Arizona launches its first Bitcoin and Digital Asset Reserve Fund

US Banks can now hold crypto for customers On May 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued Interpretive Letter 1184, which clarifies that national banks and federal savings associations are permitted to offer crypto-asset custody and execution services. his means these financial institutions can facilitate the buying and selling of crypto-assets held in custody at the direction of their customers. Additionally, they are allowed to

Colb Asset SA, a Swiss pioneer at the forefront of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, has closed an oversubscribed CHF 6 million (~$7.3 million) seed extension round. The investment comes from a private investor overseeing over $20 billion in assets under management (AuM), marking a significant endorsement of Colb’s mission to reshape global capital markets.  This strategic investment will accelerate Colb’s expansion, enabling the tokenization of highly sought-after pre- IPO equity,

Coinbase acquires Deribit for $2.9 billion Coinbase has announced its intention to acquire Deribit, the leading crypto options exchange, in a significant deal valued at $2.9 billion. This acquisition will involve $700 million in cash along with 11 million shares of Coinbase stock. By acquiring Deribit, Coinbase aims to solidify its position as a frontrunner in the crypto derivatives market, which includes a wide range of trading options such as

ZKM has officially launched zkMIPS 1.0, the first production-grade release of its MIPS-based zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM). This milestone delivers what the industry has lacked to date: a highly performant, stable, and production-grade zkVM, ready for real-world deployment across Ethereum, Bitcoin, and other ecosystems. Built on the battle-tested MIPS32r2 instruction set architecture, zkMIPS 1.0 departs from the trend of zkVMs built on RISC-V and introduces a more mature, efficient, and purpose-aligned architecture