Blockchain

SWIFT Launches Blockchain Ledger Pilot With 17 Banks for Tokenized Deposits

SWIFT has launched a new blockchain-based ledger pilot with 17 major banks to test how tokenized deposits can move across financial institutions using existing banking…

6 days ago

BONK Faces $20 Million Treasury Attack After Malicious Governance Proposal Passes

BONK, one of Solana's most recognizable memecoins, is facing a major governance crisis after an attacker reportedly spent roughly $4 million to…

1 week ago

Standard Chartered Becomes First Global Systemically Important Bank to Offer Direct USDC Access

Standard Chartered has become the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to provide institutional clients with direct access to Circle's USDC, allowing businesses to…

2 weeks ago

New York Life Launches First Tokenized Bond Fund as Wall Street Moves Deeper Into On-Chain Finance

New York Life Investment Management has launched its first tokenized bond fund, marking another major milestone in Wall Street's accelerating shift toward…

2 weeks ago

Ripple Introduces Institutional Lending Protocol to Transform the XRP Ledger Into an On-Chain Credit Market

Ripple has unveiled the proposed XRPL Lending Protocol, a new institutional-grade lending framework designed to bring traditional credit markets onto the XRP Ledger…

2 weeks ago

Robinhood Launches Layer-2 Blockchain, 24/7 Tokenized Stocks and AI-Powered Crypto Trading in Biggest Web3 Expansion Yet

Robinhood has unveiled its most ambitious blockchain initiative to date with the launch of Robinhood Chain, a public Ethereum Layer-2 network built using Arbitrum's technology stack.…

2 weeks ago

ZachXBT Raises Liquidity Concerns Over AscendEX as Users Report Weeks-Long Withdrawal Delays

On-chain investigator ZachXBT has publicly questioned the financial health of cryptocy exchange AscendEXafter mounting reports of users waiting days—and in some cases weeks—to withdraw…

2 weeks ago

Tether Puts $23 Billion Gold Reserve to Work With New Bitcoin-Style Lending Program

Tether is expanding beyond stablecoins once again—this time by turning its massive $23 billion gold reserve into an income-generating financial asset. The company…

3 weeks ago

Coinbase’s Base Network Recovers After Two-Hour Outage Ahead of Major Blockchain Upgrade

Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain incubated by Coinbase, has fully restored operations after suffering a block production outage that temporarily halted the network…

3 weeks ago

Base Blockchain Suffers Brief Block Production Stall After ‘Unsafe Head’ Error Interrupts Network

Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain incubated by Coinbase, experienced a temporary disruption after an "unsafe head" stall interrupted block production, briefly preventing new…

3 weeks ago