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
A recent analysis from Galaxy Digital indicates that crypto venture capital activity declined in Q1 2026, after the unusually robust pace observed in Q4 2025. There was a 50% decrease in capital spent quarter-over-quarter and a 16% reduction in transaction count as venture firms invested around $4 billion across 355
Enterprises, financial institutions, and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) across Korea and the broader APAC region will benefit from the expanded digital asset security and compliance infrastructure thanks to a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between CertiK, the leading Web3 security services provider, and Lambda256, a blockchain technology subsidiary of
Today, CertiK, a blockchain and AI security firm, officially launched CertiK Skill Scanner, a new security solution intended to safeguard the quickly expanding ecosystem of AI Agents and third-party AI Skills. The solution is designed for developers, businesses, AI skill markets, and ultimately regular consumers who want more insight into the dangers
The founder of Ondo Finance, Nathan Allman, passed away, the firm said in a post on X on Tuesday, without saying why. The new chief executive officer is Ian De Bode, a longstanding president of Ondo who has been in charge of strategy, products, and daily operations for more than two
At a record $322 billion, the total market value of stablecoins is more than the foreign currency reserves of 95 nations, including a number of developed nations. Their current market capitalization exceeds that of developed economies like the UK, Canada, and the oil-exporting behemoth UAE, as well as emerging markets like Mexico,
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has granted VALR, Africa’s leading provider of digital asset infrastructure, provisional approval to function as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP). This achievement gives VALR provisional authority to provide a wide range of services, such as: A key component of VALR’s worldwide expansion plan, this approval puts the company
