Today in crypto, Rumble teams up with Tether to add Bitcoin tips for content creators, Crypto.com applies for a US trust bank charter license, while the feud between Fetch.ai and the Ocean Protocol Foundation may be nearing resolution.
Rumble to roll out Bitcoin tips for content creators in December
Video-sharing platform Rumble is preparing to roll out Bitcoin tipping for its more than 51 million monthly active users, the company’s CEO Chris Pavlovski announced on Friday.
Rumble has teamed up with stablecoin issuer Tether to enable Bitcoin (BTC) tipping, Pavlovski said onstage at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, Switzerland.
Also onstage was Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, who expects a full rollout by early to mid-December once small bugs are fixed and the UX is finessed.
A historic first at @LuganoPlanB — @thevivafrei became the first creator tipped through the Rumble Wallet. Freedom meets finance👊 pic.twitter.com/WD0EohedIu
— Rumble 🏴☠️ (@rumblevideo) October 24, 2025
The integration could play a crucial role in pushing Bitcoin payments adoption, given the size of Rumble’s audience and its anti-censorship stance, which resonates with many in the Bitcoin community.
Ardoino said the Bitcoin tips will offer content creators the security they need without fear of being debanked for what they post.
Crypto.com pushes for federal footing with US trust bank charter application
Crypto.com is the latest crypto company to apply for a US National Trust Bank Charter, seeking federal approval to expand its custody and staking services nationwide.
In a Friday announcement, the Singapore-based crypto exchange said it plans to provide federally regulated custody services for digital asset treasuries, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and other institutional and corporate clients under the US banking framework overseen by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
A National Trust Bank Charter is a federal license from the OCC that lets a company operate as a limited-purpose trust bank. Instead of taking deposits or making loans, a trust bank focuses on holding, managing and safeguarding assets for clients.
The company is already licensed as a trust in New Hampshire.
Crypto.com isn’t the first crypto company to file for a US National Trust Bank Charter. In April 2025, Cointelegraph reported that several crypto companies, including BitGo and Circle, were considering applying for US bank charters.
Fetch.ai offers to drop lawsuit if Ocean Protocol returns 286M FET tokens
The feud between Fetch.ai and Ocean Protocol Foundation may be drawing to a close as the two sides look to reach a middle ground without escalating into a full-blown legal battle.
On Thursday, Fetch.ai said it would cancel all pending legal claims against the Ocean Protocol Foundation if the latter returned the 286 million Fetch.ai (FET) tokens that were allegedly sold during their merger.
“They are expecting a legal proposal from us for the return of the tokens,” said Fetch.ai CEO Humayun Sheikh, during a Thursday X Spaces show, adding:
“You can have my letter tomorrow. The offer is simple: give my community back the tokens. I will drop every legal claim.”
Sheikh also offered to cover the legal costs of the pending contract, which would lead to the recovery of the tokens.
Ocean Protocol will agree to return the tokens if the offer is officially put on paper, said FET-based validator node GeoStaking, the protocol that helped broker the deal.
However, the Ocean Protocol Foundation was still awaiting an official written proposal from Fetch.ai at the time of writing.
“We have asked time and again for a written proposal to our attorneys which can then be properly vetted, digested and have received none. Until then, we cannot take any verbal offers seriously or at face value,” a spokesperson for the Ocean Protocol Foundation told Cointelegraph.
