Forgd brings its crypto market-maker leaderboard to DefiLlama
Forgd’s ratings draw on data from more than 500 token projects and 35 market-making firms, but do not solely reflect...
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Mastercard completes $1.8B BVNK acquisition in stablecoin push
Mastercard said the tie-up would help banks, fintechs and enterprises expand stablecoin payments, payouts, settlement and treasury services.
BIS Project Agorá settles $1 million in tokenized cross-border payment trials
Twenty-eight financial institutions and central banks completed real-value settlements across six currencies using tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank...
US arbitration giant launches specialist panel for crypto disputes
The American Arbitration Association’s Web3 Panel brings together specialists in blockchain, smart contracts, digital assets and autonomous transactions.
Tether signs tokenization deal with Nairobi Securities Exchange
The agreement covers tokenized securities, blockchain-based market infrastructure and the potential use of USDT as a settlement layer.
Zcash says Ironwood proof rules out undetectable counterfeiting bugs
Zcash researchers published more than 2,700 machine-checked theorems designed to rule out undetectable counterfeiting bugs in Ironwood.
European financial institutions launch RL1 cooperative blockchain network
RL1 began operations as a member-owned blockchain cooperative backed by 10 European financial institutions, including ABN AMRO, DekaBank and Natixis...
Hong Kong prepares banks for quantum threats amid tokenization push
The HKMA aims to make Hong Kong’s banking sector fully prepared for quantum-related security risks by 2030 as the city...
Garden Finance disables app as Blockaid reports $450,000 exploit
Garden Finance said no user funds or smart contracts were affected after an attacker compromised an independent solver’s off-chain database...
Storj files for bankruptcy, explores equity path for tokenholders
The decentralized storage provider says its network will continue operating during Chapter 11 as it explores a court-approved ownership mechanism...
WEMIX says attacker moved about $724,000 after contract breach
WEMIX suspended bridges, liquidity-pool trading and several services after an attacker compromised a WEMIX$-linked contract and moved 724,198 USDC.e.
RWAs become Hyperliquid’s largest trading category
Tokenized RWA trading became Hyperliquid’s largest trading category for the first time, accounting for more than half of the decentralized...
Crypto institutions look beyond audits as trust signals falter: Hacken
Institutional due diligence is shifting toward continuous monitoring, signer controls and incident readiness after operational failures accounted for most crypto...
Cardano activates van Rossem hard fork
The upgrade reduces smart contract execution costs while laying the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios, a major scalability upgrade expected later...
ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim
ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized...
