Polkadot has launched dotUSD, a native stablecoin with no single issuer, governed entirely by DOT holders through the OpenGov on-chain mechanism. The design tests whether DAO governance can manage a...
Securitize has launched a tokenized US equity service covering Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Google, Meta, Amazon and Circle, using a 1:1 backing model. The move pushes tokenized stocks closer to...
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz and Flare CEO Hugo Philion are debating how large the XRP Ledger lending opportunity can become, even as third-party protocols race to launch lending before...
CrowdStrike reports that an unknown attacker fused large language models with the open-source AI pentesting tool ARTEX to breach multiple South Korean financial institutions, exposing data on roughly 68,000 people....
CATL shares fell 19% in September as investors bet on automaker diversification away from the battery giant. JPMorgan's 60-page report argues this 'de-CATL' trade is mispriced, noting CATL's China market...
US initial jobless claims came in at 197,000, below the 200,000 forecast, signaling continued labor market strength. The print matters for crypto because it shapes expectations around Fed rate cuts,...
Panmure Liberum's Joachim Klement predicts the S&P 500 will end 2027 at 5,000, a 36% drop, warning that unwinding the AI trade could spark the worst crash since 2008. The...
Google Cloud launched the Gemini Universal Work Agent, an enterprise AI agent that unifies Q&A, content creation, and programming through a single interface. The move intensifies competition in enterprise AI,...
NUVA, the RWA platform from Animoca Brands and Nuva Labs, has launched the ERC-20 HOME token, letting eligible non-US investors access tokenized Figu-backed assets from just 1 USDC. The ultra-low...
Travala has launched a native AI travel agent built with BNB Chain and Binance Pay, letting users search and book travel through natural-language prompts with crypto payments. The integration is...
Firmus Grid failed to secure enough demand at its A$11 target price, forcing a possible cut or shelving of its US$5.5 billion IPO and sending Maas Group down 22%. The...
Chainlink has launched CCIP Vault Adapters, enabling ERC-4626 vaults on one chain to accept cross-chain deposits from over 80 networks via CCIP's Programmable Token Transfer. The move aims to unify...
Morgan Stanley warns that the AI infrastructure boom is hitting a power shortage, with the electricity gap for U.S. data centers expected to reach one-third of projected chip sales by...
EU-regulated crypto exchanges must delist stablecoins lacking MiCA authorization by Jan. 8, 2025. USDT's lack of an EMI license puts it in a precarious position, while USDC and euro-backed tokens...
Hyperliquid's planned options expansion, Uniswap's compliance liquidity pilot, the Orca–Loopscale merger, and Injective's RWA whitepaper collectively signal DeFi's pivot toward institutional-grade, regulated infrastructure. On-chain derivatives and compliance frameworks are converging...
HTX Ventures has released a report arguing that CeFi, DeFi and TradFi are converging into a single institutional-grade hybrid architecture built around custody, collateral, execution, yield and risk management. The...
Catalyst, an AI trading agent startup, has raised $30 million in a round led by Sequoia Capital with backing from Jump Trading, Peak XV, and Lux Capital. The deal highlights...
Brent crude surged above $105 per barrel as reports of an Iranian strike, tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, and Hurricane Isaias revived global supply fears. The spike complicates...
TSMC's September revenue jumped 54.6% year over year, driving a record NT$1.49 trillion third quarter that beat its own guidance and analyst estimates. For crypto, the result is a demand...
Nous Research is betting that the next phase of AI competition won't be about building smarter models, but about giving users intelligent systems they actually own. The open-source collective's emphasis...
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