Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Revolut Starts EURR Rollout With Bridge as Regulated Issuer

Revolut opens EURR to selected customers in three countries; Bridge reported €374 outstanding, compared with €394.5 million of Circle’s EURC. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Infrastructure

Revolut Starts EURR Rollout With Bridge as Regulated Issuer

Revolut opens EURR to selected customers in three countries; Bridge reported €374 outstanding, compared with €394.5 million of Circle’s EURC. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Infrastructure

39 State Banking Groups Form BankChain Alliance for 2027 Blockchain Launch

The industry-owned network is still selecting a technology partner and would support tokenized deposits, stablecoins, smart payments and automated settlement. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
AI

Russian Influence Network Used ChatGPT to Masquerade as Academic Experts

The operation promoted a purported Israeli think tank that published copied scholarship under academics’ names and circulated pro-Russian analysis across social media. Read Full Story…
Infrastructure

A hidden Bitcoin node database just shrank by 40 GB, but only if runners rebuild it

The change is merged to master, but operators must rebuild the optional index to capture the space saving and plan for another rebuild after a…
Infrastructure

Core Lightning Tells Node Operators To Go Offline, With No Patch Published

The CLN team said operators who don’t upgrade should run their nodes –offline, but the fixed binaries aren’t out yet and the details of what…
DeFi

Galaxy Opens Retail Crypto-Backed Credit Lines on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana

GalaxyOne clients can borrow cash against Bitcoin, Ethereum, and staked Solana at 8.99% APR without selling a coin. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
Infrastructure

Chainalysis estimates $457B in taxable crypto activity, says CARF misses most

The blockchain analytics firm said just 14% of the onchain activity it identified is covered by the OECD’s international crypto tax-reporting framework. Read Full Story…
DeFi

Ethereum developers propose first step to protect ETH staking from quantum attacks

A draft proposal would allow validators to deposit with quantum-resistant keys, then permanently stop accepting the format the network runs on today. Read Full Story…
Infrastructure

US bank lobby wants stablecoin holders to open an account before cashing out

The Blockchain Association wants one-off and intermediary-routed cash-outs excluded, leaving regulators to decide when self-custody holders become issuer customers. The post US bank lobby wants…