Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Circle unveils USDC Bridge for native cross-chain stablecoin transfers

The USDC Bridge adds to Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, which often sees over $500 million worth of USDC transfers each day. Read Full Story at…
Infrastructure

Wrapped XRP Now Available Across Major Solana Apps: Solana

Solana announced wXRP is live on Titan Exchange, Real, Phantom, Jupiter, and Meteora, expanding cross-chain asset availability on the blockchain. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
DeFi

You Can Now Use XRP on Solana—Here's How

More than $1.2 million worth of wrapped XRP tokens (wXRP) have been minted on Solana as the Ripple-linked asset gains greater DeFi utility. Read Full…
Infrastructure

Sam Altman’s World project launches major upgrade to fight deepfakes and bots

The project is also expanding its partnerships with Tinder, Zoom and Docusign. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
DeFi

Figure Clashes With Short Seller Over Blockchain Lending Claims

Morpheus Research’s report alleges that the $7.7B fintech is exaggerating its use of blockchain technology, while Figure and asset manager Van Eck dispute the findings.…
Infrastructure

Kraken Parent Payward Agrees to Acquire Derivatives Exchange Bitnomial for $550 Million

The acquisition will give Kraken access to complete CFTC-licensed crypto derivatives infrastructure in the U.S. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Infrastructure

Crypto execs ramp up security as wrench attacks increase

Notable crypto execs descended on Paris Blockchain Week, bringing more attention to personal security as kidnapping and ransom attempts skyrocket. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
DeFi

Tether uses $127M Drift rescue to challenge Circle’s grip on Solana payments

USDT stablecoin issuer Tether has stepped in to anchor a massive recovery plan for Drift Protocol, the Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) that was crippled by…
Infrastructure

Drift Secures $147.5 Million From Tether, Drops Circle’s USDC After Massive Exploit

Tether commits $127.5 million to fund Drift’s recovery and relaunch on Solana, while a class action targets Circle for failing to freeze stolen USDC during…
Infrastructure

Hoskinson Says Bitcoin’s Quantum Proposal Is a Disguised Hard Fork That Leaves 1.7 Million BTC Unrecoverable

Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson argues BIP-361 is misclassified as a soft fork and cannot rescue the roughly 1.7 million BTC — including Satoshi’s — that predate…