Starknet taps EY Nightfall to bring institutional privacy to Ethereum rails
StarkWare is integrating EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet to give institutions private payments and DeFi access on public Ethereum-aligned...
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Monero use holds despite delistings as darknet markets shift to XMR
TRM Labs says Monero usage remains above pre-2022 levels as darknet markets shift toward XMR, while unusual node behavior may...
Polygon daily fees flip Ethereum amid prediction market boom
Polygon recorded $407,000 in daily fees on Friday, compared with Ethereum's $211,000.
All social program benefits can be distributed onchain: Compliance exec
Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Marshall Islands are exploring tokenized debt instruments and administering social benefit programs onchain.
UK government appoints HSBC for tokenized bond pilot
The UK appointed HSBC Orion for its DIGIT pilot to explore blockchain bonds, aiming to improve efficiency, cut costs and...
Gen Z flirts with crypto to pay for dates this Valentine’s, survey finds
An OKX-commissioned Pollfish survey finds 13% of Gen Z have paid for dates with crypto, while many non-users cite a...
Why blockchain TPS numbers often collapse in the real world
High TPS figures promise scale, but every additional transaction increases the burden on the very nodes meant to keep networks...
Spark’s new lending suite tests institutional appetite for onchain stablecoins
Spark is rolling out Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending, aiming to turn its DeFi stablecoin stack into institutional margin...
UK Central Bank taps firms to test elements of distributed-ledger settlement infrastructure
The six-month central bank pilot brings together market infrastructure providers, banks and Web3 companies to assess how core UK markets...
How client-side validation complicates wallet SDK architecture: RGB-WDK integration analysis
A CTDG Dev Hub participant introduces an adapter layer for RGB to facilitate seamless integration with wallet SDKs.
Crypto guarantee service Xinbi processed $17.9B after Telegram ban: TRM Labs
TRM Labs says the $17.9 billion figure reflects gross onchain volume, including internal transfers, not confirmed illicit proceeds.
ENS abandons plans for Namechain L2, citing Ethereum scaling
Citing a 99% drop in gas fees and upcoming Ethereum scaling, the project will now deploy its ENSv2 upgrade directly...
NFT market cap slides back to 2021 pre-hype levels, near $1.5B
NFT minting expanded in 2025 even as sales fell sharply, leaving more tokens chasing fewer buyers.
Crypto wallet provider Payy launches Ethereum L2 with built-in transaction privacy
Payy says its new layer-2 network routes ERC-20 transfers through privacy pools by default without requiring new wallets or tokens.
Bitwise to acquire crypto staking company Chorus One: Report
Ethereum’s validator backlog has surged past 4 million ETH, pushing wait times beyond 70 days as more than 30% of...
