Australia Flags Tokenized Money as Future Payment Rail Issue
Australia’s future account-to-account (A2A) payment systems may need to adapt if tokenized forms of money gain broader use, including stablecoins...
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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...
DeFi’s Lose-Lose Problem on Freezing Stolen Funds
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are stepping in to freeze stolen funds while centralized issuers face criticism for holding back.A recent...
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...
DeFi Exploits Push Builders to Rethink Emergency Controls
Andre Cronje says much of decentralized finance is “no longer DeFi” in the strict sense, as builders debate whether circuit...
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...
Ethereum’s EEZ could pull other blockchains into its orbit
The Ethereum Economic Zone aims to unify fragmented rollups, but its broader goal is to extend interoperability to other blockchains,...
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...
Canton, ZKsync Clash Over How Blockchains Enforce Rules
Banks are moving onchain through competing models that take different approaches to how financial rules are enforced.On the one hand...
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....
DeFi Platform Volo Hit by $3.5M Vault Attack, Begins Recovery Efforts
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Volo has disclosed a security breach that resulted in the loss of approximately $3.5 million in...
Japanese Government Bond Collateral Goes Onchain in New JSCC and Mizuho Blockchain Pilot
Key Takeaways: JSCC, Mizuho, and Nomura launched a PoC on April 20, 2026, to test JGB digital collateral on the...
Coinbase Expands Crypto-Backed USDC Loans to UK Users
Crypto exchange Coinbase has rolled out crypto-backed USDC loans for users in the United Kingdom, allowing users to borrow USDC...
Tokenization Doesn’t Fix Illiquid Assets: PBW 2026
Tokenization does not automatically make hard-to-trade assets liquid, industry executives said at Paris Blockchain Week, pushing back on the idea...
Circle Launches USDC Bridge For Native Cross-Chain Transfers
Stablecoin issuer Circle has launched USDC Bridge, a new user interface built on top of the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP)...
Neo Co-Founder Proposes $461M Overhaul to End ‘Trust Me’ Governance
Neo co-founder Da Hongfei has proposed a sweeping overhaul of the Neo Foundation after years of deadlock with co-founder Erik...
Naver-Dunamu Filing Sets IPO Committee, Listing Window
South Korean tech company Naver and Upbit operator Dunamu said in a corrected filing that their planned share swap includes...
A new design for Ethereum’s encrypted mempool
Sponsored ContentSandwich attacks cost Ethereum users an estimated $60 million per year. Transactions broadcast to the public mempool are publicly...
Figure and Hastra Add Auto Loans to Tokenized Credit Platform
Figure and Hastra are adding auto loans to their tokenized credit platform, expanding the types of real-world assets available to...
StarkWare Cuts Jobs, Restructures Around Revenue Push
Zero-knowledge scaling company StarkWare is cutting jobs and restructuring its operations as it shifts from infrastructure development toward revenue-generating products. CEO...
Polymarket Briefly Appears in Google News Before Being Removed
Polymarket betting markets reportedly appeared inside Google News results alongside established news publishers before disappearing.A Google spokesperson told The Verge...
