A structural milestone for decentralized fixed-term markets was reached on June 3 and 4, 2026, when an XRP-denominated yield market on Flare Network successfully completed a fixed-term liquidity rollover without any market disruptions. Throughout the event, about $4.88 million in liquidity smoothly moved from an expiring pool into a recently
The Casper AI Toolkit, the most extensive AI offering of any Layer 1 blockchain, was introduced today by the Casper Association. It allows AI agents to do two tasks that no other L1 stack now fully supports in production: writing, testing, and deploying new apps without human assistance, as well
Pred, a p2P sports trading exchange built on Base, allowed public access today after a private beta that held 86% of traders active week over week and brought in $5 million in notional volume through 300+ invited users. More than 100k transactions were performed on soccer markets over the course of
Fhenix and Monaco Research are thrilled to announce a research partnership to explore how onchain trading infrastructure might benefit from meaningful confidentiality with fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). Without compromising the trust assurances and liquidity that make DeFi appealing, these companies are investigating the design space around dark pools, encrypted request-for-quote (RFQ)
Anchorage Digital, which is home to the first federally chartered cryptocurrency bank in the United States and a qualified institutional custodian, and Real Finance, which is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain that was purpose-built for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, have announced today that they have formed a strategic partnership to
The global stablecoin sector has rapidly transformed from a niche crypto segment into a foundational pillar of digital finance. Today, stablecoins facilitate trillions of dollars in cross-border transactions, support decentralized finance ecosystems, and increasingly serve as settlement tools for institutions worldwide. However, as their influence grows, so do the risks
One step toward further integration of blockchain-based payments into the infrastructure of the global financial system might be Mastercard’s decision to extend its settlement network to accommodate regulated stablecoins. Intraday, weekend, and holiday settlement, in addition to onchain settlement utilizing regulated stablecoins, would be available to issuers and acquirers, according
After Monday’s admission of a minor BTC sale by Strategy (MSTR), the crypto markets continued to hemorrhage downward, with bitcoin (BTC) leading the pack. Bitcoin was trading around $69,000 an hour before U.S. stock markets opened on Tuesday morning, reflecting a 4.5% decline over the previous 24 hours. Although the
With the release of its Committee Sync MVP on Ethereum and Arbitrum, Orbs, a decentralized Layer-3 blockchain infrastructure centered on sophisticated on-chain trading, announces a significant milestone in the development of Orbs V5. The upgrade is intended to increase validator involvement, decrease infrastructure cost, and enhance the way decentralized trading execution is
The on-chain trade and security platform Guardis, which tracks smart money and identifies frauds, has officially debuted. To assist users in making better trading choices and preventing scams, the platform combines wallet intelligence, automatic fraud detection, and low-latency trading tools into a single interface. Guardis is a non-custodial platform that first launched
