Blockchain

Ripple Labs Moves XRPL Toward Decentralized Builder Funding & Ecosystem Support

Ripple Labs and the XRP Ledger (XRPL) are entering a new phase this year with a shift away from centralized grant programs toward…

3 months ago

Bitcoin Developer Embeds 66 KB Image in Single Transaction, Challenging Anti-Spam Filter Debate

A Bitcoin developer has embedded a 66 kilobyte image file directly into a single on-chain transaction — without using commonly recognized data-storage…

3 months ago

Google Cloud & MoneyGram Join Midnight Network as Founding Node Operators Ahead of Privacy Blockchain Mainnet

Tech giant Google Cloud and payments leader MoneyGram have signed on as founding node operators for the upcoming Midnight Network — a new privacy-focused blockchain designed to enable regulated institutions…

3 months ago

U.S. Transportation Official Patents Nationwide Road Pricing System Using Hedera Technology

A senior official at the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has been granted a patent for a nationwide road usage pricing system built on decentralized…

3 months ago

Solana Launches New Real-Time Payment Platform for Developers

The Solana blockchain has unveiled Solana Payments, a new real-time payment platform designed to help developers build and test on-chain payment solutions with speed and…

3 months ago

Morgan Stanley Files for National Trust Bank Charter to Custody Crypto, Offer Staking & Trading

Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley has significantly expanded its commitment to the digital asset sector by filing for a de novo national trust…

3 months ago

Blockchain Sleuth ZachXBT Alleges Axiom Employee Conducted Insider Trading Using Sensitive Wallet Data

Prominent on-chain investigator ZachXBT has published a detailed probe alleging that employees of the rapidly growing crypto trading platform Axiom Exchange abused internal access…

3 months ago

Solana DeFi Hub Step Finance to Wind Down Weeks After $29M Hack

One of the most prominent analytics and portfolio management platforms in the Solana ecosystem, Step Finance, has announced plans to cease operations weeks…

3 months ago

Trump-Linked World Liberty Taps BlackRock-Backed Securitize for Hotel Tokenization Push

A firm linked to former President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial has partnered with tokenization leader Securitize — backed by BlackRock — to begin tokenizing a…

4 months ago

Coinbase’s Base Moves Away From Optimism’s OP Stack in Major Tech Shift

Coinbase’s Base blockchain is making a significant architectural change by phasing out Optimism’s OP stack — the set of smart contract execution and…

4 months ago