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Ripple chases AI’s machine economy as XRPL stablecoins near $1 billion

Stablecoin liquidity on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has nearly doubled over the past month, putting the network within reach of a $1 billion supply milestone…
Infrastructure

LG Electronics Teams With Arbitrum for Blockchain-Based Ad Platform

The South Korean tech giant built a custom layer-2 network with Arbitrum for an advertising platform set to launch this year. Read Full Story at…
Infrastructure

Canton Network Developer Digital Asset Raises $355 Million Led by a16z Crypto to Bring Wall Street Onchain

Digital Asset, the developer of the Canton Network, raised $355 million led by a16z crypto, with ABN Amro, Apollo Funds, BNP Paribas, Citadel Securities, HSBC,…
Infrastructure

Citigroup Launches Digital Depositary Receipts to Put Tokenized Private Company Shares in Reach of Wealthy Clients

Citigroup unveiled Digital Depositary Receipts, a blockchain-based product giving wealthy and institutional investors tokenized exposure to private company shares, with Citi as issuer and custodian…
Infrastructure

SpaceX Opens for Public Trading Friday With a Live Crypto Tokenized-Equity Stack Behind It

SpaceX begins trading on Nasdaq at 9:30 AM ET Friday under SPCX. The same morning, Ondo’s SPCXon, Kraken’s xStocks SPCXx, a Backpack Securities-issued SPCX token…
DeFi

Solana Foundation Launches Frontier Traders, an Institutional Program for $500M+ Volume Firms

The Solana Foundation formalized Solana’s institutional market-structure tier with Frontier Traders, requiring $500M in trailing 30-day DEX volume for VIP access, with the debut campaign…
DeFi

BitGo Launches Lightning Earn to Let Institutions Put Bitcoin to Work on Lightning Network

Bitcoin Magazine BitGo Launches Lightning Earn to Let Institutions Put Bitcoin to Work on Lightning Network BitGo launched Lightning Earn, enabling institutional bitcoin holders to…
DeFi

Exclusive: Cardano Foundation Recasts Itself as Active Adoption Driver as Hoskinson Pulls Back

The steward of the Cardano blockchain is seeding DeFi liquidity, backing an $80M venture fund and signing enterprise deals — a reversal of its hands-off…
Infrastructure

Brian Armstrong Says Coinbase Processes $1T in Stablecoin Payments Annually

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong disclosed three platform-scale metrics on Thursday: approximately $1 trillion in annual stablecoin movement, $20 billion in USDC held on platform, and…
Infrastructure

SpaceX stock is coming to Solana on the same day it lists on Nasdaq

The firms making that possible say eligible shares can also be converted back into tokens, creating a bridge between traditional brokerage accounts and blockchain-based markets.…