Tagged: blockchain

March 26, 2026 @ 12:19 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sokin, a business payments and finance platform, has added stablecoin capability. There are no private keys, no contract addresses or native blockchain fees to worry about. A company’s stablecoin wallet sits alongside its traditional currency accounts in the same dashboard, with the same approvals, compliance,… Read More

March 19, 2026 @ 11:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

RedStone, a blockchain oracle provider, is live on Tempo. Tempo is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain designed around instant settlement, predictable fees, guaranteed blockspace for payment flows, and native stablecoin transactions built for real-world commerce. Its launch partners include Anthropic, DoorDash, Mastercard, Nubank, OpenAI, Ramp,… Read More

March 7, 2026 @ 6:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Wirex unveiled Wirex Agents – a non-custodial infrastructure layer enabling AI agents to create stablecoin cards, open virtual accounts, and execute autonomous financial transactions directly onchain. AI is already managing workflows like subscription operations, payout routing, and cost settlement, but execution still often stops… Read More

March 7, 2026 @ 3:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Consumers and small businesses receiving payments in a range of countries, including five of the world’s largest remittance markets, will be among the first to benefit as Swift and banks globally roll out a new framework for cross-border retail payments. Payments sent across popular… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 9:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bloomberg and Kaiko this week announced a joint initiative to develop a pathway for Bloomberg’s trusted Data License offerings to be accessed on-chain via Kaiko’s infrastructure. The work is intended to focus initially on support for tokenized U.S. Treasuries and repo workflows on the Canton… Read More

February 27, 2026 @ 3:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Midnight Foundation recently announced that MoneyGram, Pairpoint by Vodafone, and eToro will each be running one of 10 nodes for Midnight, the fourth generation blockchain delivering rational privacy to Web3, marking a shift in how privacy-enhancing blockchain infrastructure is being adopted at scale. The… Read More

February 11, 2026 @ 1:37 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fireblocks has integrated the Canton Network, a privacy-enabled open blockchain network, purpose-built for institutional finance. The launch enables secure custody for Canton Coin (CC) and gives financial institutions a governed, secure environment to begin settling assets on Canton with Fireblocks’ enterprise policy controls and workflow automation…. Read More

January 26, 2026 @ 9:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain is a promising solution for secure data sharing in the Internet of Things (IoT) networks, but existing systems often suffer from high latency that limits time-sensitive applications. Now, researchers from Japan have investigated how the structure of peer-to-peer blockchain networks affects IoT-blockchain performance. They… Read More

December 7, 2025 @ 4:59 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Hedy Wang is a bridge builder. The co-founder of BlockStreet, Wang believes now is the time to build bridges between TradFi and DeFi. By doing so, she also sees BlockStreet as the bridge that allows retail investors to generate wealth. Wang is a big believer… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 12:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Algorand Foundation and Noah have announced a strategic partnership to connect traditional finance and decentralized finance. The collaboration was unveiled during AlgoDay at DevConnect 2025, where Min Wei, CBO of Algorand Foundation, and Shah Ramezani, CEO and founder of Noah, highlighted how the integration will empower builders across the Algorand ecosystem by… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 11:09 pm By Michael Wong  |  

UAE-headquartered M2 Capital said it invested $21 million in AVAX One, a Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury created to accumulate AVAX, the native token of the Avalanche blockchain. The move is part of a push to support the network’s growth and the Middle East’s adoption of… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:13 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Canada has committed more than C$3 million ($2.1 million) over five years to an Industrial Research Chair in Tokenization at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), backing work on advanced tokenization and decentralized federated learning led by Professor Kaiwen Zhang and industry partner T-RIZE Group. The… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 9:17 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Fireblocks said that Moomoo will integrate its Wallets-as-a-Service (WaaS) infrastructure to expand and secure the trading platform’s digital-asset offerings, in a move aimed at boosting scalability, reliability and security across Moomoo’s operations. The integration, targeted for completion by end-2025, will connect Moomoo Singapore to the… Read More

October 2, 2025 @ 6:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Spacecoin announced the successful execution of what it claims is the first blockchain transaction to leave Earth and come back intact via its CTC-0 satellite, marking a major milestone in the development of decentralized satellite internet infrastructure. The transaction, carried out on the Creditcoin… Read More

September 24, 2025 @ 11:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Plume, a permissionless, full-stack blockchain built for real-world asset finance, has announced the deployment of Nightfall, a public-domain blockchain technology that will facilitate the adoption of privacy-focused enterprise solutions among institutions. EY will be assisting with the deployment onto the network. Nightfall’s expansion to Plume… Read More

September 10, 2025 @ 2:17 am By Michael Wong  |  

A major Chinese financial technology company is in talks to acquire blockchain solutions from Venom Foundation, an Abu Dhabi-based platform, as part of efforts to modernise digital financial services, Chinese media outlet Toutiao reported. The potential deal aligns with Beijing’s recently issued guidelines on financial… Read More

July 25, 2025 @ 12:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Quranium, a quantum-secure Layer 1 blockchain, has announced a strategic alliance with Swiss-based Abatis, a provider of patented cybersecurity technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Quranium will integrate Abatis’s endpoint protection technology into its infrastructure stack. This includes software wallets, validator nodes, client platforms,… Read More

July 7, 2025 @ 5:05 am By Michael Wong  |  

The Dubai Land Department (DLD) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with global cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com to develop a digital investment environment for virtual real estate assets, according to an announcement. The deal is part of the emirate’s ongoing strategy to accelerate digital transformation and… Read More

July 1, 2025 @ 10:15 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Only 28% of Filipinos are familiar with Web3 technologies despite 96% awareness of cryptocurrencies, according to the Philippine Blockchain Industry Report 2025, the country’s first benchmarking study of its blockchain ecosystem. Released by the Blockchain Council of the Philippines in partnership with Gorriceta Africa Cauton… Read More

June 23, 2025 @ 8:35 am By Michael Wong  |  

Byreal, a new decentralized finance platform focused on bringing real-world assets on-chain, officially launched its brand, backed by partnerships with crypto exchange Bybit and the Solana Foundation. The platform aims to become the primary liquidity infrastructure for tokenized real assets, positioning itself as a full-cycle… Read More