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Polygon Blockchain Payment Settlement Platform Expands to TRON
Blockchain & Crypto

Polygon Blockchain Payment Settlement Platform Expands to TRON

Polygon Open Money Stack now supports world’s largest network for USDT (TRC-20)

iFX EXPO Asia 2026 Day One: Hong Kong’s Financial and Fintech Community Comes Together for a Packed Opening Day
Fintech & Ecommerce

iFX EXPO Asia 2026 Day One: Hong Kong’s Financial and Fintech Community Comes Together for a Packed Opening Day

A busy exhibition floor, high-level discussions and thousands of face-to-face conversations set the tone as iFX EXPO Asia 2026 officially gets underway at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Major Blockchain Joins Global Dollar Network, Adding USDG to $4B Stablecoin Ecosystem
Blockchain & Crypto

Major Blockchain Joins Global Dollar Network, Adding USDG to $4B Stablecoin Ecosystem

Arbitrum holds roughly $4 billion in stablecoins. Until now, the network has not shared in the economics of that money. But a new partnership with the stablecoin network behind USDG changes that.

BlackRock: AI Agents Could Lift Demand for Blockchain Infrastructure
Blockchain & Crypto

BlackRock: AI Agents Could Lift Demand for Blockchain Infrastructure

BlackRock’s Digital Assets Research team has published a whitepaper arguing that agentic AI may become a structural source of demand for blockchains and other programmable payment infrastructure.

How to Read a Cryptocurrency White Paper
Blockchain & Crypto

How to Read a Cryptocurrency White Paper

One of the main criteria for the viability of a white paper is its ability to answer four questions

People Want Exposure, Not Infrastructure: Vanessa Grellet on Tokenization, Cash On-Chain and Next Wave of Institutional Capital
Blockchain & Crypto

People Want Exposure, Not Infrastructure: Vanessa Grellet on Tokenization, Cash On-Chain and Next Wave of Institutional Capital

When Bitcoin gained about 23% in a single week in late August, the biggest weekly move in more than three years, the driver wasn’t a protocol upgrade or a token narrative. It was a Treasury bond buyback, falling long-term yields and a short squeeze. Vanessa Grellet, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arche Capital, explains why […]

Bitget CEO Urges THORChain to Block Funds Linked to $387M Hack
Blockchain & Crypto

Bitget CEO Urges THORChain to Block Funds Linked to $387M Hack

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen has called on THORChain to stop processing transactions involving wallets linked to the exchange’s $387.5 million security breach, arguing that decentralization should not prevent protocols from taking action against publicly identified stolen funds.

Professional Investors Expect Tokenized Equity Market to Grow Rapidly
Finance & Economics

Professional Investors Expect Tokenized Equity Market to Grow Rapidly

Professional investors are increasingly using tokenized equities, with most respondents to a new global survey expecting the market to reach at least $10 billion in on-chain trading volumes by June 2027.

Morph Joins Mastercard Crypto Partner Program to Expand Stablecoin Payments
Blockchain & Crypto

Morph Joins Mastercard Crypto Partner Program to Expand Stablecoin Payments

L2 blockchain network Morph has joined the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program. The blockchain company looks to simplify stablecoin payments for Web3 businesses, agencies and creators working with clients across borders.

The Next Billion Stablecoin Users May Not Be Human
Blockchain & Crypto

The Next Billion Stablecoin Users May Not Be Human

The race to win stablecoins is aimed at consumers. The customer that matters most is a machine. By Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget

Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank Partner With Fireblocks to Explore Stablecoins in Korea
Blockchain & Crypto

Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank Partner With Fireblocks to Explore Stablecoins in Korea

Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with digital asset infrastructure provider Fireblocks to explore opportunities for digital assets, mainly stablecoins, in South Korea.

CloudTech Group Launches RooRooEx Digital Asset Trading Platform
Blockchain & Crypto

CloudTech Group Launches RooRooEx Digital Asset Trading Platform

CloudTech Group has launched RooRooEx, a digital asset trading platform for professional investors, high-net-worth individuals and retail customers. Its initial target markets are Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.

Which Countries Run National Digital Currencies?
Blockchain & Crypto

Which Countries Run National Digital Currencies?

… and why they have nothing to do with crypto

ECB Launches Pontes to Settle Tokenised Assets in Central Bank Money
Blockchain & Crypto

ECB Launches Pontes to Settle Tokenised Assets in Central Bank Money

The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched Pontes, a new service designed to allow wholesale transactions in tokenised assets to be settled using central bank money.

Coinbase and Kalshi File for US Stock Perpetuals: How Crypto-Style Trading Moves Into Equities
Blockchain & Crypto

Coinbase and Kalshi File for US Stock Perpetuals: How Crypto-Style Trading Moves Into Equities

Popular crypto exchange Coinbase and prediction market Kalshi have both filed proposals to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks.

Circle Onboards Over 100 Institutions for Arc Mainnet Launch
Blockchain & Crypto

Circle Onboards Over 100 Institutions for Arc Mainnet Launch

Circle has launched Layer 1 blockchain Arc for stablecoin payments and other financial transactions. More than hundred institutions are already testing the new network.