Pencil Finance completes a $1 million on-chain student lending cycle in Southeast Asia. The milestone helps link the blockchain-based lending services to students who traditionally do not have access to financing options. Pencil provided the funds as a lender and managed to track the whole lending cycle on-chain. The borrowers
NYSE is pushing blockchain settlement infrastructure as tokenized securities inch towards live markets. This was indicated by Lynn Martin, the president of NYSE, who revealed that the exchange continues building settlement infrastructure using blockchain technology during his comments in Seoul. NYSE was also part of the July tokenization pilot conducted
In 2026, the argument over whether onchain perpetuals could match centralized exchanges on execution has been settled in practice. Hyperliquid alone now accounts for roughly 44 percent of perp DEX volume, turns over more than $50 billion in derivatives a week, and routinely fills orders at sub-second latency on a
A Chinese-language crypto guarantee service known as Xinbi processed nearly $17.9 billion in on-chain transaction volume despite platform bans and enforcement actions, according to a new report from TRM Labs. The findings show how parts of crypto-enabled laundering infrastructure continue to adapt rather than disappear under regulatory pressure. TRM Labs
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has begun hiring a crypto expert to assist in training its AI models on crypto markets. This is a sign that AI research labs have recognized the value of blockchain data as a training environment. The crypto market provides transparent and real-time transaction data. This
BlackRock’s BUIDL fund helped drive a sharp rise in tokenized asset value on Avalanche during the fourth quarter. Institutional players increasingly turn to blockchain infrastructure to manage real-world assets, and this shift pushes tokenization into mainstream finance. This trend mirrors broader developments covered in institutional crypto adoption rises and the
A massive smart contract hack has been identified in the on-chain DEX aggregator SwapNet, which resulted in crypto assets to the tune of close to $16.8 million being siphoned off. Peck Shield, a security company, first reported the attack, noting the suspicious action on the platform’s SwapNet integrations, which can
On-chain analytics firm Nansen has launched an AI-powered trading feature inside its web and mobile applications, which allows users to analyse the data and place trades directly inside Nansen, and supports Solana and Base at the start. AI-Guided Trading With User Control and Self-Custody at the Core Nansen said that
Solana Mobile has begun distributing its long-awaited SKR token, a major milestone in the company’s effort to connect crypto incentives directly with mobile hardware adoption. The airdrop went live Tuesday at 9:00 pm ET, kicking off the token’s role as the economic and governance backbone of the Seeker smartphone ecosystem,
Concerns about insider trading on prediction markets are rising again after a string of high-profile bets tied to geopolitical developments and fast-moving global events. As prediction platforms expand into mainstream political and macro markets, regulators and traders are questioning whether the sector can realistically prevent users with material non-public information
