Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Vitalik Buterin Endorses Interfold, Privacy Protocol for On-Chain Voting and Secret Auctions

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin highlighted Interfold, a privacy protocol combining zero-knowledge proofs, fully homomorphic encryption, and threshold encryption for secure on-chain voting and auctions. Read…
DeFi

DeFi’s automated yield protocols were built for retail, now they just add another layer of risk

Automated yield protocols built DeFi’s most persuasive retail pitch that depositing into a vault was all a user needed to do, with the protocol handling…
Infrastructure

Block Kicks Off Cash App’s Phased Stablecoin Rollout to Its Nearly 60 Million Users

Cash App began rolling out USDC on Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum, marking a major reversal for bitcoin maximalist CEO Jack Dorsey as the stablecoin…
Infrastructure

Cash App Goes Live With Fee-Free USDC Transfers, Framing Stablecoins as a Path to Bitcoin

Block’s payments app, home to 59 million monthly active users, now supports sending and receiving USDC across four blockchain networks with no wallet setup required,…
AI

Hut 8 AI landlord data center strategy turns Bitcoin collateral into bridge capital

The miner’s $16.8 billion lease base shows how power and BTC-backed debt are financing a move beyond mining. The post Hut 8 AI landlord data…
Infrastructure

Cash App Now Supports Stablecoins, Despite Bitcoin Maxi Jack Dorsey's 'Gatekeeper' Gripes

Cash App has begun supporting stablecoin transactions on networks including Ethereum and Solana, pushing past its Bitcoin-based roots. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Infrastructure

Aztec Labs Acquires ZKPassport to Integrate Privacy-Preserving Identity Verification

Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the team behind ZKPassport, a zero-knowledge identity verification protocol that proves age and nationality without storing personal data on centralized…
Infrastructure

Mastercard secures New York BitLicense for crypto operations

The payments giant can now legally conduct digital asset business activity in New York as it deepens its focus on blockchain-based settlement systems. Read Full…
Infrastructure

SoFi Launches SoFiUSD Stablecoin Across Ethereum and Solana

SoFi is making its SoFiUSD token available to members, marking a milestone in the convergence of regulated banking and blockchain. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co…
Infrastructure

BIS project finds tokenization could make cross-border payments faster, safer

Project Agorá, backed by major central banks, will now move toward “real-value” testing to settle tokenized central bank money and bank deposits on blockchain rails.…