Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Wells Fargo joins JPMorgan and Citi in the race to tokenize Wall Street’s settlement rails

Payments will run on the bank’s proprietary blockchain and be routed automatically through its existing client interface. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Infrastructure

Polymarket targets $20 billion valuation as competition heats up in prediction market sector

The blockchain-based prediction markets platform is reportedly returning to investors months after a $15 billion funding round. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Infrastructure

Dinari brings tokenized U.S. stocks to American investors as equity race heats up

The move brings the custodial tokenization model to eligible U.S. investors as competition over blockchain-based equities intensifies. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Infrastructure

Odds of CLARITY crypto legislation passing sink to 27% as Treasury, White House, SEC, and Senate leads quit

Tyler Williams served as Secretary Scott Bessent’s principal adviser on blockchain and digital asset policy, making him one of Treasury’s top voices on US crypto…
Infrastructure

POAP Winds Down After Five Years and Nearly 7.6 Million Onchain Badges

Co-founder Isabel Gonzalez said POAP could not build a sustainable business without undermining what made the project matter, ending a protocol used by Coinbase, Amex,…
AI

Boltz’s shutdown shows the real danger of AI hacking is pushing crypto back into the hands of giant custodians

In an Aug. 3 post, Bitcoin bridge Boltz said automated, AI-assisted probing led to several contained exploits before the attack accelerated sharply. Boltz’s non-custodial design…
Infrastructure

Malaysia Blockchain Week’s OnlyFans scandal, lonely heart scammed for $3.3M: Asia Express

Fake romance crypto investment scams net $9 million in a single week in Hong Kong, as Malaysian authorities lose it over a crypto conference’s after-party.…
AI

Boltz pauses service after wave of AI-assisted hacking attempts

The non-custodial protocol said attackers are discovering and adapting exploits faster than its small development team can identify and patch them. Read Full Story at…
Infrastructure

Marmot Researchers Turn to OnlyFans for Funding—And There Are Meme Coins Too

Scientists are using OnlyFans to help fund decades of marmot research, while unofficial memecoins inspired by the project have emerged on Solana. Read Full Story…
Infrastructure

BlackRock Launches Tokenized Money Market Funds on Solana, Ethereum

BlackRock launched a tokenized money market fund for stablecoin reserves that uses Solana alongside Ethereum. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →