Did Layer Brett Just Outpace Bitcoin & Outmeme Ethereum 😬?

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Tracey Plowman
September 10, 2025

This Week in Crypto

🔥 👉🏼 This week on Crypto Curious 🎙️ Blake & Tracey are reunited this week and always, there's heaps to unpack!

💥 Stripe is making a bold move—launching its very own blockchain, Tempo. We’ll break down what that could mean for payments worldwide.

👉🏼 Then, we look at the latest numbers on global adoption: India takes the crown, but it’s the entire Asia Pacific region that’s booming.

😳 And finally—Pokémon goes on-chain. Is this the next big trend in gaming, or just another round of crypto hype?

Ready to get into it 🚀?

PS: We hope Dad had a good one 😬

Markets at a glance.

X marks the spot.

Good articles.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest bought more shares in Tom Lee’s Ether (ETH $4,363) treasury firm BitMine as the crypto treasury hit a milestone in Ether holdings. 

DOGE ETF To Launch as First US Fund to Hold Asset With 'No Utility'

A first-of-its-kind Dogecoin exchange-traded fund is set to hit U.S. markets on Thursday, with Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas flagging the Rex-Osprey Doge ETF (ticker: DOJE) as the launch vehicle.

DOGE ETF To Launch as First US Fund to Hold Asset With 'No Utility' - Decrypt

With companies like BlackRock driving significant growth in the tokenization space, American stock exchange Nasdaq is poised to take advantage of this development by working with US authorities to make it easier for tokenized securities to be traded. 

Robinhood’s S&P 500 debut extends crypto’s reach to index investors

The inclusion, announced by S&P Dow Jones Indices on Friday, brings another crypto-adjacent company to America’s most tracked stock index, further expanding the benchmark index’s exposure to the crypto sector.

Robinhood Joins S&P 500, Expands the Index's Crypto Exposure

Opensea unveiled the Flagship Collection, a curated non‑fungible token (NFT) reserve backed by a commitment of more than $1 million to acquire, preserve and showcase digital art and cultural works deemed historically significant for the NFT ecosystem.

Lion Group doubles down on Hyperliquid as HYPE breaks a new high

Nasdaq-listed trading platform Lion Group Holding has announced plans to shift its entire stash of Sui and Solana into HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid blockchain.

Lion Group Shifts to HYPE as Token Hits New All-Time High

Things you didn’t know (or did you?).

Tokenizing agricultural products is a thing!

Farmway Technologies, a US-based fintech company specializing in tokenizing agricultural products, has reached a $100 million deal with the Republic of Georgia to put the country’s almond orchards on the blockchain.

Farmway will invest the funds in farming infrastructure, processing, logistics and irrigation systems across the country. The deal spans 500 hectares (1,236 acres) and includes facilities to process almond milk powder, oil and extracts.

“Almonds represent one of Georgia’s fastest-growing agricultural sectors — rising from 2,500 tonnes in 2023 to a projected output of 14,000 tonnes by 2027, placing the country among the world’s top 20 producers,” Farmway CEO Upmanyu Misra told Cointelegraph.

The country reportedly had 6,000 hectares dedicated to almond cultivation in August 2023. Some of the top almond producers in the country included Udabno, Nuts Incorporated, and Nuts Cultivation Company. According to the Georgia Times, locally grown almonds are increasingly replacing imports, which fell 49% in 2024, while exports continued to rise.

The deal builds on a previous $20 million investment in Georgia’s almond industry, which served as a proof of concept, according to Farmway.

The company will tokenize agricultural infrastructure, including the orchards, irrigation systems and processing facilities. Each token will represent a fractional stake in an asset, and the blockchain will record all activity.

Full article via Cointelegraph

In Other Crypto News!

California man sentenced to over four years for laundering $37 million in stolen crypto

A California man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his role in laundering $36.9 million stolen from American investors through an international crypto investment scam operated out of Cambodia, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

California man sentenced to over four years for laundering $37 million in stolen crypto | The Block

Hashkey Plans to Launch Asia’s Largest Multi-Currency Digital Asset Treasury Fund

Hashkey aims to launch Asia’s largest digital asset treasury fund, unlocking a new era of institutional finance converging with crypto through a perpetual, multi-currency ecosystem.

Hashkey Plans to Launch Asia’s Largest Multi-Currency Digital Asset Treasury Fund – Featured Bitcoin News

Metaplanet Sets $1.45B Share Sale to Fund Bitcoin Purchases, Treasury Shift

The Tokyo-listed firm has set terms for executing its latest offering, dedicating nearly 90% of proceeds to new Bitcoin purchases.

Metaplanet Sets $1.45B Share Sale to Fund Bitcoin Purchases, Treasury Shift - Decrypt

Is this the next 100x altcoin?

Why Layer Brett Is Being Called The New DOGE

Forget everything you think you know about meme coins; the game has genuinely changed. With the current presale of Layer Brett gaining insane traction, rapidly approaching its next stage, the crypto world is buzzing with talk that this fresh DOGE contender might just be the next big crypto.