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Swedish fintech giant Klarna is dipping its toes — or maybe its entire checkbook — into the crypto pool with the launch of a USD-pegged stablecoin. Summary Klarna’s new stablecoin has a mainnet rollout planned for 2026 and future expansion to merchants and consumers. The objective is to reduce costs and improve efficiency, leveraging Stripe’s Bridge infrastructure. Klarna is joining other major firms in the growing $304 billion stablecoin market. KlarnaUSD, built on Tempo, the layer-1 blockchain developed by Stripe and Paradigm. The token is live on Tempo’s testnet, with a full mainnet rollout planned for 2026. KlarnaUSD is being…

Key Highlights Solana’s co-founder, Raj Gokal, has mentioned the ongoing streak of positive inflows of Solana ETFs, saying that it is “greatly underappreciated” SOL ETFs have witnessed a 20-day streak of positive inflows, which resulted in total net inflows of $568 million Despite impressive inflows, SOL is still facing a downward trend amid the turmoil in the cryptocurrency market Solana’s co-founder, Raj Gokal, has shared a post on X (formerly Twitter), where he stated that “the unbroken streak of daily inflows to the Solana ETF (topped off by a record day of inflows) is greatly under appreciated.” the unbroken streak…

Texas has become the first state to purchase Bitcoin (BTC) as a hedge against inflation. Lee Bratcher, the President of the Texas Blockchain Council announced that the state bought $5 million worth of Bitcoin on November 20, 2025.Notably, the State announced that it allocated half of the budget meant to purchase Bitcoin to BlackRock’s IBIT. The state scooped its BTC holding at an average price of $87kCORRECTION: Texas purchased $5M on Nov. 20th. $10M is allocated from general revenue but not all $10M has been allocated.@BitcoinMagazine— Lee ₿ratcher (@lee_bratcher) November 25, 2025 Texas Doubles Down on BitcoinTexas has aligned with…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The XRP Ledger’s smart contract functionality is now available for developers to test on AlphaNet, opening the door for the first wave of experimentation on how programmability will operate on the Ledger.  As developers begin to explore this new phase, an XRPL validator known as Vet on X has clarified a major misunderstanding about what these smart contracts are designed to be. His explanation points out a clear difference between the Ledger approach and the models used by Ethereum and Solana. XRPL Contracts Are Different From Ethereum…

On November 20, Texas became the first U.S. state to buy Bitcoin for its Strategic Reserve, acquiring $5 million at roughly $87,000 per BTC, according to Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council. The purchase was made through BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) while the state finalizes plans for self-custody. The move signals growing state-level interest in Bitcoin as a reserve asset. Texas had previously explored strategic Bitcoin legislation last year, wanting to create a Bitcoin reserve without using taxpayer funds.  In June of this year, the Texas governor signed the legislation into law, creating a state Strategic Bitcoin…

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. Standard Chartered’s direct custody deal with 21Shares may signal a shift away from Zodia. Institutional crypto interest grows as major banks return to digital asset custody. Standard Chartered has entered a new agreement with 21Shares to provide digital asset custody services. The announcement signals a possible shift in how the asset manager handles custody of its crypto-related products. The custody service will be managed through the bank’s new digital asset arm, which was launched in Luxembourg in mid-July 2025. This facility is designed to serve institutional…

The Layer 1 landscape is entering a rather competitive phase. Solana’s surge in asset-bridging inflows, Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade, and Monad’s public-sale-driven mainnet launch are reshaping how users and developers distribute their activity across major chains. The race now revolves around user acquisition, liquidity migration, and developer-facing infrastructure.Outset PR, a data-driven crypto PR agency, has been tracking a sharp escalation in Layer 1 competition. By leveraging market intelligence and on-chain data analysis, the agency decodes current trends, maps market sentiment, and guides the timing and narrative strategy for its clients.Solana extends its lead with user growth, asset inflows, and soaring volumeSolana…

Polymarket, the world’s largest crypto-based prediction market, announced today that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Amended Order of Designation.  The approval allows Polymarket to operate an intermediated trading platform under the full set of federal rules for U.S. exchanges. The move enables the market to onboard brokerages and customers directly. Users can now trade through futures commission merchants (FCMs) and access traditional custody, reporting, and market infrastructure. “People rely on Polymarket because we provide clarity where there is confusion,” said Shayne Coplan, the founder and CEO of Polymarket. “This approval lets us operate with the…

Darius Baruo Nov 25, 2025 17:29 NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor enhances robot perception with efficient hardware accelerators, enabling developers to create low-latency applications for dynamic environments. NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor platform is revolutionizing the field of autonomous robotics by enhancing visual perception capabilities, crucial for tasks such as depth sensing, obstacle recognition, and navigation in dynamic environments. According to NVIDIA, the Jetson family of devices is equipped with powerful GPUs and dedicated hardware accelerators to handle the computational demands of these tasks. Advanced Hardware Accelerators The Jetson platform incorporates a range of specialized hardware accelerators…

XRP traders are once again arguing about upside targets after popular chartist Charting Guy reposted a bullish long-term setup and doubled down on his call that XRP can still reach $8 this cycle. “XRP still going to $8, idc,” he wrote on X in the early hours of Nov. 25, alongside a weekly XRP/USD chart from Bitstamp. XRP Price Still Has Room To Run At the time of the screenshot, XRP was trading around $2.25, up roughly 9.8% on the week, with the chart plotting an Elliott Wave structure from early 2023 into a projected peak in 2026. The analysis…