{"id":880372,"date":"2025-12-25T00:11:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T06:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/own-tokens-and-be-happy-my-2025-blockchain-news-highlights\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T00:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T06:11:51","slug":"own-tokens-and-be-happy-my-2025-blockchain-news-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/own-tokens-and-be-happy-my-2025-blockchain-news-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Own tokens and be happy: My 2025 blockchain news highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\">Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<li> > <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<li> > <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/news\/category\/business\/\"><br \/>\n                                Business<br \/>\n                       <\/a><\/li>\n<li> > <\/li>\n<li>Own tokens and be happy: My 2025 blockchain news highlights<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"Top\">What stories and topics left the most significant impression in 2025? In a way, it wasn\u2019t about big events or announcements that stopped everyone in their tracks. This year was more like a plane flying over our heads as we trudged along, dropping a shower of tiny tokens of information and data that look pretty, but no one knows how they\u2019ll really change anything\u2026 yet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coingeek.com\/#Jon\">Jon\u2019s impression of 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coingeek.com\/#LBC\">London Blockchain Conference\u2014the big one<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coingeek.com\/#Creating\">Creating a healthy blockchain ecosystem<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"Jon\">It has a cumulative effect. My personal highlights here may seem mixed and almost random, but there\u2019s a common theme: potential. 2025 gave us plenty of reasons to question whether the future will truly be great, but reporting on this industry is always rewarding and a reminder that it still can be.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LBC\"><strong>London Blockchain Conference, the annual kick-starter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When your job involves working from home, reporting mainly on software releases and regulatory shifts, anything that drags you back into the world of live human interaction automatically counts as a highlight. <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/live-blog-london-blockchain-conference-2025-day-1-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The London Blockchain Conference<\/a> is always the big one, and 2025 marked the third year since the COVID-19 era\u2019s travel restrictions, which I\u2019ve been lucky enough to fly out and report on in person (four, if you count its prototype, 2022\u2019s Global Blockchain Convention in Dubai).<\/p>\n<p>Conventions and conferences are a reminder that this isn\u2019t all just faceless technology that magically appears with an X post. It\u2019s built, promoted, and discussed by real people staking their very-real futures on how we might all live better through technology. It\u2019s easy to become disillusioned about the future when you interact with news feeds, so in-person events are a much-needed infusion of optimism.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>At London Blockchain, my primary tasks involved exploring issues such as asset <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/bitcoin101\/what-is-tokenization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tokenization<\/a> and stablecoins. Previously, I\u2019d never have imagined these would become two of the more compelling topics in Bitcoin and blockchain. Still, I\u2019ve come to realize they\u2019re actually the quiet achievers of the industry. Their magic happens mainly on the back-end and in longer-term impacts from their use in international commerce, and understanding this requires a deeper knowledge of financial world operations and the power politics behind countries\u2019 monetary policies. In 2025, I\u2019ve had plenty of random \u201ca-ha\u201d moments just listening to interviews and podcasts that were more geopolitical than technological. I expect to see a lot more tokenization and stablecoin highlights in 2026 and beyond. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CoinGeek<\/a>\u2018s designers excel at creating video sets where conference presenters and attendees feel at ease sitting in front of cameras to expand on their ideas one-on-one. I was able to ask <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/blockchain-innovators-uk-policymakers-unite-at-house-of-lords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Baker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/live-blog-london-blockchain-conference-2025-day-1-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Haigh<\/a> from Tokenovate about their plans for the financial system (tokenizing settlement processes rather than assets themselves), and <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/video\/what-has-elas-been-up-to-tokenization-and-bitcoin-scaling-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brendan Lee<\/a> about tokenizing artistic IP and trading it on the Origin Exchange. <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/news\/tag\/angus-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angus Brown<\/a> from Minit Money discussed how <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/75-of-remittances-to-the-philippines-now-digital-visa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital remittances<\/a> are boosting economies in Africa and elsewhere, while Boston Consulting Group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/stablecoins-that-scale-5-tests-for-real-world-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Bernhard Kronfellner<\/a> elaborated on making stablecoins more trustworthy instruments for users and regulators.<\/p>\n<p>The London Blockchain Conference targets a broad audience, so many of its speakers are external to the BSV world. While I\u2019ll always be dedicated to a proof-of-work, scalable blockchain backbone for everything, it was also great to interview people like MiCA Crypto Alliance\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juanignacioibanez\/?locale=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Juan Ignacio Iba\u00f1ez<\/a> about helping businesses stay legit in the European Union, and Laura Estefan\u00eda of Conquista PR about marketing blockchain\u2019s message.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/coingeek.com\/#Top\">Back to the top \u2191<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"Creating\"><strong>Integrated services, social networks, hubs, and app stores<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This section examines the conversations I had with other individuals and companies in 2025 about projects that run exclusively on BSV, the integration of on-chain <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apps<\/a>, and how they contribute to creating a healthy ecosystem. It also explores how these efforts help discover new uses for blockchain that will ultimately lead to greater advancements.<\/p>\n<p>Treechat wasn\u2019t new in 2025, but it always deserves a mention in a BSV highlights list. Developer <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/video\/owning-your-own-voice-blockchain-answer-to-big-tech-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmitriy Fabrikant<\/a> continues to add compelling new features to the user-oriented social network, making it something far more than just a clone of existing platforms, \u201cbut with blockchain\u201d. In 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.treechat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Treechat<\/a> introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/treechat-adds-ai-for-media-creation-nft-minting-to-follow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">generative AI features<\/a> and support for <a href=\"https:\/\/1satordinals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1Sat Ordinals<\/a>, along with a new mobile app, thereby creating more opportunities for artists to engage and grow their communities. Fabrikant himself remains a committed advocate for Web3-based, ad-free social media models. He frequently posts video updates explaining why on-chain platforms are the only logical option for users who want to maintain control over their online existence.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The social network \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metanet.page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metanet.page<\/a>\u201d operates on similar principles. \u201cI want to create a truly open marketplace of opportunity where merit earns its rightful place, free of institutional gatekeeping and algorithmic suppression,\u201d said its founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/metanet-ninja-transforming-content-sharing-on-web3-social-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ModernDeucalion<\/a>, back in April. Metanet and Treechat both have similar goals and feature sets (Metanet uses STAS789 tokenization while Treechat prefers 1Sat Ordinals), and serve as Web3 hubs for other apps, so there\u2019s bound to be some rivalry between the two. Ultimately, it depends on which interface you prefer, and hopefully, any competition between them serves as motivation to continue building and adding new incentives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/babbage-bsv-hackathon-winners-find-new-uses-for-blockchain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babbage\u2019s Hackathons<\/a> are now key events on the BSV calendar, and with the London Blockchain Conference opening up with a more blockchain-agnostic approach (at least, officially), you could say Babbage\u2019s events are actually the primary BSV-focused developer gatherings each year (that said, someone please bring back BSV DevCon!).<\/p>\n<p>Founder <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/author\/ty-everett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ty Everett<\/a> is one of the best-known personalities in the BSV space, and his presentations always have a rapt, gape-jawed audience (OK, the jaw-gaping is mostly for non-devs like me) hungry to hear about a potential Bitcoin use case they\u2019d never imagined before. Babbage upgraded its AI-assisted app developer tool, <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/bitgenius-ai-assistant-launches-to-power-next-gen-bsv-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BitGenius<\/a>, in 2025, training it specifically on the latest BSV documentation and features, such as Overlay Services and the BRC100 standard for integrated apps and <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/wallets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wallets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Babbage launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/check-out-babbage-metanet-app-catalog-powered-by-the-metanet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metanet App Catalog<\/a> as part of its Metanet Desktop platform. As of December 2025, it has been renamed \u201cBSV Desktop\u201d and \u201cApp Catalog\u201d. The apps featured there are built using Babbage\u2019s developer resources: libraries, SDKs, and other toolkits, and follow the BRC100 standard. If you\u2019re looking for cutting-edge ideas, download the latest version of BSV Desktop and explore the prototype apps available there.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of integrations and new ideas, <a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/bapps-and-punks-with-richard-boase-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Boase<\/a>\u2018s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/coingeek.com\/bos-bapps-bex-and-the-rise-of-the-bitcoin-corporation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin Corporation<\/a>\u201d isn\u2019t just an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebitcoincorporation.website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">app hub<\/a>; it\u2019s aiming to be a whole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebitcoincorporation.website\/investors\/go-to-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new business model<\/a> for using Web3 apps and investing in scalable blockchain development. Not shy about its ambition, Bitcoin Corporation aims \u201cto onboard 100 million users to the Bitcoin ecosystem through intuitive, subscription-based productivity tools that reward users with Bitcoin,\u201d and \u201cto become the dominant productivity platform on the BitcoinSV blockchain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s already a suite of distributed productivity, financial, and media apps (called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoinapps.store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bApps<\/a>\u201c) and even a <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoin-os.vercel.app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bitcoin OS<\/a> accessible via a browser window. To help users learn how to use and navigate all this, with a view to building their own apps, there\u2019s the AI-powered \u201cSenseii\u201d ready as a guide. Altogether, it\u2019s an entire tokenized blockchain economy that will most likely feature in another highlights article next year.<\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: I\u2019ve known Boase for about 13 years now\u2014in fact, I knew him for a while before he knew me, and he was one of the people whose perspectives first lured me into the Bitcoin rabbit hole. One lesson I\u2019ve learned is that, whenever he has a new idea, it\u2019s worth further investigation at least\u2026 even if you don\u2019t understand initially what he\u2019s getting at.<\/p>\n<p>Whew, that was an eclectic mix of issues, but when I sat down to think about the stories that stuck in my memory from 2025, those were the ones that emerged first. It feels like every year since 2020 has been wilder and crazier than the last, and I\u2019m not expecting that trend to change. Covering news in the blockchain world has been a great source of stability and reassurance in the turmoil, something to remind us there are still plenty of people working to make the digital future seem less oppressive and more trustworthy.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/coingeek.com\/#Top\">Back to the top \u2191<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch: What\u2019s ahead for crypto regulation? 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