The Incrypted editorial team has prepared for you another digest of the most important events in the field of Web3 and AI. In it we will tell you about the new steiblcoin from Western Union, revelations of the former CEO of FTX exchange Sam Bankman-Fried, crypto market fluctuations due to macroeconomic factors and much more.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans to acquire a startup in the field of stablecoins BVNK for about $2 billion, Bloomberg reports, citing its sources.
The bitcoin price has tested the 0.85 base value level again, which is now around $109,000. This is one of the key indicators of the model of price behavior of the first cryptocurrency, said experts Glassnode.
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) released its Q3 2025 report. It reported $2.8 billion in net income, however, other metrics including mNAV (Market-to-Net Asset Value) sagged significantly.
On 31 October 2025, the Zcash (ZEC) exchange rate exceeded the $390 mark. This is a new historical maximum for the coin, which provides anonymity of transactions using zero-knowledge technology.
on October 31, 2025, Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) X page (formerly Twitter) posted a document on his behalf. It claims that the FTX exchange was still solvent at the time of the bankruptcy, and that the team managing the process simply took over the company.
U.S. lawmakers continue to advance a key bill on cryptocurrency market structure despite the ongoing government shutdown. According to Bloomberg, Republicans in the Senate plan to pass the document by the end of 2025, maintaining the previously announced deadline.
The 1inch aggregator team announced that it has received international ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 1 certifications. Thus, the project has become the first major DeFi ecosystem to confirm compliance with these security standards, the developers emphasized in comments for Incrypted.
Lookonchain analysts reported a series of liquidations on decentralized platform Hyperliquid. Specifically, a trader lost over $4 million in 30 minutes on futures trading.
Investment bank Standard Chartered predicts that the market for real-world tokenized assets (RWAs) could reach $2 trillion by 2028, a level that would equal the current size of the stablecoin market, according to a report by the bank provided to Cointelegraph.
On October 29, 2025, a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve (FOMC) was held. According to its results, the regulator decided to reduce the interest rate by 0.25% — to 3.75%-4%.
The European Central Bank intends to launch the digital euro by 2029, if the appropriate legal framework is approved by then. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the progress of the project.
Consensys, the developer of the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet, is planning an initial public offering (IPO). According to publication Axios, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs will act as underwriters.
On October 30, 2025, the price of bitcoin dropped to $108,000, but within a few hours, it rose again to over $111,000. This behavior resulted in liquidations in the crypto futures market worth $820.1 million, with traders holding long positions suffering the majority of the losses.
The Bitcoin 2140 Forum, an event dedicated to the future of bitcoin and the development of digital finance in the world, has ended in Dubai. This is stated in a press release shared by the organizers with Incrypted.