Entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled Grokipedia, an open-source online encyclopedia run by Grok’s AI model. The platform is described as an independent alternative to Wikipedia.

Crypto exchange OKX has announced a themed online quiz to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the publication of the Bitcoin white paper. The event will take place on October 31, 2025, at 19:00 Kyiv time and will be broadcast live on OKX’s official Instagram page. This is stated in a press release shared by the service team with Incrypted.

The bug bounty platform HackenProof, in collaboration with the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), has announced the launch of the National CTF 2025, a competition for cyber professionals and enthusiasts, scheduled to take place from November 20 to December 1, 2025. This is stated in a press release shared with Incrypted.

Fintech company JPYC Inc has announced the official launch of Japan’s first legally recognized stablecoin backed by yen and government bonds, starting October 27, 2025. The new token is called JPYC and is now available on the Ethereum, Avalanche, and Polygon blockchains.

South Korean public company Bitplanet has made its first purchase of 93 BTC as part of its new treasury strategy aimed at building up a significant crypto asset inventory. Backed by Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich and Sora Ventures, the company has “embarked on a daily bitcoin accumulation plan.”

On October 26, 2025, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Malaysia, US and Chinese authorities reached an interim agreement on a trade deal, ABC News reported citing US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Against this backdrop, high-risk assets, including bitcoin, marked an increase.

In Ukraine, there has been a significant increase in the number of cases of bank blocking of individual accounts. According to Telegraf, customers may not even receive a warning and learn about access restrictions only when they try to use their funds.

Kyrgyzstan announced the launch of the KGST stablecoin backed by the national currency at a 1:1 ratio. The authorities also confirmed that they are preparing to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC). In parallel, a national crypto reserve is planned, which will include BNB and other assets.

The Incrypted editorial team prepared a digest of the main events in the cryptocurrency industry this week. In it we told about the pardon of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, the first Solana-ETF in Hong Kong, bitcoin price forecasts and experts’ opinions on the current state of the market.

Incrypted’s editorial team recorded 36 fundraising deals between October 18 and October 25, 2025. 29 of them disclosed details, raising a total of $728.58 million. These included both traditional venture capital investments, corporate deals, and tokensales.

Tether — the issuer of USDT steiblcoin — expects its profit to reach $15 billion in 2025. Bloomberg reports, citing the firm’s CEO Paolo Ardoino during a speech at the Plan B forum in Lugano.

On October 23, 2025, the 11th Global Blockchain Summit has already kicked off in Shanghai. The event is being held at the Hyatt on the Bund hotel, where the first summit of this series also took place. The organizer was Wanxiang Blockchain Labs. This is stated in a press release read by the Incrypted team.

Despite the record attention of institutional investors and the launch of spot ETFs, bitcoin’s volatility has not disappeared — and the price decline could reach 50% again, BitMine chair Tom Lee warned.

Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange CEO Brian Armstrong said that despite the shutdown, the U.S. has reached a “historic high” on the issue of promoting a clear market structure for digital assets.

In Poltava region, a deputy of the city council was notified of suspicion of declaring false information. According to the investigation, in 2022-2024, he failed to declare digital assets worth more than UAH 200 million.

Ripple Labs co-founder Chris Larsen received more than $764 million in profits from the sale of XRP tokens. This is reported by CryptoQuant analyst under the pseudonym JA_Maartun.