SBI, Rakuten, Nomura Preparing to Launch Crypto Investment Trusts in Japan
Japan’s major brokerages are preparing to bring crypto investment trusts to retail investors, with SBI Securities and Rakuten Securities already...
Blockchain News
Kraken Switches from LayerZero to Chainlink after Kelp DAO Hack
Crypto exchange Kraken announced Thursday that it had changed its cross-chain provider from LayerZero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, joining...
Blackrock’s Onchain BUIDL Fund Secures Top AAA-mf Rating From Moody’s
Key TakeawaysBlackrock’s BUIDL fund secured a top AAA-mf rating from Moody’s this week for its $2.58 billion AUM.The AAA-mf rating...
Tezos Developers Test quantum-Resistant Blockchain Privacy System
Developers behind the Tezos ecosystem launched a testnet prototype for private blockchain payments designed to resist future quantum computing attacks,...
Moody’s Rates Fidelity’s Ethereum-Based USD Liquidity Fund at Highest Aaa-mf Level
Key TakeawaysMoody’s assigned an Aaa-mf assessment to Fidelity International’s USD Digital Liquidity Fund on May 13, 2026.The fund, managed by...
DTCC Integrates Chainlink for Tokenized Collateral Platform
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) will integrate Chainlink infrastructure into its collateral management platform ahead of a planned...
Canton Network Developer Digital Asset Seeks $300M From A16z Crypto
Key TakeawaysA16z crypto leads a ~$300 million round at Digital Asset Holdings, valuing the company at ~$2 billion, per Bloomberg.Canton...
Hyperliquid, EdgeX, Pump.fun Return $96M to Token Holders in 30 Days
Three of DeFi’s relatively young applications, including Hyperliquid, EdgeX and Pump.fun, have distributed a combined $96.3 million to token holders...
How Iran’s biggest crypto exchange stays off the OFAC blacklist
Iran’s internet formally remained part of global routing, but user activity fell almost to zero. That points to a managed...
Kelp DAO Fallout Pushes Solv, DeFi Protocols Toward Chainlink
Decentralized finance protocols are reevaluating their blockchain oracle providers’ security after the fallout from the $293 million Kelp DAO exploit...
Polygon Reduces Block Production Time to 1.75 Seconds
Blockchain layer-2 (L2) network Polygon reduced its average block time by 250 milliseconds to 1.75 seconds, marking its first block-time...
Samsung SDS To Build KSD Tokenized Securities Platform
Samsung SDS, Samsung’s information technology services subsidiary, will reportedly build a token securities platform for the Korea Securities Depository (KSD),...
Microsoft-backed Space and Time Launches Virtual Vaults for Institutional Lending
Space and Time (SXT), a level-1 data blockchain that secures onchain finance projects, has launched a virtual vault platform that...
Riot Posts $167M in Q1 Revenue as Data Center Arm Pulls in $33M
Riot Platforms posted $167.2 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2026, with its newly launched data center business...
Carrot’s TVL Collapses 93% in a Month Following Drift Hack
Solana-based decentralized finance yield protocol Carrot said Thursday that it is shutting down permanently, becoming one of the first DeFi...
OKX Publishes Open-Standard Payment Protocol for Autonomous AI Agents
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has launched an open payments protocol for artificial intelligence agents, joining a growing push by crypto and...
Startale Group Embeds Privacy Boost, Enables Sub-500ms Shielded Asset Transfers
Key Takeaways: Startale Group chooses Sunnyside Labs to bring native privacy to its consumer-facing app. Privacy Boost delivers 1,800+ transactions...
Solana Readies Quantum Defense With 3-Step Roadmap and Falcon Implementation
Key Takeaways: Anza and Firedancer independently selected the Falcon post-quantum signature scheme for Solana, with code on Github. Blueshift’s Solana...
Kbank Tests Ripple Wallet For Remittances In South Korea
South Korean internet-only bank Kbank has signed a strategic partnership with blockchain payments company Ripple to test blockchain-based overseas remittances. According...
Space and Time Launches Dreamspace Ai App Builder to Simplify Onchain Development
Key Takeaways: Space and Time launched Dreamspace with Microsoft to enable no-code AI app building for 140,000+ students. Built on...
Flying Tulip Adds Withdrawal Circuit Breaker After DeFi Exploits
Flying Tulip, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform founded by DeFi developer Andre Cronje, has added a circuit breaker that can...
0G Foundation and Alibaba Cloud Partner to Bring Qwen LLMs Onchain
Key Takeaways: 0G Foundation and Alibaba Cloud launched onchain access to Qwen LLMs for AI agents on April 21, 2026....
