Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Swift rolls out new blockchain ledger to bring 24/7 banking to 17 global giants

HSBC, UBS, Wells Fargo and Citi are among the 17 banks now preparing to pilot live transactions using tokenized digital assets on Swift’s new blockchain…
Infrastructure

Latin America’s biggest stock exchange now offers options on bitcoin, ether and solana futures

These options settle into underlying futures contracts rather than spot cryptoassets, involving no custody, transfer, or administration of tokens. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Infrastructure

Hyperliquid shows how onchain perps could challenge Wall Street: Pantera

Perpetual futures and Hyperliquid’s blockchain infrastructure are expanding into traditional asset classes with around-the-clock trading, according to Pantera Capital. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
AI

BNB Chain makes moonshot bet on 1,000,000 TPS for AI as BNB interest falls away

Binance-backed BNB Chain is restructuring its underlying architecture and setting a long-term goal of processing 1 million transactions per second while integrating protocol-level privacy. The…
Infrastructure

Bitcoin Mining Pools in 2026: Hashrate Consolidation Is Creating a Two-Tier Market — and Smaller Miners Are Feeling It

The Bitcoin mining industry in 2026 looks very different from what it did just a few years ago. Post-halving pressure, rising network difficulty, and margin…
AI

BNB Chain Plans New Layer-1 for AI Agents and Quantum Future

The network’s 2026 roadmap targets faster transactions, AI-powered apps, and infrastructure aimed at competing with traditional financial systems, while preparing for a quantum future. Read…
Infrastructure

Dinari, tZERO join forces on turnkey platform for tokenized U.S. equities

The move comes as firms race to build the infrastructure for blockchain-based stocks and debate how tokenized stocks should work. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com…
AI

Secret Network cites AI exploit risks in proposed Arbitrum move

“The security risk is the part we take most seriously,” the team said, citing old code and AI exploit risks. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
Infrastructure

Solana’s $8.7B RWA surge shows tokenized assets are finally starting to move

RWA.xyz data shows Solana’s RWA transfer volume more than doubled over 30 days, shifting the adoption signal from tokenized value to usage quality. The post…
Infrastructure

Polymarket Turns On Instant Bitcoin Deposits Via Lightning Network, Powered by Spark

Bitcoin Magazine Polymarket Turns On Instant Bitcoin Deposits Via Lightning Network, Powered by Spark Polymarket has enabled instant self-custodial Bitcoin deposits via the Lightning Network…