Institutional Ethereum Stakers Weigh Speed and Privacy Trade-off Under EIP-8222
Key TakeawaysEthereum’s EIP-8222 could hide validator links as roughly 1/3 of ETH remains staked.Sygnum says stronger privacy may attract institutions...
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Base’s 1:1-backed tokenized equities launch ‘imminent,’ Pollak says
The Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 is preparing to expand its financial offerings as it pivots away from its earlier social-first strategy....
South Korea eyes September launch for second phase of CBDC pilot: Report
The Bank of Korea’s CBDC pilot will add two regional banks, new payment features and tests of government subsidy payments...
Injective Files SEC Transfer Agent Application for Onchain Securities
Injective said Thursday it has filed a transfer agent registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to bring...
Solana Hits 300,000 RWA Holders as Ethereum’s $16.3 Billion Value Lead Starts to Slip – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysSolana RWA holders hit a record above 300,000 recently, ahead of Ethereum’s roughly 200,000, per RWA.xyz.Solana’s tokenized asset value...
Arch CTO Himanshu Sahay Says Bitcoin Validates Guidelines, Not Motives, as BIP-110 Rift Deepens
Key TakeawaysMichael Saylor condemned BIP-110 as a dangerous precedent of censorship on the Bitcoin network.Critics warn BIP-110 could spark a...
UK Digital Gilt Push Could Help Unlock $44B in Annual Output
The United Kingdom could add as much as 33 billion British pounds ($44 billion) to its annual economic output by...
Lawson Tests Yen Stablecoin Payments as Netstars Opens Merchant Service
Japanese convenience-store operator Lawson plans to test yen-denominated stablecoin payments at a Tokyo location in August, examining whether stablecoin payments...
Oracle Exploit Drains $9M From Bonzo Lend on Hedera
Hedera-based lending protocol Bonzo Lend lost about $9 million after an attacker manipulated the price of SAUCE used as collateral,...
Stablecoins May Improve FX Access but Worsen Currency Runs: IMF
Dollar stablecoins could improve access to foreign currency in economies with fixed or heavily managed exchange rates, but may also...
Zcash Sets Ironwood Network Upgrade for July 28
Zcash’s Ironwood network upgrade, the solution to an “infinity” bug discovered in May on the privacy-focused blockchain’s main private transaction...
SWIFT Launches Blockchain, (*17*) Tokenized Deposit Pilot with 17 Banks
The world's largest financial messaging network, SWIFT, said its blockchain-based ledger is ready for initial use after nine months of...
AEREDIUM Joins Lava Sandbox to Test Real Estate Settlement Across Multiple Payment Rails
Key TakeawaysAEREDIUM joined Lava Tokenization Sandbox in July 2026 to test multi-chain real estate settlement models.Testing on the 1 major...
MiCA-Compliant Euro Stablecoin Market Hits $674M: Decta
The market capitalization of compliant euro stablecoins grew 128% in the year leading up to the end of the Markets...
Moonbeam Pivots From Polkadot to Base to Build AI Agents
Polkadot-based interoperability protocol Moonbeam said it is pivoting to Ethereum layer 2 Base to launch an AI agent communication and...
Upbit Says It Isn’t Participating in Open USD Issuance
South Korean crypto exchange Upbit said it is not participating in the issuance of Open USD, after its operator Dunamu...
Fhenix Combines With Sunscreen to Build Quantum-Resistant FHE for Finance, AI and Payments
Key TakeawaysFhenix has bought cryptographic developer Sunscreen to unite frontier Web3 research under one roof.Since 2022, Sunscreen has pushed FHE...
Taiko Fully Restores Network After Bridge Exploit
Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Taiko reopened its bridge and restored full operations after a June exploit drained up to $1.7 million. On...
StarkWare Releases Quantum-Resistant Roadmap For Starknet
Zero-knowledge scaling company StarkWare has released a quantum-resistant roadmap for Starknet, arguing that other chains will remain exposed if the...
Siebert Joins Tokenized Securities Race, Selects Tzero as Infrastructure Partner
Key TakeawaysMuriel Siebert & Co. selected Tzero’s platform to enter tokenized securities markets on June 29, 2026.The first product is...
Sequencer Bug Caused Two Base Network Outages in a Week
A sequencer bug was responsible for two outages of the Coinbase layer-2 network Base last week, according to a post-mortem. The...
Base Network Stalls After Invalid Block Freezes Sequencer
Key TakeawaysBase mainnet block production stalled for nearly 2 hours on June 25 after block #47,806,542 caused a consensus failure.Coinbase’s...
