Project Agorá Demonstrates Tokenization Potential for Wholesale Cross-Border Payments The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has reported on a successful prototype for Project Agorá, an initiative exploring the use of tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits for wholesale…
Get ready, alpha hunters! NEAR Protocol has just dropped a game-changer with its new Universal Send feature on near.com. This innovation allows users to send payments to anyone, in any asset, across any blockchain, all while keeping transactions confidential by…
U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly committed to establishing a definitive and enduring regulatory framework for digital assets. In a recent statement made via Truth Social, Trump asserted that under his leadership, efforts will be directed towards codifying a “future-proof”…
Samsung Affiliates Invest Heavily in Dunamu, Signalling Strategic Entry into Digital Assets Three major South Korean conglomerates—Samsung Securities, Samsung Card, and Samsung SDS—are set to acquire a combined 4% stake in Dunamu, the operator of the country’s leading cryptocurrency exchange,…
Get ready, alpha hunters! Coinbase’s Layer 2 solution, Base, just deployed its most significant upgrade since launch: “Azul”. This mainnet activation introduces a potent mix of multiproofs, a high-performance client stack, and alignment with Ethereum’s Osaka specifications, promising faster transactions…
White House Reviews CFTC Prediction Market Rules Amidst Political Scrutiny The White House has initiated a review of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) proposed rulemaking concerning prediction markets. This development occurs as former President Donald Trump publicly declared his…
Bit Digital has announced the origination of a $100 million delayed-draw term loan facility for a subsidiary of WhiteFiber, its majority-owned artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure firm. This facility, which can be extended to $150 million by mutual agreement, is earmarked…
President Donald Trump’s recent public endorsement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) stance on prediction markets is unlikely to significantly alter the ongoing legal disputes concerning event contracts, according to analysis from TD Cowen. The firm suggests that the…
The Sui blockchain network is currently experiencing a significant period of downtime, marking its second major outage in approximately five months. This recurrence of network stalls raises concerns about the stability of the Layer 1 blockchain, which was designed to…
GitHub has confirmed a significant security breach where a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension led to the compromise of approximately 3,800 internal code repositories. The attack vector involved an employee unknowingly installing a compromised extension, which then exfiltrated…