Wallet in Telegram Adds DeFi “Vaults” to Earn on BTC, ETH and USDt
Telegram’s built-in crypto wallet has introduced a feature that allows users to earn returns on major cryptocurrencies inside the messaging...
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Tokenized US Treasury Market Surges by $1B Since Beginning of Year
The tokenized US Treasury market has surged by over $1 billion since the beginning of 2026, despite macroeconomic uncertainty and...
Tether-Backed Oobit Adds Crypto-to-Bank Transfers
Crypto payment provider Oobit has launched crypto-to-bank transfers that settle into bank accounts via local payment rails, expanding its app...
How Socialfi, Memecoins and AI Pushed Base to the Top of the L2 Ladder
Base will transition to a unified, internally maintained stack, expected to be its biggest architectural shift since launch.After debuting in...
Vitalik Buterin Pitches Transaction Simulation Security Idea
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has suggested using “transaction simulations” and other similar features to improve the user experience and security...
Blockchain Data May Predict Drug Overdose Surges, Chainalysis Says
Blockchain transaction data tied to cryptocurrency payments may provide an early signal of emerging drug crises, according to a new...
Dash Integrates Zcash Privacy Pool As the Privacy Narrative Heats Up
Dash, a layer-1 blockchain protocol with privacy-preserving features, announced on Thursday the integration of Zcash’s “Orchard” shielded pool into the...
Figure Launches FGRD as First SEC-Registered Onchain Public Stock
Figure Technology Solutions has launched FGRD, calling it the first SEC-registered public stock issued, traded and settled entirely on blockchain...
Base To Shift From Optimism Tech Stack to a ‘Unified’ Architecture
Base, a decentralized Ethereum layer-2 scaling network, said Wednesday that it is transitioning from running on L2 blockchain protocol Optimism’s...
Starknet Taps EY’s Nightfall for Institutional Privacy on Ethereum Rails
Starknet developer StarkWare has integrated EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol to let institutions run private payments and decentralized finance (DeFi) activity...
Crypto Needs Privacy To Scale in Payments: Binance Co-Founder CZ
The lack of privacy for onchain transactions is one of the biggest hurdles to the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies for...
Onchain Public Benefits are the Future but Challenges Remain, CEO Says
Blockchain technology is an effective medium for administering social benefit programs, but key compliance challenges remain, according to Julie Myers...
Israel Arrests Two Over Polymarket Trades on Iran Strikes
Israeli authorities have arrested and indicted two people for allegedly using secret information to place bets on the predictions market...
UK Launches Blockchain Digital Bond Pilot With HSBC Orion
The United Kingdom’s government has appointed HSBC’s tokenization platform to power a pilot issuance of digital government bonds, known as...
Ault Blockchain Debuts Public Testnet, Rejects Traditional Token Sale Model
Ault Capital Group has launched the public testnet of Ault Blockchain, a layer one (L1) network built for trading, settlement...
UK Central Bank to Launch Onchain Settlement Infrastructure Pilot
The Bank of England has launched a new industry experimentation initiative to explore how tokenized assets could be settled using synchronized, atomic...
Multiliquid, Metalayer Roll Out Instant Redemptions for Tokenized RWAs
Multiliquid and Metalayer Ventures have launched an institutional liquidity facility to provide instant redemptions for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on...
NFT Market Cap Returns to Pre-Hype Levels Near $1.5B
The global non-fungible token (NFT) sector fell below $1.5 billion in total market capitalization, returning to levels last seen before...
Aster Launches Testnet for Layer-1 Blockchain, Teases Full Release in Q1
The Aster decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) and perpetual futures platform announced on Thursday that its layer-1 blockchain testnet is now...
Ethereum’s L2 Scaling Story Gets a Rewrite From Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin is openly challenging long-held assumptions about Ethereum’s layer-two ( L2) strategy, arguing that the original vision for L2s...
How World Liberty’s $3.4B USD1 Stablecoin Powers Onchain Lending Markets
Key takeawaysWorld Liberty Financial has entered DeFi lending with the launch of World Liberty Markets, an onchain borrowing and lending...
Crypto Bridge Protocol CrossCurve Exploited for $3M
Update (Feb. 2, 12:20 am UTC): This article has been updated to add a post by CrossCurve CEO Boris Povar.Crypto...
