Blockchain

XRP jumps as Japanese Rakuten Pay integration boosts real-world usage

Japan's largest loyalty program may have just become one of the most unexpected entry points into the cryptocurrency market. A $23 billion reward system opens Rakuten has accumulated over 3 trillion...

WLFI proposes a vesting plan for 62B tokens with conditional burning

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform World Liberty Financial on Wednesday published a governance proposal that would place its 62.28 billion locked-up WLFI tokens under novel...

Recent Ethereum encrypted memory design

Sponsored contentSandwich attacks cost Ethereum users an estimated $60 million annually. Transactions broadcast to public storage are publicly evident before they are enabled, which...

Drawing and Hastra add automated lending to tokenized lending platform

Blockchain-based lender Figur Technology Solutions and Hastra, its onchain lending platform, are adding auto loans to their tokenized loan marketplace, expanding the real assets...

South Korea marks API trading at 30% of cryptocurrency volume

AND Regulator outlines manipulation tactics, warns investorsAccording to the reports, the FSS described several methods used in distorting...

StarkWare is cutting jobs and restructuring due to revenue growth

Zero-knowledge scaler StarkWare is cutting jobs and restructuring its business as it shifts away from infrastructure development toward revenue-generating products. CEO Eli Ben-Sasson said...

Chaos Labs leaves the company due to disagreements over budget and risk

Chaos Labs has parted ways with the Aave ecosystem after serving as the primary risk services provider for the cryptocurrency protocol for three years,...

Polymarket briefly appears on Google News before being removed

Polymarket betting markets reportedly appeared in Google News results alongside established news publishers before disappearing.Google spokesman he said The Verge says the platform's appearance...

Indonesian authorities used cryptographic data to convict criminals

Onchain evidence played a key role in the conviction of three people for terrorism financing in Indonesia in 2024 and 2025, reflecting a marked...

Gold, Silver and Oil Jump 65,000% for Perpetual Commodity Contracts

BitMEX said in a report on Thursday that commodity perpetual swaps were the fastest-growing TradFi trading segment in the first quarter of 2026, with...

AI Covenant Leaves Bittensor Amid Decentralization Concerns, TAO Drops 18%

Bittensor subnetwork creator Covenant AI said Friday it is leaving the decentralized AI network, accusing Bittensor of operating under a concentrated governance structure that...

Pyth Network launches a data marketplace for price feeds across asset classes

Pyth Network, a blockchain data oracle provider, is launching a platform for financial institutions to publish and monetize market data on blockchain networks. According...

$3 Million Fartcoin Bet Resolve, Launching Hyperliquid ADL

The trader lost approximately $3 million after building a gigantic leveraged Fartcoin position on Hyperliquid that became illiquid, triggering the platform's automatic deleveraging (ADL)...

UBS, PostFinance, Others Partner for the Swiss Franc Stablecoin Sandbox

UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum, Raiffeisen, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise and Swiss Stablecoin AG have launched a sandbox to test exploit cases for the Swiss...

Instant Settlement Charges Crypto’s Capital Efficiency: Ethan Buchman

Crypto's desire for instant settlement creates a capital inefficiency problem, forcing trading firms to fully fund each transaction and raising concerns about the ability...

Binance introduces a spot price range rule to limit volatility

Updated April 7, 2026 12:27 UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from a Binance representative.Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is introducing a recent...

Argentine Banks Test JPM Coin as Central Bank Reviews Crypto Ban: Report

According to local outlet iProUP, Argentine banks are testing JPMorgan's custodial token infrastructure for back-end settlement flows, even as the country's central bank continues...