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Key Highlights:  Capital Research and Management Company has become the largest shareholder of Metaplanet.  Capital Research now owns 11.39% of the stake as of September 17, 2025.  The change took place after Metaplanet issued new shares in 2025 for its Bitcoin acquisition plans.  Metaplanet Inc., announced on its social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that its shareholder structure has changed. According to the announcement, the U.S.-based Capital Research and Management Company (subsidiary of Capital Group) is now the biggest major shareholder as of September 17, 2025. This update was confirmed in an amended large shareholding report that the…

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! A round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week: New York’s Tilton Gallery to Close: The storied gallery announcedWednesday that its upcoming exhibition for abstract painter Ruth Vollmer will be its last. The gallery closes eight years after founder Jack Tilton died. Esther Schipper Gallery Takes on Lotus L. Kang: The Berlin-based gallery, with spaces in Paris, New York, and Seoul, now represents New York–based Kang, who is Canadian. Her practice spans sculpture, photography, and site-responsive installation.…

Ethereum has slipped to its lowest level in nearly two months, marking a sharp reversal after weeks of steady accumulation and new all-time highs.According to CryptoSlate data, ETH briefly fell to $3,993 on Sept. 25 before recovering slightly to trade around $4,030 at press time. The decline reflects a 4% daily drop and caps off a turbulent week in which the asset shed nearly 13% of its value.This latest move also deepens Ethereum’s month-long slide. ETH has lost about 10% in September and is now 18.44% below its recent record high of $4,946.The price performance is not entirely surprising, as…

M2 Capital, the investment arm of UAE-based M2 Holdings, invested $20 million in ENA, the governance token for Ethena, a crypto-native synthetic dollar protocol built on Ethereum. M2 Holdings, a conglomerate with digital asset exposure across custody, investment and wealth management, plans to integrate Ethena (ENA) products into client offerings through its affiliate, M2 Global Wealth Limited, according to a Thursday announcement. “M2’s investment in Ethena marks another important step forward for the Middle East’s most sophisticated digital asset investors,” said Kim Wong, managing director and head of treasury at M2 Holdings.Ethena joins M2’s growing list of strategic bets, which…

Caroline Bishop Sep 25, 2025 11:36 EIGEN price drops to $1.69 amid bearish momentum, but technical indicators suggest potential reversal as EigenLayer tests key pivot point support levels. Quick Take • EIGEN currently trading at $1.69 (-7.96% in 24h) • EigenLayer’s RSI remains neutral at 54.53, suggesting consolidation phase • No significant catalyst driving today’s decline, likely profit-taking after recent gains What’s Driving EigenLayer Price Today? The EIGEN price decline appears to be driven primarily by broader market dynamics rather than specific fundamental catalysts. With no significant news events reported in the past…

By James Van Straten (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)It’s a new day, but the same story: BTC$111,472.81 is struggling and ETH$4,010.19 is trying to hold the $4,000 range. Crypto bulls can take some comfort in the fact that there is only one week left in September, a historically bearish month, and what’s usually the strongest quarter is just around the corner.Sentiment within the industry remains subdued. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index sits at 45, which is neutral, but leaning slightly closer toward fear than greed. Part of the reason is bitcoin’s underperformance compared with traditional assets. In the…

Key takeaways:Coffee shops, fast-food chains like Starbucks and Sheetz and retailers like Microsoft and Home Depot are accepting crypto payments via apps and third-party processors.More and more platforms are gradually enabling the use of Bitcoin, Ether and XRP for large-scale travel and airline reservations.Luxury brands, high-end car dealerships and real estate developers are integrating crypto payments for premium goods and property.Payment processors can make it simple for small businesses to accept crypto by instantly converting it to fiat currency and reducing compliance costs.Cryptocurrencies are no longer fringe ideas in finance. As of 2025, more and more businesses are embracing digital…

In brief South Korean internet giant Naver is in talks over a share swap with Upbit operator Dunamu. Naver’s filing confirmed talks on a share exchange and stablecoin projects were taking place, but said no terms are finalized. The move builds on a July KRW stablecoin plan with Dunamu, ahead of new legislation expected in October. South Korean internet giant Naver Corporation is in talks with crypto exchange Upbit operator Dunamu over a possible share swap that could bring the country’s largest exchange under the Naver group.Naver shares rose as much as 11.4% on Thursday, per Google Finance data, after…

A new sophisticated phishing campaign is targeting the X accounts of crypto personalities, using tactics that bypass two-factor authentication and appear more credible than traditional scams.According to a Wednesday X post by crypto developer Zak Cole, a new phishing campaign leverages X’s own infrastructure to take over the accounts of crypto personalities. “Zero detection. Active right now. Full account takeover,” he said.Cole highlighted that the attack does not involve a fake login page or password stealing. Instead, it leverages X application support to gain account access while also bypassing two-factor authentication.MetaMask security researcher Ohm Shah confirmed seeing the attack “in…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has identified Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS) as a crucial tool for addressing the network’s growing blob storage demands. PeerDAS is a feature of the upcoming Fusaka upgrade.His remarks arrive as Ethereum records six blobs per block, a milestone that has intensified concerns about data bloat across the ecosystem.Blobs were introduced through EIP-4844 as temporary on-chain data containers, designed to lower costs for Layer-2 rollups while avoiding permanent storage pressure. Unlike call data, blobs expire after about two weeks, reducing long-term storage needs while preserving integrity for transaction verification.This structure makes rollups cheaper to operate and…