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Visa Adds Base, Polygon, Canton, Arc and Tempo to Stablecoin Settlement Program
Payments giant Visa scales its blockchain settlement infrastructure with five new networks as pilot program shows 50% quarterly growth.
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Securitize, Computershare open path for $70 trillion U.S. stocks to move onchain
Securitize and Computershare have established a partnership that could enable up to $70 trillion worth of U.S. stocks to transition onto blockchain networks. The collaboration between the digital asset platform and the global transfer agent creates infrastructure for traditional securities to be tokenized and traded on-chain while maintaining regulatory
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AI Agent Deletes Startup’s Database in 9 Seconds, Founder Says
PocketOS founder Jeremy Crane claims a Cursor agent running Claude Opus wiped production data and backups through a single Railway API call.
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State Street to launch tokenized fund servicing from Luxembourg by year’s end
State Street said it plans to launch tokenized fund servicing from Luxembourg by the end of 2026, as firms predict a tokenization boom.
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Ondo brings proxy voting to tokenized stocks and ETFs with Broadridge
Tokenized stock holders can now participate in corporate governance, closing a long-standing gap between onchain securities and their traditional counterparts.
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Solana developers outline plan to protect network from quantum threats
Solana developers have released a comprehensive roadmap detailing how the blockchain network will defend against potential quantum computing attacks. The plan, announced on April 27, outlines specific technical upgrades and cryptographic implementations designed to maintain network security as quantum technology advances. The development team emphasized that while quantum threats remain
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MARA Holdings targets bitcoin quantum threat and network resilience with new foundation
MARA Holdings has established a new foundation dedicated to addressing the potential quantum computing threat to Bitcoin and strengthening the network's overall resilience. The Bitcoin mining company announced the initiative on April 27, marking a significant step in preparing the cryptocurrency ecosystem for future technological challenges that could
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South Korea's KBank and Ripple are teaming up to fix international money transfers
South Korea's KBank has announced a partnership with Ripple to test blockchain-based international money transfers. The collaboration aims to streamline cross-border payments using Ripple's distributed ledger technology, potentially reducing transaction times from days to minutes while cutting costs for customers. Traditional international transfers often face lengthy
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A long-time developer wants to split Bitcoin blockchain and reassign Satoshi coins. The community is calling it a theft
A veteran Bitcoin developer has proposed a controversial hard fork that would redistribute Satoshi Nakamoto's estimated 1 million dormant bitcoins to active network participants. The proposal, which surfaced on developer forums this week, has sparked fierce debate within the Bitcoin community, with critics labeling the initiative as outright
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Amazon Web Services Marketplace Adds Chainlink Crypto Oracle Services
Amazon’s Chainlink integration lets enterprises connect cloud infrastructure with blockchain networks through familiar AWS tools.
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Inside the $71 million freeze on Arbitrum that has the crypto world questioning what decentralization really means
A $71 million freeze on the Arbitrum network has sparked intense debate about decentralization in the cryptocurrency sector. The incident occurred when network validators implemented an emergency protocol that temporarily locked funds across multiple smart contracts, affecting thousands of users and several decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols operating on the layer-2
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More than 90% of Web3 games failed after $15 billion boom as gamers never showed up: Caladan
More than 90% of Web3 games have failed to attract meaningful player bases despite the sector receiving over $15 billion in investment funding, according to a new report from blockchain analytics firm Caladan. The research reveals that the vast majority of blockchain-based gaming projects launched during the recent boom period