Chainalysis Says India Leads the World in Crypto Adoption, US Bank Returns to the Bitcoin Custody Scene, Hackers Target ETH Devs, and The Fed Gets Ready to Discuss DeFi | September 4, 2025
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India leads the way again in the 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index, with institutional activity on the rise across the globe (1:23 ). U.S. Bank gets back into the Bitcoin custody market (3:13 ), Ethereum smart contracts are weaponized in a new malware campaign (4:41 ), and the Federal Reserve gears up for a payments conference focused on stablecoins and DeFi integration (6:19 ß).
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More on stories and articles discussed or referenced in this episode:
Di Salvo, Mathew. “US Bank Restarts Bitcoin Custody Service After Years-Long Pause.” Decrypt, 3 September 2025,https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-bank-restarts-bitcoin-custody-175101105.html.
“Federal Reserve Board Announces It Will Host a Conference on Payments Innovation on Tuesday, October 21.” Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 3 September 2025, https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20250903a.htm.
Lakshmanan, Ravie. “Malicious NPM Packages Exploit Ethereum Smart Contracts to Target Crypto Developers.” Hacker News, 3 September 2025, https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/malicious-npm-packages-exploit-ethereum.html.
Matos, Gino “Fed Includes Stablecoins and DeFi in October Conference on Payments Innovation.” CryptoSlate, 3 September 2025, https://cryptoslate.com/fed-includes-stablecoins-and-defi-in-october-conference-on-payments-innovation/.
“The 2025 Global Adoption Index: India and the United States Lead Cryptocurrency Adoption.” Chainalysis Blog, 2 September 2025, https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2025-global-crypto-adoption-index/.
The music in this episode was composed by Liborio Conti, and you can find more of his fantastic work at his YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/liborioconti.
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