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South Korea’s largest bank to launch payment service on JPMorgan’s Kinexys
KB Kookmin Bank will use JPMorgan’s blockchain platform to support US dollar cross-border payments for import and export businesses across...
Dango Blockchain to Shut Down, Halt Perp DEX Trading
Layer-1 blockchain Dango will wind down operations by halting trading on its perpetual decentralized exchange (DEX) on Wednesday and shutting...
Abu Dhabi’s $430B Asset Giant Makes Blockchain Leap, Coinbase Buys In
Key TakeawaysMubadala Capital tokenized its Alternative Solutions Fund, drawing $75 million onchain as of July 23, 2026.Coinbase took a direct...
Kakao, Circle Explore Won Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure
Kakao Group has partnered with stablecoin issuer Circle to explore payment infrastructure for won-backed stablecoins as South Korea prepares a...
Institutions Rethink Crypto Security Beyond Audits: Hacken
Institutional investors are looking beyond smart contract audits after traditional trust signals such as prior audits and operating history failed...
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...
Hyperliquid sets 500,000 HYPE stake for permissionless prediction market deployers
Hyperliquid plans to require developers to stake 500,000 HYPE, worth about $30.4 million, to deploy permissionless prediction markets under HIP-4....
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...
Securitize-Cantor Tokenized IPO Framework Could Change How Public Companies Issue Stock
Key TakeawaysSecuritize and Cantor will support tokenized IPOs within existing U.S. securities rules.SEC data show 376 IPOs raised $70.28 billion...
Kweather and Flare Build On-Chain Weather Finance Pilot With Potential XRP Integration
Key TakeawaysKweather and Flare launch an on-chain weather data pilot via a newly signed LOI.The 2 firms will use Flare...
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...
Pakistan Crypto Regulator Seeks Dialogue Over Islamic Ruling
Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) chairman Bilal bin Saqib has called for continued dialogue on the treatment of digital...
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,...
Wall Street Banks Restrict Prediction Market Trading over Insider-Risk Fears
Wall Street banks are restricting employee trading on prediction market platforms due to fears that they may use nonpublic information...
Trust Wallet Integrates Robinhood Chain as Vlad Tenev Touts RWA Network that Handles Memes Too
Key TakeawaysTrust Wallet has integrated Robinhood Chain, enabling self-custody support for Layer-2 assets.Layer-2 scaling bypasses Ethereum mainnet congestion, reducing individual...
South Korea’s Toss Partners with Optimism to Test Won Stablecoins: Report
Viva Republica, the operator of South Korea-based mobile money transfer app Toss, reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding with blockchain...
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...
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...
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...
The Biggest Blockchain Upgrades Coming in 2026
Most crypto investors still obsess over price charts. But in 2026, a growing share of attention is shifting back to...
Bank of Korea Governor Calls for Tokenized Government Bonds
Hyun Song Shin, the governor of the Bank of Korea, praised tokenization for its ability to simplify the issuance and...
