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Investment bank UBS has entered a strategic partnership with financial technology company Ant International to explore tokenized deposits for real-time cross-border payments and global liquidity management, marking a notable expansion of the Swiss bank’s blockchain-based digital cash platform. The two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Singapore, anchoring the deal in one of the most active hubs for institutional blockchain experimentation. The move positions tokenized bank money as a potential replacement for traditional treasury settlement rails, which are still defined by cut-offs, fragmentation and multicurrency delays. Ant International, which oversees operations within the broader Alipay+ ecosystem, announced that it will utilize…

NEAR leads on the way south. Bitcoin’s adverse price movements continued on Sunday as the asset dived once again to a fresh six-month low of $93,000 before it staged a minor recovery. Most altcoins are in the red today, with ETH sliding to $3,200, while XMR, LTC, ICP, NEAR, and a few others have posted notable price losses. BTC Rebounds From $93K It was just a week ago when positive developments coming from the US drove the primary cryptocurrency to just over $107,000. However, that rally from $104,000 was short-lived, and the subsequent correction has been quite painful. At first,…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA), a flagship non-profit founded by Bybit and championing responsible innovation, successfully concluded the Blockchain Impact Forum 2025 in Copenhagen alongside the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Alternative Finance Lab (AltFinLab). The two-day gathering brought together over 300 policymakers, technologists, and impact leaders from more than 30 countries to explore how blockchain can deliver measurable progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).A Platform for Collaboration and PurposeHeld on November 4–5, the Forum opened with “Chains of Change”, an invite-only leadership day dedicated to governance, digital public infrastructure, and cross-sector partnerships.…

Key Highlights:10 million users worldwide, marking 66% growth in 2025Spot trading volume up 122%, driven by stronger liquidity and user engagementFutures trading volume increased 26% year-on-year99.999% uptime maintained through major system upgradesComplete rebrand reinforcing Phemex’s user-first missionAPIA, Samoa, Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, celebrates its 6th anniversary with the campaign theme “Future With U”. The milestone follows a defining year of transformation — from a full-scale rebrand to record-breaking user growth and strengthened platform security — symbolizing Phemex’s evolution into a forward-looking, resilient, and human-centered brand.2025: A Year of Resilience and GrowthThe year 2025 was pivotal…

What to Know: Alibaba and JPMorgan are rolling out tokenized deposit rails for global B2B payments, compressing transaction settlement times from days to near-instant. Deposit tokens keep money inside the banking perimeter while using blockchain for speed, putting more pressure on wallet infrastructure to handle multiple forms of digital cash. Best Wallet combines a non-custodial, multi-chain wallet with a DEX aggregator, presale launchpad and planned card and analytics stack inside one mobile app. Best Wallet Token lets holders tap into that ecosystem through lower fees, boosted staking yields and early deal flow rather than pure price speculation. Alibaba’s global B2B…

What to Know: Web3 wallets are becoming DeFi control centers, and Best Wallet targets that role with a multi-chain, MPC-secured, mobile-first app. $BEST powers fee discounts, staking boosts, early presale access, and governance, as well as card and iGaming perks inside the Best Wallet ecosystem. The $BEST presale ends in 11 days, on November 28, with $17M+ already raised and $BEST valued at $0.025955. Investors are already FOMO-diving into the presale, with a recent whale buy of $30,744 setting the pace for the remainder of the presale stage. Self custody is back in fashion. As regulation tightens and exchange blowups…

Bitcoin briefly lost all of its gains this year after the crypto markets bled over the weekend, despite the US government reopening on Thursday, which was expected to provide much-needed relief to the markets.Bitcoin (BTC) fell to a low of $93,029 on Sunday, down 25% from its all-time high in October. It started the year at $93,507.It has since rebounded to around $94,209, CoinGecko data shows. Bitcoin’s price information, including the change in price since Jan. 1, 2025. Source: CoinGeckoThis year was tipped to be a strong one for the crypto markets after US President Donald Trump was inaugurated on…

The lawyer for Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has denied that he somehow paid for a pardon from US President Donald Trump. Appearing on Anthony Pompliano’s “Pomp Podcast” on Friday,  CZ’s personal attorney Teresa Goody Guillén described the criticism around CZ’s pardoning as a “pile up of a lot of false statements.”“The media continues to refer to World Liberty as Trump’s company, and I haven’t seen anything to show me that that’s true,” she said, adding: “People are making these assumptions that just show a fundamental misunderstanding of how either business works or how blockchain works.” Source: Pomp Podcast CZ spent four…

George Town, British Virgin Islands, November 17th, 2025, ChainwireAster, a decentralized perpetual exchange, is entering a phase of rapid expansion. Following the strong performance of Stage 3, the platform has rolled out the Stage 4 (Harvest) airdrop program and will launch the “Double Harvest” trading competition on November 17 with a total reward pool of $10 million. At the same time, Aster continues to scale its early-asset product Rocket Launch, expanding the pipeline of new token activities.These incentive tracks run in parallel, enabling users to earn multiple rewards from the same trading activity, substantially increasing platform engagement and trading depth.The…

Victoria, Seychelles, November 17th, 2025, ChainwireGlobal crypto trading platform BYDFi participated as a sponsor of Crypto Content Creator Campus (CCCC) Lisbon 2025, held November 14–16 at Pavilhão Carlos Lopes. The three-day gathering brought creators and industry builders together for keynotes, workshops, and networking in the heart of one of Europe’s most active crypto hubs.  BYDFi’s Presence at CCCC LisbonCrypto Content Creator Campus (CCCC) Lisbon 2025 gathered creators and industry practitioners for three days of keynotes, workshops, and networking at Pavilhão Carlos Lopes. The program emphasized practical skills, audience building, and sustainable creator careers in a fast-moving Web3 and blockchain landscape.BYDFi hosted…