoin-focused treasury companies or Bitcoin miners. 
• There are, of course, other benefits to accepting Bitcoin. In May, Steak ‘n Shake said it saves roughly 50% in processing fees compared to when customers use credit cards. 

Get paid Bitcoin when you buy a burger

• Meanwhile, Steak ‘n Shake also announced a partnership with Fold that will give customers $5 in BTC when they buy a Steak ‘n Shake “Bitcoin Meal” or “Bitcoin Steakburger,” using the receipt to redeem it in the Fold app.  “Bitcoin goes mainstream when it starts showing up in everyday life,” said Will Reeves, chairman, founder and CEO of Fold. 
• “That’s been our vision from the beginning, and our promotion with Steak ’n Shake is the next step in that journey. For many people, this will be the first time they ever own Bitcoin, and it will come from something as ordinary as grabbing a burger. That’s what real adoption looks like.”

The limited-time offer will be available across approximately 400 locations across the United States. 

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The world’s (occasionally) richest man’s latest appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience had everything: flying cars, AI apocalypse talk, and a side of conspiracy. For three hours, he swung from promising airborne Teslas to alleging that an OpenAI whistleblower was murdered, while insisting he’ll never take his own life and that empathy is overrated.

• Musk and Rogan discussed the recent Tucker Carlson conversation with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Musk referred to the death of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, and said the case “looks like murder.” He listed details he said appeared suspicious, including cut security camera wires, blood in two rooms, a wig found at the scene, and a food delivery placed shortly before the death.
• “He ordered DoorDash right before allegedly committing suicide, which seems unusual,” Musk said. “It’s like, ‘I’m going to order pizza—on second thought, I’ll kill myself.’ That’s a very rapid change in mindset.”
• Musk and Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015, and later separated over its direction. Musk has since launched xAI and filed multiple lawsuits against Altman and OpenAI, alleging the company violated its nonprofit charter through its relationship with Microsoft and sought to steal company data from xAI.
• Musk took a moment during the discussion to emphatically say he would never commit suicide. “I am never committing suicide, ever,” he said, adding that if any reports claimed otherwise, they should not be believed.
• He also discussed new developments at his companies. Musk said Tesla plans to debut its new Roadster before the end of 2025, and that the vehicle includes “crazy technology.” He said the car could be capable of flight and described it as “crazier than all the James Bond cars combined.”

“My friend Peter Thiel once reflected that the future was supposed to have flying cars, but we don’t have flying cars,” he said. “I think if Peter wants a flying car, we should be able to buy one.”

• Musk also discussed SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in Texas, which had been incorporated as a city in May, and said the company now delivers about 90 percent of all mass sent from Earth into orbit.
• “It’s not that often you hear, ‘Hey, we made a city,’” Musk said. “That used to be, in the old days—a startup would be go and gather a bunch of people and say, ‘Hey, let’s go make a town.’ Literally, that would have been startups in the old days.”
• He also said SpaceX aims to achieve full rocket reusability within a year to reduce launch costs by a factor of 100.
• On artificial intelligence, Musk said AI systems must be “truth-seeking” to avoid political bias. He used the phrase “woke mind virus” to describe what he views as ideological influence on some models.
• “Let’s say if you told the AI that diversity is the most important thing, and now assume that becomes omnipotent. And you’ve also told her that there’s nothing worse than misgendering. At one point, ChatGPT and Gemini, if you asked which is worse—misgendering Caitlyn Jenner or global thermonuclear war where everyone dies—it would say misgendering Caitlyn Jenner, which even Caitlyn Jenner disagrees with,” Musk said.
• He said his company’s chatbot, Grok, treats human life equally and predicted that AI and robotics will eventually replace all jobs, creating what he called a “universal high-income” society in which work becomes optional. Musk said a government-run AI could help manage the U.S. debt and administrative tasks.
• Despite his optimistic view on AI, Musk has on different occasions pushed for a pause on AI and superintelligence development.
• Musk also discussed his purchase of Twitter, now X, in 2022, and the disruption it caused.
• “The reason for acquiring Twitter is that it was causing destruction at a civilizational level. I tweeted at the time that it’s Wormtongue for the world—like Wormtongue from Lord of the Rings, where he would whisper terrible things to the king so the king would believe things that weren’t true,” Musk said.
• Musk said Twitter had fallen under the control of what he called “the woke mob,” which he claimed was spreading a nihilistic, anti-civilizational “mind virus” across the world.
• “You can see the results of that mind virus on the streets of San Francisco, where downtown looks like a zombie apocalypse. It’s bad. We don’t want the whole world to be a zombie apocalypse,” he said. “That was essentially—they were pushing this very negative, nihilistic, untrue worldview on the world, and it was causing a lot of damage.”
• Musk mentioned a forthcoming encrypted messaging feature called XChat, which he said uses peer-to-peer encryption and is designed to be a standalone app that he will “hopefully release in a few months.”
• “Our goal with XChat is to replace what used to be the Twitter DM stack with a fully encrypted system where you can text, send files, and do audio, video calls,” he said.”I would call it the least insecure of any messaging system.”
• Looking to the future, Musk said he believes traditional smartphones will disappear, replaced by “edge node” devices that act as interfaces for AI systems communicating between local hardware and cloud servers, generating real-time video and music, and eliminating the need for operating systems or apps.

“You’ll get everything through AI. Whatever you can think of, or whatever the AI can anticipate you might want, it’ll show you. That’s my prediction for where things end up,” he said. “It’s probably five or six years or something like that. Pretty much everything will run through AI. Most of what people consume in five or six years, maybe sooner, will be AI-generated content—music, videos.”

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Built on the robust foundation of a 12-year-old exchange and our new Layer 1 blockchain, JBank isn't just another DeFi project. It's a secure, stable, and leading protocol designed to bridge the gap between traditional finance and the decentralized world.

This marks the beginning of a new chapter. Welcome to the future of your financial freedom.

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• The European Central Bank has been told to “accelerate” the process of developing the digital euro—a central bank digital currency, or CBDC—by the European Council. If the European Parliament passes the necessary regulations in 2026, then the digital euro will be piloted in 2027 and, if successful, formally rolled out across Europe in 2029.
• Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, announced via social media on Friday that the Governing Council is moving into the “next and final phase” of developing its CBDC. She explained that the digital euro is “important” as the European Central Bank aims to digitize cash, thereby reducing reliance on physical notes.
• “The European Council has asked us and all those involved to accelerate the process so that we can roll out the digital euro as early as possible,” Lagarde explained. “This is a big project because the euro is our currency, your currency—it brings us together. It’s a symbol of trust in our common destiny. So, off we go with the digital euro in that next and final phase of the preparation.”

The digital euro would complement banknotes and extend the benefits of cash to the digital sphere. This is important because euro cash brings us together.

Europeans would have the freedom to use the digital euro for any digital payment, online or offline, throughout the euro… pic.twitter.com/XzNZbl6mD8

— European Central Bank (@ecb) October 31, 2025

• The digital euro is what many define as a CBDC, which is simply a digital form of a fiat currency. They are distinctly different from stablecoins, as they do not use public blockchains to settle transactions and are issued by central banks. In this case, the digital euro will not use digital ledger technology, though it will borrow "key design principles."
• Crypto enthusiasts have long opposed CBDCs, citing concerns about privacy, centralization, and the potential for central banks to freeze funds. That said, stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle can also freeze funds, and they regularly do when wallets are linked to hacks or other criminal activity.
• The ECB press office did not respond to Decrypt’s request for comment regarding the freezing process for the digital euro.
• In a blog post, the European Central Bank explained that the European Parliament next needs to pass regulations on the establishment of the digital euro. If done during 2026, a “pilot exercise” and the first “initial transactions” could take place as early as mid-2027. This would prepare the digital euro for a formal, Europe-wide release in 2029.
• The European Central Bank estimates that the total development costs for the digital euro will be €1.3 billion, or approximately $1.5 billion, up until the first issuance in 2029. Subsequent operating costs are estimated to be €320 million a year, or $369 million.
• Europe isn’t the only locale plotting a CBDC. Russia, China, and India have all started their own respective CBDC pilots, while Nigeria launched its eNaira in 2021. The U.S., by contrast, has prohibited the use of a CBDC within the country, via an executive order signed by President Trump in January, keeping a campaign promise.

The Governing Council has decided to move to the next phase of the digital euro project.

A digital euro would preserve Europeans’ freedom of choice and privacy and strengthen our sovereignty and resilience. pic.twitter.com/Io3i26Gtyd

— European Central Bank (@ecb) October 31, 2025

• CBDCs are often seen as potential rivals to stablecoins, which are crypto tokens that attempt to track the price of fiat currencies, often by holding reserves.
• Following Trump’s inauguration, the U.S. has embraced stablecoins with the passing of the GENIUS stablecoin act.
• Plus, the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial has released its own stablecoin in USD1.

As a result, stablecoins are becoming a bigger business than ever with a total market capitalization of $307.4 billion, according to DefiLlama. It's worth noting that the majority of these tokens are pegged to the U.S. dollar, with Tether even putting a pause on minting euro-backed stablecoins in 2024 due to hostile regulators.

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• Tech entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk is set to launch a standalone messaging app called “X Chat” to compete with Telegram and WhatsApp, with a rollout expected within the next few months. 
• “On X, we just rebuilt the entire messaging stack into what’s called ‘X Chat,’” said Musk during The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which aired on Friday. 
• Musk said he hopes the new messaging app will be released in a “few months,” adding it won’t have any “hooks for advertising” as he pointed to competitors like WhatsApp, which “knows enough about what you’re texting to know what ads to show you,” he said. 
• “But then, that’s a massive security vulnerability because if it knows enough information to show you ads, that’s a lot of information,” he said, adding that hackers could use those same “hooks” to read private messages. 

Does WhatsApp read your messages?

• WhatsApp’s parent company, Meta, claims it doesn’t have access to private messages, explaining in its FAQ that messages between people are end-to-end encrypted using the Signal Protocol. This also covers voice messages, media and documents. 
• “It’s using a peer-to-peer-based encryption system, kind of similar to Bitcoin. It’s very good encryption; we’re testing it thoroughly.” 
• However, it’s understood that “metadata,” such as who you chatted with and how often you talk with them, is not encrypted. WhatsApp also does not automatically encrypt backup copies of your chat history. 
• WhatsApp’s FAQ section on “Does WhatsApp collect or sell your data?” skirts answering the latter part of the question, only explaining that “we work with other Meta Companies to help provide, improve and support each other’s services.”
• “If you choose to integrate your WhatsApp experience with other Meta products, we will share some information with Meta to make this possible.”

X Chat won’t have these hooks, says Musk 

• Musk promised that X Chat won’t have these advertising “hooks.” 
• “I’m not saying it’s perfect, but our goal with X chat is to replace what used to be the Twitter DM stack with a fully encrypted system where you can text, send files, do audio video calls, and I think it will be the least insecure of any messaging system.”

He added that the messaging app will be available as part of the X platform and as its own standalone app. 

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• Japan has begun mining Bitcoin through a project connecting the grid with specialized Mining Rig from Canaan. A major Japanese power company will use the machines to balance electricity demand, adjusting operations according to the amount of renewable energy available.
• Since the power company is partially state-owned, Japan becomes one of the few countries with state involvement in Bitcoin mining.

Canaan Recovers Through Partnership with Grid

• Bitcoin mining hardware maker Canaan will deploy a 4.5-megawatt project using water-cooled Avalon machines to help a Japanese regional power company manage grid fluctuations .
• The deal uses Avalon arrays to balance Japan’s grid: turning them off during peak hours and turning them back on when there is a surplus of renewable energy . This allows the utility to better manage fluctuations and make better use of the surplus green electricity.
• The move also comes after a tumultuous period for Canaan , which narrowly avoided being Delisting from the Nasdaq. Shortly after, it received its largest Mining Rig order ever, suggesting that growth is returning.
• While modest in scale, the project carries symbolic significance as the first government-linked crypto mining effort in Japan.

Japan combines energy policy with Bitcoin mining

• Japan’s electricity sector is Vai by ten regional power companies, all of which have some degree of government ownership and oversight. As such, the new mining project is part of a public-sector infrastructure, marking a shift from a private Bitcoin mining model to public participation.
• The initiative is in line with Japan’s digital asset reforms to reclassify cryptocurrencies, simplify tax regulations , and expand regulated institutional participation. Collectively, these moves represent a concerted shift by Japan toward mainstream crypto adoption under state oversight.
• The move also makes Japan one of the few developed economies where the state indirectly supports Bitcoin mining.

From criticism to innovation

🔸Japan’s entry into Bitcoin mining could reshape how the world views the industry. By using Mining Rig rigs to tap surplus renewable energy, the Japanese model helps counter critics who say Bitcoin is harmful to the environment.

🔸Canaan plans to expand similar projects across Asia, Europe and North America, making Japan a test bed for sustainable mining in conjunction with power infrastructure.

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• Tether reported a massive profit of $10 billion for the first three quarters of 2025 Friday, putting the world’s top stablecoin issuer in the same league as Wall Street titans. 
• Tether’s performance so far this year rivals that of the most profitable banks in the world—and has even eclipsed that of some of America’s top financial institutions. 
• The USDT issuer’s reported net income is greater than that of Bank of America, for example, which notched an $8.9 billion profit in 2025’s first three fiscal quarters. It is also nearly double that of U.S. Bank, which reported $5.5 billion in profits for 2025 so far.

Tether just released its quarterly attestation for Q3 2025.

USDT has become the biggest financial inclusion success story in the history of humanity, with more than 500 million users across the emerging markets and developing countries.

Highlights as of 30 September 2025: *… https://t.co/XVYeVq1u64 pic.twitter.com/nZ2V1EKZ3x

— Paolo Ardoino 🤖 (@paoloardoino) October 31, 2025

• Tether’s performance is also in striking distance of Wall Street mainstays Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, which have so far this year reeled in net annual incomes of $12.4 billion and $12.56 billion, respectively.
• Last year, Tether came within 10% of besting Goldman’s annual earnings with an annual profit of $13 billion, and the crypto company is currently on track to exceed that performance this year. 
• Of course, despite Tether’s massive and consistently growing income, it's not the king of finance quite yet. JP Morgan, for instance, has brought home some $44 billion in net income this year so far, more than quadrupling the stablecoin issuer’s performance. 
• Still, it's quite the return for Tether, which remains privately owned and headquartered in El Salvador. In Q3 alone, the company issued more than $17 billion worth of its flagship dollar-pegged token USDT, bringing the globally dominant stablecoin’s circulating supply to over $184 billion at writing.
• "USDT has become the biggest financial inclusion success story in the history of humanity, with more than 500 million users across the emerging markets and developing countries," Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino posted on X.
• Tether’s profits mainly derive from returns on U.S. Treasuries the company keeps in reserve to back its circulating supply of USDT. The company says it now holds some $135 billion worth of such bills, putting it ahead of nations like Germany, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and now, South Korea, in terms of top global holders of U.S. Treasuries. 
• The world’s top holder of U.S. Treasuries, Japan, possesses $1.2 trillion worth as of July.
• Though Tether has primarily focused on dominating emerging markets, the company has made a concerted effort to enter the U.S. following President Donald Trump’s re-election and the passage of a legal framework for issuing and trading stablecoins in the country. 
• The company plans to launch a U.S.-focused stablecoin, USAT, which will be tailored to American regulations, by the end of the year. 

The company had previously steered clear of direct involvement in American markets or any attempts to go public; it has also yet to submit itself to an internal audit by a Big Four accounting firm. 

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The Birth of Bitcoin: A Revolution Written in Nine Pages

• On October 31, 2008, an anonymous individual — or group — known as Satoshi Nakamoto released a nine-page paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” This whitepaper was sent to a small cryptography mailing list, outlining the foundations of what would become the world’s first decentralized digital currency.
• The document proposed a radical idea: a trustless, borderless currency that removes the need for intermediaries like banks. By combining proof-of-work, public key cryptography, and distributed ledger technology, Satoshi solved the long-standing “double-spending problem” — ensuring that digital money could not be duplicated or counterfeited.
• Within months, the first $Bitcoin block — the Genesis Block — was mined on January 3, 2009. Embedded in it was a message referencing a Times headline:

🔸 “The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.”

🔸 It was a symbolic statement — Bitcoin wasn’t just technology; it was a protest against financial centralization.

Bitcoin Every Halloween: From $0.20 to $110,000

• Seventeen years later, Bitcoin has become a financial giant — adopted by institutions, countries, and millions of investors worldwide. Each Halloween tells a chapter of Bitcoin’s extraordinary journey from obscurity to global dominance. From less than the price of a candy bar in 2010 to six figures in 2025, Bitcoin’s Halloween history shows the staggering growth of a once-dismissed experiment. Despite volatility, crashes, and global skepticism, Bitcoin has remained the best-performing asset of the decade.

The Legacy of Satoshi Nakamoto

• Satoshi’s identity remains one of the greatest mysteries in modern history. Yet their creation has reshaped finance, politics, and technology — birthing the trillion-dollar crypto economy we know today. The whitepaper didn’t just describe a system; it sparked a movement for monetary freedom.
• On this Halloween, as the world celebrates costumes and candy, crypto enthusiasts celebrate the anniversary of a revolution — one that began with an email, a PDF, and a dream of financial independence.

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• October 12, 2025 – In an era where cryptocurrency markets are synonymous with dizzying volatility, Maya Preferred, a pioneering project by UK Financial Ltd., is steadfastly redefining the future of crypto investing.
• With a resolute focus on stability and intrinsic real value, the project has garnered significant attention, particularly in the latter half of 2025, through its innovative asset-backed model and proactive pursuit of regulatory compliance.
• As the broader crypto ecosystem grapples with maturation and institutional demand, Maya Preferred's approach offers a compelling blueprint for a more secure and predictable digital asset landscape.
• The initiative, initially launched in 2018, has seen a resurgence of strategic developments in recent months, notably a new corporate website launch around September 9, 2025, and crucial token listings and restructurings in September and October 2025.
• These moves underscore a deliberate effort to bridge the chasm between traditional finance and the digital asset space, appealing to a growing cohort of investors seeking stability amidst market fluctuations.
• Its emphasis on transparent, verifiable collateral, primarily in the form of gold and silver reserves, positions it as a potential game-changer for long-term trust and investment in the crypto sphere.

Market Impact and Price Action

• Maya Preferred's ecosystem, comprising various tokens like MPRD, MPRA, SMPRA, WMPRA, and MCAT, aims to mitigate the extreme price swings characteristic of unbacked cryptocurrencies through its tangible asset collateralization. While the project champions stability, the price action of some of its tokens reveals a dynamic interplay between asset backing and market interest.
• The Maya Preferred (MPRD) token, designed as the ecosystem's stable transactional token, has reportedly experienced a remarkable 24,000% surge within two months of its listing on the CATEX Exchange. Similarly, Maya Preferred PRA (MPRA), the flagship asset, has demonstrated even more dramatic appreciation, reportedly increasing over 588,000% since its launch. Its all-time high (ATH) surpassed an astonishing $816 million USD on August 14, 2025, contrasting sharply with its all-time low (ATL) of $2.12 on April 22, 2020. This vast range, from ATL to ATH, suggests that while asset backing provides a fundamental value proposition, it doesn't entirely insulate the token from significant market-driven movements and speculative interest. As of early October 2025, MPRA continued to exhibit daily fluctuations, with 24-hour trading volumes ranging between $12.6 million USD and $15 million USD, indicating active market participation.
• The MayaCat (MCAT) token, uniquely positioned as a gold-backed meme coin, also showcased significant growth, debuting at $0.05 and now trading around $5.38, with daily volumes exceeding $3 million USD. This demonstrates the project's ability to blend innovative marketing with its core asset-backed philosophy. Furthermore, the Wrapped Maya Preferred PRA (WMPRA) token, maintaining a 1:1 parity with MPRA, was listed on the CATEX Exchange on September 17, 2025, a move designed to enhance cross-chain accessibility and liquidity for global investors.
• Despite the observed volatility in certain tokens' appreciation, Maya Preferred's foundational strategy is to offer a more stable alternative. Its proponents argue that the collateralization by precious metals provides a crucial hedge against inflation and fosters investor confidence by anchoring value to tangible assets, combining traditional financial discipline with blockchain transparency. This approach aims to attract investors seeking real value and reduced risk compared to purely speculative digital assets, even as some tokens experience substantial growth reflecting strong investor interest.

Community and Ecosystem Response

• In the period spanning September and October 2025, Maya Preferred's initiatives, particularly its focus on tangible asset backing and regulatory compliance, have been met with a largely positive, albeit primarily promotional, reception across various crypto news outlets and analytical platforms. Articles frequently describe the project as "redefining the future of crypto investing" and a "game-changer" for its commitment to real value and regulatory adherence.
• While Maya Preferred maintains official community channels on platforms like Telegram, Reddit, and X (formerly Twitter), direct, independent social media sentiment, such as widespread user discussions or individual influencer reviews from these platforms, was not extensively available in the search results for this specific period. The prevailing narrative in discoverable content tends to emphasize the project's strategic advancements and its potential for institutional adoption.
• Crypto news reports highlight "analysts" who foresee MayaCat potentially inspiring a new wave of asset-backed meme coins, and suggest that the regulatory compliance embodied by SMPRA (the SEC-compliant security token version of MPRA) will become increasingly vital for the long-term survival and institutional acceptance of cryptocurrencies. This suggests a strong positive outlook from industry observers who value the project's adherence to regulatory frameworks and its asset-backed approach as critical for market maturation.
• Within its own ecosystem, Maya Preferred is actively building out its DeFi and Web3 capabilities. The upcoming Maya Protocol is slated for integration with the Cardano Blockchain, aiming to facilitate cross-chain swaps for native assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
• This integration is designed to enable the development of advanced DeFi tools, including derivatives and algorithmic stablecoins, directly within the Maya ecosystem, thereby enhancing decentralization and community governance. The transition of MPRA to the SEC-compliant SMPRA token, built on the ERC-3643 standard with on-chain KYC, whitelisting, and transfer restrictions, is a significant step toward institutional adoption.
• This move could set a crucial precedent for other Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization projects, demonstrating a pathway for digital assets to meet stringent regulatory requirements. While the research did not explicitly detail external DeFi protocols or NFT projects reacting to or integrating with Maya Preferred due to its stability focus during this period, the project's internal developments clearly align with broader industry trends towards RWA tokenization and institutional interest in stable, compliant assets.

What's Next for Crypto

• Maya Preferred's strategic push towards asset-backed stability and SEC compliance holds profound short and long-term implications for the broader cryptocurrency market. As of late 2025, its trajectory serves as a critical case study for the industry's evolution.
• In the short-term (late 2025 to early 2026), Maya Preferred's visibility could intensify the demand for Real World Asset (RWA) tokens and compliant digital assets, pressuring other projects to adopt similar transparency and regulatory clarity. This may lead to a clearer market segmentation, with capital potentially shifting towards more stable, asset-backed options, particularly from institutional investors.
• The project's pursuit of SEC approval for SMPRA could also spark increased due diligence from investors, who will prioritize projects with verifiable assets, transparent audits, and clear regulatory roadmaps.
• Looking at the long-term (beyond 2026), successful SEC compliance and proven stability could pave the way for significantly wider acceptance of digital assets by traditional financial institutions, corporations, and even national treasuries.
• This would fundamentally bridge the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and the decentralized future. Maya Preferred's model could also set new global regulatory paradigms, fostering a more harmonized and mature environment for digital assets.
• The crypto narrative itself might shift from pure speculation to an emphasis on digital assets with intrinsic value and clear legal standing, attracting a new wave of conservative investors. This could also spur further innovation in the tokenization of diverse real-world assets beyond precious metals, including real estate, commodities, and equities.

Potential catalysts that could accelerate Maya Preferred's influence include:

• Full SEC Approval for SMPRA: A definitive approval would be a monumental benchmark, significantly boosting confidence in compliant, asset-backed tokens.

• Major Institutional Partnerships: Collaborations with large financial institutions would validate its model and open doors for broader institutional capital flows.

• Successful Audits and Transparent Reporting: Continued, robust third-party audits of its reserves and transparent financial reporting will be crucial for maintaining trust.

• Widespread Adoption of ERC-3643: If other significant projects adopt the ERC-3643 framework, it would standardize compliance across the industry.

• Macroeconomic Shifts: Continued global economic uncertainty could drive investors towards tangible asset-backed digital stores of value.

• For crypto projects, the strategic considerations involve evaluating asset-backing models, prioritizing regulatory compliance (potentially adopting frameworks like ERC-3643), and ensuring transparency through regular audits.

Possible scenarios for the future of crypto include a "Regulated & Real-World" dominance, where compliant, asset-backed tokens become the primary force; a "Dual Ecosystem" coexistence, with distinct regulated and speculative segments; or a "Fragmented Innovation" landscape due to varied global regulatory approaches. Maya Preferred's journey will undoubtedly influence which of these scenarios gains prominence.

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• Shares in Strategy have risen nearly 6% after hours as the Bitcoin treasury company reported a net income of $2.8 billion for its third quarter, down from the second quarter but still beating analyst expectations.
• Strategy on Thursday reported diluted earnings per share of $8.42 for the three months ending Sept. 30, beating Wall Street expectations of $8.15. 
• Its $2.8 million income for the quarter was a major jump from its $340.2 million loss the same time a year ago, but a fall from its record $10 billion net income in Q2.
• Shares in Strategy (MSTR) climbed 5.7% after-hours to over $269 after ending the trading session on Thursday down over 7.5% at an over six-month low of $254.57.
• Strategy has the largest stockpile of Bitcoin (BTC) among public companies, and the cryptocurrency’s over 6.5% rise over the quarter helped to buoy the company’s income.
• Bitcoin is down 1.7% in the past 24 hours, recovering to $108,500 from an intraday low of under $106,500.
• The decline in the price of Bitcoin and Strategy’s stock has squeezed its mNAV to 1.05x, falling from a peak of 3.89x in November after Bitcoin rocketed on Donald Trump’s US election win, according to StrategyTracker data. 
• Strategy said its Bitcoin yield had hit 26% so far this year at a $13 billion gain and reaffirmed its full-year outlook of hitting a 30% Bitcoin yield with a net income of $24 billion, based on its estimation that Bitcoin will reach $150,000.
• The company added 42,706 BTC over the third quarter to hold 640,031 BTC by Sept. 30. It has since continued its buys to hold 640,808 as of Sunday, which Strategy said was bought at an average cost of $74,032.

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• Bitcoin rewards app Lolli has acquired the Slice browser extension, which enables users to earn BTC while surfing the web. The move comes on the heels of Lolli's own acquisition this summer, after it was purchased by Bitcoin infrastructure firm Thesis for an undisclosed amount.
• Thesis has a long history in the BTC rewards space, having incubated and spun out Fold as a public entity that now trades on the Nasdaq.
• "This strategic acquisition continues the unification of Bitcoin rewards platforms, helping to consolidate a previously fragmented space and offering users additional rewards opportunities on Lolli’s platform," the projects wrote in a press release on Thursday.
• The merger will help boost the earning potential for Lolli users, who currently receive rewards in bitcoin when they make online purchases through partner retailers. Slice rewards users for their "passive" internet behavior, like scrolling and streaming.
• Notably, the acquisition will also accelerate Lolli's adoption of the Lightning Network, enabling withdrawals on the Layer 2 network.
• "This means faster, cheaper withdrawals for all Lolli users, as well as the ability to lower the withdrawal minimums even further. Lightning makes small withdrawals economically viable in a way Layer-1 transactions never could," the Lolli Team wrote in a blog.

Lightning integration

• Thesis has received some backlash as of late following its acquisition of Lolli and partnership with the EVM-compatible Mezo Bitcoin sidechain. The company integrated Mezo — which offers mats loyalty points and access to loans in the MUSD stablecoin — as its "first withdrawal option."
• "No warning was given to Lolli users of upcoming changes and no provision was made for said users to withdraw their bitcoin rewards before such changes went into effect," Jason Don (aka Brekkie von Bitcoin), an artist and prominent Bitcoin commentator, said on X on Monday. "We can apparently still "withdraw" our bitcoin but it requires us to onboard to a stable coin walled garden to do so? Absurd. Am I meant to understand that in the year 2025 it is sooooo difficult to revamp a withdrawal system that allows users to withdraw their sats onchain? Really? Reaaaaaally?"
• In response, Thesis founder Matt Luongo noted the team plans to introduce basic onchain withdrawals, but is "starting with L2s and sidechains" having gone through a "learning experience" with Fold.
• Luongo also noted the Thesis team is systematically rebuilding many aspects of the Lolli app, which was initially introduced in 2018. "we didn't have control of the website or anything else until after the announcement. We had to hack everything together to even land what we did - that's why we've been re-releasing each app one by one," he said.
• Lolli last raised $8 million in a 2023 Series B round led by Bitkraft Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $28 million, prior to its acquisition.

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Meme projects often transfer tokens to the wallets of famous people in the industry hoping they will "hold" them for advertising purposes. Like yesterday, a meme project transferred tokens to Vitalik's wallet for advertising, but as soon as it was transferred to his wallet, he dumped them and earned 15k dollars. In March 2023, he also dumped tokens of several projects with a value of up to 700k USDT.

Vitalik Buterin not only never Shill Memecoin, Shitcoin but also clearly criticized these projects. When Pump.fun was born, he immediately said "it is a bad example of what should not be built in the crypto space". Because Vitalik is often emotional. In Vitalik, we trust👇

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• On October 30, according to information from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) , the world's leading investment bank JPMorgan Chase has officially Token (digitized through Token) a private investment fund on its exclusive blockchain platform.
• This is the first time JPMorgan has put private investment assets on its own blockchain system, and this move opens the first phase in the plan to comprehensively deploy the fund tokenization platform of this giant financial group.
• According to a representative of JPMorgan Chase, the digitization of this investment fund is not only a technological experiment, but also a strategic step to help high-net-worth individual investors (high-net-worth clients) access alternative assets - which were previously limited to large investment funds or organizations.
• By converting these assets into digital Token , investors can buy and sell more flexibly, more transparently and reduce barriers to entry compared to traditional investment methods.

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• Nordea has announced plans to launch a Bitcoin ETP in December. The Finnish investment bank is partnering with CoinShares, which will design the new product.
• Compared to forecasts for 2024, mainstream crypto adoption in the region has been lackluster recently, but markets are open to new ETPs. If successful, this could encourage Nordea to launch similar products.

Nordea's New Bitcoin ETP

• Nordea, the largest Finnish investment bank in the Nordic region, has previously held a certain skepticism towards crypto and Web3.
• However, the recent influx of institutional Capital into the sector has been too great to ignore, and today the bank announced it will offer a Bitcoin ETP in December.

“Nordea has been closely monitoring trends in the crypto space, but has maintained a cautious approach. As the market matures, Nordea has decided to allow its clients to trade an externally issued crypto-linked product on its platforms. The new product is issued by CoinShares… and will be available… in December 2025,” the bank said.

• The firm said it wasn’t just macro demand that was behind the decision to approve a Bitcoin ETP; it also noted that new regulatory frameworks have made risks more manageable.
• Despite the EU MiCA regulation's rocky start, more and more companies are applying for and receiving the appropriate licenses without problems.

A new hub for TradFi-Web3 integration?

• So what could a new Bitcoin ETP bring in 2026, especially given today’s Capital ? In the short term, it could signal an exciting trend for the region. In particular, about a year and a half ago, industry experts believed that Northern Europe/Scandinavia was on the cusp of a new wave of crypto adoption.
• Adoption figures for 2025 have been released; however, no country in the region tops the rankings. However, these markets continue to innovate in other ways.
• Two months ago, Swedish stock exchanges began listing a range of Bitcoin and altcoin ETPs, including products based on Pi Network.
• In other words, if this market fails to gain mass adoption, it could still be a useful hub for Web3-based investments. Nordea has chosen Bitcoin for its first crypto ETP, but if successful, it could expand to other cryptocurrencies.
• For its part, CoinShares has yet to publicly comment on the deal, and we don't yet know the exact composition of the products.
• However, the company is having a good year , and has filed for new altcoin ETFs in multiple global markets. If this trend continues, CoinShares may be open to further cooperation.

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• Garden Finance was recently hacked, with reported losses of at least $10.8 million. on-chain investigator ZachXBT discovered the incident just days after he exposed the platform for facilitating money laundering.
• This is not the first time a similar incident has occurred in the crypto space. Earlier this year, THORChain was accused of helping North Korean hackers launder money, but a few months later, they themselves had money stolen from THORChain founder.

Garden was severely hacked

• Earlier this week, Garden Finance announced it had bridged over $2 billion in Token, but several prominent investigators have accused it of money laundering.
• ZachXBT claims that more than 25% of the platform's traffic comes from illegal sources, while Tayvano alleges that criminals originating from North Korea (DPRK) are using it heavily.

💥 Ironically, those same investigators have more reason to mention the company. This morning, ZachXBT reported that Garden was hacked for $10.8 million:

“Garden Finance has likely been exploited for over $10.8 million across multiple chains. An address associated with the team sent an onchain message to the alleged exploiter, offering a 10% whitehat bounty. A few days ago, I pointed out…how Garden Finance ignored the victims,” he said via Telegram.

• His initial message only mentioned a loss of $5.8 million before being revised to a much higher figure. The update also noted that “all assets that could be frozen were quickly swapped.” In other words, it’s unclear exactly how much Garden lost in the hack, but the damage is significant.
• Garden itself said the attack affected multiple blockchains, but only directly mentioned Arbitrum. The company also said that “assets were taken from us,” rather than implying that user funds were the primary target. For now, we don’t have any further details on the technical details of the attack.

An ironic misfortune

1. Still, Garden isn’t the first company to suffer such an ironic hack. THORChain , for example, has been accused of laundering money for hackers multiple times, including North Korea’s notorious Lazarus group .
2. A few months later, criminals originating from the DPRK stole $1.3 million from the founder of THORChain.
3. Such incidents often discourage the “white knights” from investigating. Moreover, if they cannot freeze any stolen assets, what else can they do ?
4. Community investigators could gather evidence for later prosecution, but that may be completely impractical.
5. Ultimately, Garden Finance will have to rely on the 10% bounty being attractive enough to entice the hackers to cooperate. Otherwise, it will be difficult to get much beyond analyzing the breach itself.

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