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In brief A trio of scientists shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for proving quantum behavior can occur in ordinary circuits. Their 1980s experiments enabled superconducting qubits—the foundation of today’s quantum computers. The prize, decades after discovery, affirms the long arc from lab curiosity to industry-defining technology. Three scientists whose experiments proved that the strange rules of quantum mechanics can govern ordinary electrical circuits—a discovery that later made quantum computers possible—were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored John Clarke of the University of California, Berkeley, Michel Devoret of Yale University, and…

Meanwhile, the first regulated life insurance company that operates entirely in bitcoin BTC$121,423.43, said on Tuesday it has raised $82 million to scale its savings and retirement products that aim to protect against inflation and currency devaluation.The funding round was co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and Haun Ventures, with participation from Pantera Capital, Apollo, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and Stillmark, the firm shared in a press release with CoinDesk. The raise follows a $40 million round in April led by Fulgur Ventures and Framework, while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was an early investor.Founded in Bermuda, Meanwhile offers life insurance and…

Solana generated $2.85 billion in revenue over the past year, according to a new report from 21Shares, driven by trading platform activity. Between October 2024 and September 2025, Solana averaged about $240 million in monthly revenue, peaking at $616 million in January during the memecoin boom led by tokens like Official Trump (TRUMP). But even after the frenzy cooled, monthly revenue was between $150 million and $250 million.Solana validators earn revenue from fees on transactions. Over the past year, revenue from fees flowed from across the ecosystem, including decentralized finance (DeFi), memecoins, AI apps, decentralized exchanges, DePIN, launchpads and trading…

Pi Coin’s price action has been an enigma. Year-on-year, it’s down nearly 70%. Over the past month, it has slipped 22.8%, and it’s just 3.7% away from its all-time low. Even in the past seven days, the Pi Coin price is still down 1.2%.However, today’s 1.7% uptick offers a flicker of green. The problem is, every time Pi Coin moves up, it fails to hold those gains — producing short-lived surges instead of sustained recoveries. A similar short recovery might be forming again, but this time, diverging money flows show that the real tug-of-war lies between retail and institutional players.Sponsored…

NYSE owner ICE pours $2 billion into Polymarket, as it gears up for a long-awaited US market comeback. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the operator of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a major strategic investment in Polymarket, a decentralized prediction market platform that aggregates probabilities for global events spanning politics, sports, and culture. Under the agreement, ICE will invest up to $2 billion in the company, which will place Polymarket’s pre-investment valuation at $8 billion. Polymarket Gets Wall Street Validation Beyond the capital infusion, ICE will serve as a global distributor of Polymarket’s event-driven data and plans on offering customers…

In brief Created in response to Bitcoin’s perceived limitations, Zcash offers privacy with zk-SNARK tech. In 2025, Zcash undergoes its halving, a funding overhaul, and a software migration—its biggest test yet. A decade on, Zcash is one of the privacy coins fighting for private, and decentralized payments. For many years, Bitcoin was used to buy drugs online because it was believed to be anonymous. Turns out, it’s surprisingly easy to track Bitcoin transactions. Zcash, on the other hand, is a cryptocurrency that promised something Bitcoin couldn’t deliver: privacy.How Zcash worksZcash is designed to hide key transaction details, such as the…

The cryptocurrency market continues to fluctuate between a Bitcoin price correction and strong altcoin momentum. While Bitcoin faces resistance around $118,000 to $119,000, Solana (SOL) and XRP stand out with strong technical data and growing institutional interest. With ETF inflows and strengthening bullish chart patterns, these altcoins are attracting attention as candidates for significant growth in the coming months. Amid Bitcoin’s price consolidation, XiuShanMining also presents an attractive growth opportunity for investors looking to diversify their portfolios with promising new altcoins. This project, combined with the strong momentum of XRP and Solana, offers exciting potential for investors seeking both stability…

In brief Created in response to Bitcoin’s perceived limitations, Zcash offers privacy with zk-SNARK tech. In 2025, Zcash undergoes its halving, a funding overhaul, and a software migration—its biggest test yet. A decade on, Zcash is one of the privacy coins fighting for private, and decentralized payments. For many years, Bitcoin was used to buy drugs online because it was believed to be anonymous. Turns out, it’s surprisingly easy to track Bitcoin transactions. Zcash, on the other hand, is a cryptocurrency that promised something Bitcoin couldn’t deliver: privacy.How Zcash worksZcash is designed to hide key transaction details, such as the…

Yuma, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG) focused on decentralized artificial intelligence (AI), has appointed veteran crypto founders Greg Schvey and Jeff Schvey as its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, respectively, the company said in a Tuesday press release.The hires mark a key expansion for Yuma as it scales operations across the Bittensor network, including validator, mining, and subnet accelerator initiatives, and prepares to launch an asset management division, the company said.The Schvey brothers are best known for co-founding TradeBlock, an institutional crypto data and portfolio management platform acquired by DCG, and Axoni, a blockchain infrastructure…

In brief S&P Dow Jones Indices, a unit of market data provider S&P Global, is releasing a new index tracking 15 digital assets and 35 crypto-focused companies. Dinari, a provider of tokenized U.S. securities, will also issue a token tracking the index. Crypto-related equities have soared this year amid a market surge. S&P Dow Jones Indices will unveil a new index tracking cryptocurrencies and companies in the digital asset space, the company announced on Tuesday. The S&P Digital Markets 50 Index will track 35 companies involved in the crypto space—including infrastructure providers, financial services, blockchain applications—and also 15 cryptocurrencies selected from…