Blockchain

Dash integrates Zcash privacy pool as privacy narrative heats up

Dash, a Layer 1 blockchain protocol with privacy-preserving features, on Thursday announced the integration of its shielded "Orchard" Zcash pool with the Dash Evolution...

A basis for moving from an confident technology stack to a “unified” architecture

Base, Ethereum's Layer 2 decentralized scaling network, announced on Wednesday that it is transitioning from operating on the L2 blockchain protocol from the Optimism...

Monero activity is paused when removed from the list. Investigate network behavior flags

Monero activity has remained steady even after major cryptocurrency exchanges pushed the privacy coin off their platforms, according to a recent study from TRM...

Starknet uses EY night attack to ensure institutional privacy on Ethereum rails

Starknet developer StarkWare has integrated the EY Nightfall privacy protocol to enable institutions to conduct private payments and decentralized finance (DeFi) activities on public...

Polygon tops Ethereum in terms of daily weekend transaction fees

Polygon has seen higher daily transaction fees than Ethereum over the past three days, and the analyst pointed to bulky user activity on Polymarket's...

Binance denies claims of Iran-related transactions and employee layoffs

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has pushed back against a recent Fortune report, rejecting allegations that it facilitated Iran-linked transactions that violated sanctions and firing compliance...

Aave founder wants DeFi to tokenize assets worth $50,000

Stani Kulechov, founder of decentralized lending platform Aave, says DeFi could tap into $50 trillion in "abundant assets" like solar power through tokenization by...

Robinhood Chain testnet launches on the Arbitrum platform

Update (February 11, 2026 09:48 UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from Johann Kerbrat, Senior Vice President and General Manager Crypto...

Public benefits Onchain is the future, but challenges remain, says CEO

Blockchain technology is an effective medium for administering social benefits programs, but key compliance challenges remain, according to Julie Myers Wood, CEO of consulting...

Tokenized goods exceed $6 billion after gold adoption

The tokenized commodities market has grown 53% in less than six weeks to more than $6.1 billion, making it the fastest-growing industry in the...

Generation Z open to cryptocurrencies on Valentine’s Day: survey

Generation Z Americans may be willing to pay for dates with cryptocurrency, but most still aren't putting their digital coins where their hearts are,...

Israel arrests two people in connection with Polymarket transactions amid strikes in Iran

Israeli authorities have arrested and charged two people for allegedly using secret information to place bets on Polymarket's prediction market related to an Israeli...

UK launches blockchain digital bond pilot with HSBC Orion

The UK government has appointed tokenization platform HSBC to support a pilot issuance of digital government bonds, known as 'gilts', in the latest step...

Why Blockchain TPS Numbers Often Break Down in the Real World

Blockchain transactions per second (TPS) are often used as a measure of performance, but they do not fully tell us whether the network can...

Spark Launches Institutional Lending Package for Channel DeFi Stablecoins

Spark announced on Wednesday the launch of Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending services to direct more of its decentralized finance (DeFi) stablecoin reserves...

The UK Central Bank will launch a pilot onchain settlement infrastructure

The Bank of England has launched a novel industry experimentation initiative to explore how tokenized assets can be settled using synchronized, atomic settlement in...