Blockchain engineering, security, scaling, AI and the technology behind digital finance.
Solmate says digital asset treasury firms need real, revenue-generating businesses to avoid volatility tied to token balance sheets. The company is focusing on validator and infrastructure services to support long-term growth beyond pure asset holdings.
The SEC says tokenized stocks must follow existing US securities rules, with custody handled by regulated broker-dealers rather than self-custody. The guidance signals that blockchain-based equities will be integrated into traditional market safeguards, not treated as a separate asset class.
Alexander Ray, a Web3 infrastructure builder and CTDG partner, has passed away, leaving a lasting impact on Solana staking and regulated DeFi. His work on JPool, Albus Protocol and institutional blockchain infrastructure continues to shape the ecosystem he helped build.
StraitsX plans to bring its Singapore dollar and US dollar stablecoins to Solana by early 2026, targeting payments, DeFi and AI-driven use cases. The move reflects growing demand for regulated, high-speed stablecoin infrastructure as real-world adoption accelerates across Asia.
Bitcoin has slid in recent months but is still outperforming most crypto sectors, Glassnode says. Deeper losses in ETH, AI tokens, memecoins and DeFi suggest investors are concentrating capital in BTC as a relative safe haven.
Vitalik Buterin is pushing for social media platforms to use zero-knowledge proofs and blockchain to make content-ranking algorithms verifiably fair. His proposal reflects growing concern over centralized control, algorithmic opacity, and the societal impact of major social platforms.
Animoca Brands and Solv Protocol have teamed up to offer Japanese corporations new ways to earn yield on their Bitcoin, providing structured returns between 4% and 12%. With major holders like Metaplanet seeking compliant income strategies for their large BTC treasuries, the partnership reflects a rising institutional demand for Bitcoin-based financial products as Japan’s crypto ecosystem rapidly matures.
Polygon’s Madhugiri hard fork increases throughput, reduces consensus time to one second, and adds new Fusaka EIPs to improve efficiency. The upgrade strengthens Polygon’s foundation for stablecoin and RWA growth, following recent major improvements and a brief network outage.
HashKey has opened subscriptions for a $215 million IPO that would value the company at up to $2.5 billion. The exchange has become Hong Kong’s dominant crypto trading platform, reporting rapid growth across spot trading, asset management, and blockchain infrastructure. Its listing comes amid a strong rebound in Hong Kong’s IPO market in 2025.
Changpeng Zhao denied proposing or wanting to run the private bank described by Kyrgyzstan’s president. The public accounts remained in conflict.
Ethereum’s daily transactions hit 1.6 million while average gas fees stay around $0.01 — near record lows. Thanks to upgrades like Dencun and Pectra, the network now processes more transactions efficiently, underscoring Ethereum’s maturity and scalability.
Grayscale’s GSOL ETF debuts on NYSE Arca with $103 million in seed capital, directly competing with Bitwise’s $223 million Solana ETF. Both products offer staking rewards, marking a major step in Solana’s institutional adoption and solidifying its position as a leading blockchain network for next-generation finance.
Circle’s Arc blockchain is gaining momentum as BDACS prepares to launch South Korea’s first won-backed stablecoin, KRW1, connecting Korean fintech to global crypto infrastructure. The move comes amid debate over whether banks should control stablecoin issuance — highlighting Korea’s balancing act between regulation and innovation.
Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès used Claude AI to audit the exchange’s 2011 code, revealing severe security flaws that contributed to its early hacks. While AI could have flagged vulnerabilities, human oversight failures were central to the collapse — a lesson that still echoes in today’s crypto landscape.
Fetch.ai and Ocean Protocol are close to settling their dispute over 286 million FET tokens worth $120 million. The agreement could prevent a damaging legal fight and stabilize investor sentiment after the ASI merger fallout. Ocean’s founder denies wrongdoing, attributing FET’s price collapse to broader market dynamics.
Bloomberg reported early funding discussions in October 2025. A proposed valuation does not mean a round has closed or establish market revenue.
StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson says corporate-controlled blockchains are “doomed” unless they embrace decentralization. While corporate chains may accelerate short-term adoption, he believes only open, user-driven systems will survive in the long run — preserving the ethos that defines blockchain itself.
The U.S. Senate’s new GAIN Act would require chipmakers to serve domestic AI and HPC orders before exporting overseas, potentially tightening global supply. While aimed at boosting national AI resilience, the measure threatens to worsen conditions for the crypto mining sector already hit hard by tariffs and trade restrictions.