State of Crypto 2025 From Speculation to Adoption October 2025

MEGA (MegaETH) Public Token Sale Launch & Valuation Surge The upcoming token sale for MegaETH's MEGA token will offer 5% of the total 10 billion-token supply (i.e., 500 million tokens) via an English auction beginning October 27, starting at a floor fully-diluted valuation (FDV) of just US $1 million and capped at US $999 million.…

Georg Brameshuber
Oct 29, 2025
·Oct 29, 2025

State of Crypto 2025 From Speculation to Adoption October 2025

MEGA (MegaETH) Public Token Sale Launch & Valuation Surge The upcoming token sale for MegaETH's MEGA token will offer 5% of the total 10 billion-token supply (i.e., 500 million tokens) via an English auction beginning October 27, starting at a floor fully-diluted valuation (FDV) of just US $1 million and capped at US $999 million.…

BTC Jesus
·Oct 28, 2025

From “Bitcoin Jesus” to Tax Settlement: What Roger Ver’s US Case Means for Crypto Investors

IntroductionWhen you hear the name Roger Ver also known as Bitcoin Jesus, you probably think of early Bitcoin investments, evangelism of the asset, and the controversial fork into Bitcoin Cash. He was once affectionately or ironically called Bitcoin Jesus for his passionate advocacy for Bitcoin and later Bitcoin Cash. But behind that public persona there…

From Collectibles to Crimes? FIFA’s NFT Platform Faces Gambling Allegations

In mid October 2025, the Swiss gambling regulator Gespa filed a criminal complaint with the competent prosecution authorities alleging that FIFA’s blockchain based NFT platform, FIFA Collect, is operating unlicensed gambling services in Switzerland. The complaint asserts that FIFA Collect offers various “competitions” (such as drops, challenges, airdrops) in which participation requires a monetary stake,…

·Oct 22, 2025

Crypto Tax Clarity on Bitcoin DeFi: Babylon, BOB, and the Tax Treatment in Different Jurisdictions

I. With Babylon and Bob, True Bitcoin DeFi Emerges For years, Bitcoin has been the digital asset with the deepest liquidity and strongest network security, yet largely absent from DeFi. This landscape has fundamentally changed with Babylon and BOB (Build on Bitcoin). Babylon Labs is developing a trustless Bitcoin vault architecture that enables native BTC…

·Oct 3, 2025

The Institutional Shift September 2025

Aster surges as CZ Returns Binance's Ecosystem Revival: CZ's Return Sparks Strategic BSC Rally BNB has outperformed the broader crypto market recently, driven by Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao's return to public engagement and support for key BSC ecosystem projects. His social media mentions of tokens like ASTER and TWT triggered strong rallies, with ASTER…

·Sep 2, 2025

Meet Elisabeth Our Digital Arts Expert AUGUST 2025

Some of you already know Elisabeth Mühlbacher from our previous blog posts or through direct contact, but we would like to officially introduce her. With a background in art history, image science and experience in the traditional gallery world, Elisabeth now leads our initiatives in the digital art space at Validvent. She sees digital art…

·Aug 29, 2025

The Moment for Digital Art is Now

  My name is Elisabeth Mühlbacher, and I am on a mission. I studied art history and image science, and I worked in a traditional gallery. Yet I soon realized that digital art is the defining art form of the 21st century. We are living through a cultural and technological renaissance. Over the past months,…

·Aug 6, 2025

CARF July 2025: DeFi, NFTs, and the COSI Reality Check

The OECD just dropped updated CARF FAQs, and they're worth your attention. Let's break down what actually matters. DeFi: The COSI Test Everyone's Talking About Non-custodial = safe from CARF? Not quite. The FAQs confirm what we've suspected: custody isn't the dividing line. It's about Control or Sufficient Influence (COSI) over platforms that effectuate transactions.…

·Aug 1, 2025

Momentum Shifts JULY 2025

Back to Ethereum Momentum clearly tilted toward Ethereum and core ETH DeFi in July: spot ETH ETFs posted a record single day net inflow of about 727 million dollars on July 16 and kept drawing cash through late July, signaling steady institutional demand, while DeFi's total value locked climbed to a three year high around…