TOP Trending, October 15 2025 

CJ calls out Binance and other exchanges for ‘extortionist’ practices

CJ is a 24-year-old crypto builder and founder based in the Web3 space. He started his career writing about economy, tech, and policy, initially through a blog focused on money and tech news. He later pivoted to building practical crypto tools, launching Limitless, a decentralized prediction market app deployed on the Base blockchain.

As of October 15, 2025, CJ is blowing up in crypto circles due to a high-profile public feud with CZ (Changpeng Zhao), the founder of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. This drama erupted on October 14 when CJ accused major centralized exchanges (CEXes) like Binance of predatory "listing fees" and manipulative practices—specifically claiming they demand over 8% of a project's token supply just to get listed, effectively acting as "extortionists" that prioritize short-term dumps over long-term sustainability.

Street Foundation bridges startups and DeFi with tokenized equity model

Street Foundation is an innovative crypto project focused on tokenizing early-stage startups into tradable assets while navigating regulatory hurdles to avoid classification as securities.This positions it as a bridge between traditional venture capital and decentralized finance, allowing everyday investors to gain exposure to startup equity-like upside through blockchain tokens, potentially on a permissionless basis.

The project has developed an innovative legal structure that allows traditional startups to issue tokens and benefit from their trading activity—without giving up equity. The concept behind Street is well explained in their video. It also appears that the first project, Opendroids, will soon launch on the platform, adding even more interest. Definitely something worth keeping an eye on.

Maximum Frequency Ventures: The Operator-Led Fund Backing Crypto’s Next Wave

Maximum Frequency Ventures is an operator-led crypto venture fund and incubator focused on supporting early-stage crypto founders and protocols. Launched in mid-2025 with a $50M fund, it offers hands-on guidance in addition to capital, leveraging the team’s experience in high-frequency trading (HFT), DeFi, and on-chain infrastructure.

The fund’s founders are former Aptos employees—some of the sharpest minds from the project—which has driven significant interest in the fund. This new crypto venture is definitely worth watching, and the projects they back should be on your radar.

Tria Raises $12M to Make Crypto as Easy as Traditional Banking

Tria is a self-custodial neobank platform designed to simplify cryptocurrency use by combining spending, trading, and earning into a single, user-friendly interface. Built on blockchain infrastructure, it removes common friction points like gas fees, bridges, and seed phrases, making crypto as seamless as traditional fintech apps such as Revolut or Monzo. The platform caters to both human users and AI agents, enabling programmable money that operates across 150+ countries and supports over 1,000 tokens.

Tria recently gained attention following the announcement of a $12M pre-seed and strategic funding round. Investors include P2 Ventures (Polygon’s VC arm), Aptos executives, contributors from Ethereum Foundation, Wintermute, Sentient, 0G, Concrete, Eigen Community, and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal.

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• Benson Sun: founder of CoinKarma.

• Keone Hon: co-founder of Monad.

• sport.fun: Build your IRL empire on Solana.

• GETTR: social media platform.