Infrastructure
AI

Clarity Act could spark a boom in crypto ‘yield-as-a-service’

The bill’s restrictions on yield-bearing crypto products may push the industry away from passive “hold-to-earn” models and toward AI-driven, compliant yield infrastructure, according to STBL…
Infrastructure

Cardano founder warns network could lose its scientists in Input Output’s 33M ADA funding vote fails

Cardano could lose a core group of scientists if Input Output fails to secure treasury funding for a slate of research and infrastructure proposals that…
DeFi

XRPL’s May 27 upgrade shows how validators and markets decide a blockchain split

XRPL’s known amendments page lists fixCleanup3_1__3 for activation on May 27, and by design the event is a maintenance upgrade. Version 3.1.3 of rippled bundles…
Infrastructure

NEAR Launches Confidential Payments via Intents Protocol

NEAR Protocol has launched confidential payments on its Intents platform, enabling private cross-chain swaps between NEAR and ETH. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
AI

NEAR Protocol Jumps 28% on Privacy, AI, and Scaling Upgrades

NEAR rallied by 45% this week on a series of upgrades positioning it as a potential settlement layer for AI agents and confidential finance. Read…
Infrastructure

Blockchain.com Files Confidentially for US IPO, Adding to Crypto’s Growing Listing Pipeline

Blockchain.com filed a confidential S-1 after 14 years in crypto, joining Kraken, Grayscale, and SpaceX in a crowded but tentative IPO pipeline. The post Blockchain.com…
Infrastructure

ZachXBT flags $520K Polymarket exploit on Polygon, team says funds are safe

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has highlighted a suspected security breach involving Polymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market platform. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Infrastructure

Verus bridge exploiter returns $8.5M after bounty offer

The hacker behind the Verus bridge exploit returned 75% of the stolen funds as part of a recovery deal negotiated with the protocol days after…
Infrastructure

Europe’s 37-bank stablecoin push tests whether on-chain finance defaults to euros or dollars

The euro-denominated stablecoin consortium Qivalis has received backing from 37 banks across 15 countries, and the asset is planned to launch in the second half…
Infrastructure

Near Protocol to automate its own growth and its token is skyrocketing

Near Protocol will introduce dynamic resharding in June, allowing the blockchain to automatically add shards as demand grows without human intervention. Read Full Story at…