Month: September 2025

SEC Greenlights New ETF Standards, Opening Door for Altcoin ETFs

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved new generic listing standards for spot crypto and altcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), marking a landmark shift in digital asset regulation. Previously, every crypto ETF required lengthy case-by-case approval under Section 19b-4—a process that could drag on for months. With this...
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Vitalik Buterin Justifies 45-Day Unstaking Queue as Vital to Ethereum’s Defense

Vitalik Buterin has finally responded to concerns about Ethereum’s 45-day unstaking queue, explaining that it is important to the network’s defense. His comments follow an ongoing debate within the crypto community over the long waiting time. Buterin’s Defence The controversy began when Galaxy Digital’s Michael Marcantonio publicly criticized Ethereum’s...
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PayPal’s $1.3B Stablecoin Expands to 9 New Blockchains With LayerZero Integration

Payments firm PayPal’s (PYPL) U.S. dollar stablecoin is being introduced to nine more blockchains by interoperability protocol LayerZero (ZRO), expanding the token beyond the four blockchains — Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum and Stellar — where it’s natively issued. LayerZero integrated PayPal USD (PYUSD), issued by fintech firm Paxos, into its...
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