Ethereum may be approaching its next major scaling step. Co-founder Vitalik Buterin says a new transaction format could help the blockchain process more activity faster and more efficiently.
By Andrew Bennett Ethena has launched Ethena Pay, a self-custodial money app that brings digital-dollar balances, transfers and card spending into a neobank-style interface. Built on Avalanche, the product offers promotional annual rewards of up to 6% on eligible balances and up to 5% cashback in AVAX on qualifying purchases.
By John Isige The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management has issued a no-action position that clears a regulatory path for certain Franklin Templeton funds to hold shares of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX), represented by BENJI tokens, for cash-management purposes.
By John Isige Sui is integrating two NIST-standardized post-quantum signature schemes designed to protect user accounts and high-value vaults from future quantum-computing threats without forcing users to move assets or replace their existing recovery phrases.
By Andrew Bennett Circle will launch the public mainnet of its Arc Layer-1 blockchain on September 16, bringing BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard and several other financial heavyweights into an unusually institution-led validator network.
By Andrew Bennett Mastercard has completed its acquisition of BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, gaining stablecoin infrastructure that connects traditional payment systems with blockchain networks on a global scale.
By John Isige BlackRock has expanded its tokenisation strategy with two blockchain-based money market products designed for institutional investors and potential use as reserve assets by regulated US stablecoin issuers.
By Andrew Bennett Binance will delist Viction (VIC) and five other cryptocurrencies on August 17, prompting VIC to fall by more than 25% shortly after the announcement. Viction Foundation said the exchange’s decision does not affect the blockchain’s operations or development roadmap.
By Andrew Bennett Aave is considering one of the largest market cleanups in its history, with a governance proposal recommending the removal of dozens of low-adoption assets and the complete wind-down of deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos.
