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In brief Human visits to Wikipedia fell 8% year-over-year, with Wikipedia attributing it to people visiting AI summaries instead of consulting Wikipedia. AI summaries and search engines now answer questions outright, with nearly 60% of Google queries ending in on-page responses powered by Wikipedia content. Publishers call the trend “existential,” accusing tech platforms of using their work without compensation. >>>> gd2md-html alert: inline image link in generated source and store images to your server. NOTE: Images in exported zip file from Google Docs may not appear in the same order as they do in your doc. Please check the images!—–>The…

AI-focused Web3 entertainment and infrastructure firm Astra Nova has raised $48.3 million to grow its suite of tokenized content tools and creator platforms.The funding includes $41.6 million from a recent strategic round and builds on earlier investments led by Outlier Ventures as well as family offices and institutional investors in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, according to an announcement shared with CoinDesk.The company develops tools that allow creators to launch blockchain-based entertainment experiences without needing technical skills.TokenPlay AI, its flagship product, acts as a no-code launchpad for mini-apps. Powered by Alibaba Cloud, it enables token-based communities to spin…

Jimmy Donaldson, the 27-year-old creator behind MrBeast —the YouTube channel with more than 446 million subscribers— has filed a trademark application to create a banking platform. The project would also include crypto payments.The move marks MrBeast’s shift from entertainment to blockchain-driven financial services. If successful, it could establish him as the first influencer to launch a mainstream banking brand in the United States.Sponsored SponsoredMrBeast Eyes Crypto BankingMrBeast has officially entered the crypto market after filing a trademark to open his own investment services platform.According to a filing from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the creator applied to…

CZ hits back at Peter Schiff’s “brutal bear market” warning, dismissing the gold advocate’s Bitcoin criticism as short-sighted and historically insignificant. Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has pushed back against Peter Schiff’s latest prediction for Bitcoin. This is after the economist’s recent warning of a “brutal” bear market looming over the digital asset. Critic Mocks BTC’s Fall Schiff, a well-known Bitcoin critic, said via X that the cryptocurrency’s 32% decline since August against gold shows that investors are losing confidence in its long-term value. “Gold is eating Bitcoin’s lunch. Bitcoin is now down 32% priced in gold since its…

Gespa, a Swiss gambling authority, filed a criminal complaint against FIFA for its NFT collection. The regulator claimed that competitions for on-chain rewards may constitute unregistered betting. Still, though, this complaint is non-binding. Gespa offered to cooperate with any prosecution efforts, but it won’t spearhead a case itself. FIFA may be able to reach a non-litigious agreement with government officials. Sponsored SponsoredFIFA’s NFT CompetitionsSoccer and the crypto sector have had years of overlap at this point, and FIFA has been offering its own NFTs for quite some time. However, this trade may have brought some trouble to the football association,…

A potential XRP supply squeeze may be brewing, and new insights from leading market watchers suggest that the impact on price could be significant. Crypto analyst Zach Rector has warned that the long-dismissed ”XRP supply shock” narrative is no longer just talk. As more XRP is locked, tokenized, and deployed in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystems, the available supply continues to tighten. XRP Supply Shock To Evolve From Meme To Market Reality  Crypto analyst Zach Rector ignited discussions about XRP’s circulating supply this week after posting on X social media that the “XRP supply shock is not just a meme anymore.”…

The corporate treasury function — historically rooted in conservative cash management — is undergoing its greatest transformation in decades. The revolution really began with Michael Saylor at Strategy — which now owns over 3% of the total Bitcoin supply — but Strategy is no longer the only player in the bitcoin treasury space. Estimates show that corporate treasuries now hold over one million BTC between them, worth over $120 billion worth of the asset as of October 2025.The thesis for this strategy is rooted in the same thesis for why we buy and hold Bitcoin as individuals. In an era of…

Charles Schwab is seeing booming engagement from retail investors in its crypto products. In an interview with CNBC, CEO Rick Wurster said that visits to Schwab’s crypto platform have increased by 90% year-over-year, signaling strong investor appetite for Bitcoin ETFs, Bitcoin futures, and other crypto exchange-traded products. Schwab clients now hold roughly 20% of all crypto ETPs in the U.S. Wurster emphasized that the company is responding to this demand by providing a wide array of crypto investment options and educational resources, combining digital access with traditional client support through calls and branch offices. Charles Schwab will also offer spot…

US President Donald Trump hosted a dinner for companies pledging funds to build a new ballroom in the White House, with attendees reportedly including Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and executives from Coinbase and Ripple.According to a Wednesday Wall Street Journal report, among the donors and attendees of the dinner at the White House were the Winklevosses and representatives from Coinbase Global and Ripple Labs. The dinner was reported to be aimed at funding for the White House ballroom proposed by Trump in July, which was estimated to cost $250 million.The ballroom is projected to add about 90,000 square…

[PRESS RELEASE – Seoul, South Korea, October 16th, 2025] Pioneering Alliance Combines Bitcoin Finance Leadership with Decentralized Intellectual Property Innovation to Unlock New Value for Global Creators Lombard, the leading Bitcoin DeFi platform, and Story, the first Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built to make intellectual property programmable, today announced a strategic partnership to redefine how creators protect and monetize their work through Bitcoin-backed financial products. Despite the surge in digital content creation, most creators still face slow, opaque, and platform-dependent payout systems that limit attribution, speed, and fair compensation. This partnership introduces a model built for transparency, global access, and lasting value guaranteed…