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Arbitrum (@arbitrum) $ARB has launched the Arbitrum Stablecoin Growth Program to boost adoption of Global Dollar ($USDG) across its ecosystem. The scheme offers token rewards and support to a
The US became a net importer of Bitcoin ($BTC) in 2026 for the first time since 2022, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The finding appears in a Wednesday report titled "Nor
Tokenized assets are opening new trading opportunities across financial markets, but the growing supply of real-world assets (RWAs) being brought onchain has yet to be matched by investor dem
The company disclosed that an experimental AI system paid testnet fees from a wallet it was never granted access to. OpenAI said a research model it was testing interacted with an Ethereum te
The new platform lets institutional clients trade stocks, metals and currencies as perpetual swaps across roughly 100 markets at any hour. Ripple Prime has opened a continuous trading venue f
New Ripple Prime offering aims to bring round-the-clock trading of tokenized real-world assets to over 100 markets. Ripple is pushing further into institutional finance with a new offering bu
Across two Friday nights in September, SlowCo’s padel court in Ikoyi and then a living room full of founders in Lekki, the ecosystem’s most important question went unasked. Lagos tech’s busie
US-based Cross River Bank announced it has partnered with Ripple to integrate Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD into its banking infrastructure. The collaboration, announced today, also
OKX Global Managing Partner and Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique has reportedly decided to leave the cryptocurrency exchange by the end of 2026, following several years of work on its i
Three of Japan's largest banks, Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC, have completed a joint pilot testing a yen-denominated stablecoin for cross-border payments. The pilot marks a notable step by major ins
Polygon Labs completed its acquisition of Coinme on October 14, 2026, bringing 37 US state money-transmitter licenses and FinCEN MSB registration into its infrastructure The combined entity l
Google has demonstrated a 40-fold reduction in quantum computing errors using its Willow processor, advancing a technology that researchers believe could eventually challenge the cryptography
