Foresight News reported that according to CoinDesk, the decentralized exchange infrastructure company 0x announced the acquisition of its competitor Flood, marking 0x's first acquisition since its establishment in 2017. A spokesperson for 0x declined to disclose the specific amount of the acquisition of Flood due to contractual obligations. Flood raised $5.2 million from investors in its seed round financing in February 2024.

In the second half of 2025, JPMorgan analysts predict that Bitcoin will surpass gold, driven by corporate purchases and support from U.S. state governments. Safe-haven trading has become a Zero-sum Game, with Bitcoin rising 18% in the past three weeks and gold falling 8%. Companies like Strategy and Metaplanet continue to purchase Bitcoin, with Strategy planning to invest an additional $42 billion by 2027. New Hampshire and Arizona have begun to incorporate Bitcoin as a reserve asset, and the encryption derivation market is attracting more institutional participation.