Android, Google’s mobile operating system, announced on August 25 that it will be requiring all app developers to verify their identity with the organization before their apps can run on “certified android devices.”

While this might sound like a common sense policy by Google, this new standard is not just going to be applied to apps downloaded from Google Play store, but all apps, even those “side loaded” — installed directly into devices by side-stepping the Google Play store. Apps of the sort can be found online in Github repositories or on project websites and installed on Android devices directly by downloading the installation files (known as APKs). 

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Hong Kong’s oldest university is preparing to take a bold step into digital finance. The business school of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) confirmed it is “actively exploring” accepting Bitcoin and other digital currencies for tuition payments and donations. The move comes just weeks after the city’s new Stablecoins Ordinance took effect, signaling Hong Kong’s intent to position itself as a global hub for virtual assets.

Dean Professor Cai Hongbin announced at the CryptoFi Forum that technical details were already settled, and the school is ready to test the system. “We will take bitcoin and digital currencies for tuition fees and donations in the future,” Cai said, stressing that the faculty is willing to bear any risks as part of embracing innovation.

The initiative has drawn support from crypto leaders like Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who believes Hong Kong could rival the US and UAE as a digital asset center. Lawmakers also welcomed the effort, calling it an “inevitable trend” that offers students and donors diverse, convenient payment options.

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South Korea is now in the corporate bitcoin adoption race. Bitplanet, a newly rebranded financial firm, has announced the country’s first institutional-grade bitcoin treasury with a $40 million BTC allocation.

The news was revealed at Bitcoin Asia 2025 in Seoul by Paul Lee, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lobo Ventures, who called it a game-changer for the company and the financial industry in South Korea.

“Just two days ago, our investor consortium acquired 62% of SGA, a CoStack-listed SI provider, giving us full board control. Within two weeks, we will rebrand it as Bitplanet and immediately deploy over $40 million into our bitcoin strategy,” Lee said…

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A common refrain has emerged in the Bitcoin community: fix the money, fix the world. While there is every reason to be optimistic about Bitcoin’s impact on society it is not enough to rely on lines of code to fix our world. Rather, in this essay on the ethics of immutability, I argue that fixing oneself is the true revolution, and in turn, collectively, as actors in this global network, we are the revolution of change.

Bitcoin was designed to be decentralized, censorship-resistant, open source and unconfiscatable, qualities that set it apart from traditional banking and financial infrastructure. Bitcoin’s architecture means that no central authority can arbitrarily seize funds…

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Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and son of U.S. President Donald Trump, made bold predictions about bitcoin’s future price trajectory during his appearance at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong on Friday, telling attendees that the Bitcoin price will “definitely” reach $1 million.

“There’s no question bitcoin hits $1 million,” Eric Trump declared during a panel discussion with David Bailey, citing surging institutional demand and its limited supply as key drivers for the astronomical price target. The Bitcoin price currently trades around $110,000, having risen 18% this year, but still remains well below Trump’s ambitious… Read more on BitcoinMagazine

Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has doubled down on his belief that Bitcoin will become the global reserve currency. Speaking on August 29, Zhao noted that both nations and leading financial institutions are increasingly adopting Bitcoin for their balance sheets. His comments come as the number of entities holding BTC treasuries has surged past 309 worldwide, including 177 public companies.

Bitcoin’s rise in adoption mirrors its explosive price growth this year. The cryptocurrency hit a new all-time high of $124,128 in August, building on July’s milestone of $122,000. Zhao, an early Bitcoin adopter, compared the excitement to BTC’s climb past $1,000 in 2017, emphasizing that today’s valuations show how far the asset has advanced.

According to BTC Treasuries, more than 51 new companies have added Bitcoin in just the first half of 2025, outpacing last year’s totals. With 3.68 million BTC now held by corporations, funds, and governments, momentum is building toward Zhao’s vision of Bitcoin as the world’s financial backbone.

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