Chainlink launched APAC Equities Streams on Monday, putting live pricing for large-cap Asian companies on-chain to power equity perps, prediction markets and structured products in Asian time zones. Chainlink launched APAC Equities Streams on Monday, an oracle feed that brings pricing for large Asia-Pacific companies on-chain. It starts with Japan and Korea, with more regional
**Deck:** On-chain governance stripped admin control over Aztec’s rollup contract, freezing the code in place and clearing the technical bar for L2Beat’s top decentralization tier. Privacy-focused Ethereum layer-2 Aztec said it reached Stage 2 on L2Beat, the highest decentralization rating the rollup tracker assigns. The milestone followed an on-chain governance action that revoked ownership of
Altcoin ETFs Gain Momentum as Bitcoin Funds Post Sixth Weekly Outflow The market had one less trading day for the week due to the U.S. Juneteenth holiday, but the message was not hard to read. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) remained under pressure, extending their weekly outflow streak to six consecutive weeks. Ether funds were nearly
A New York attorney has asked a state judge to unmask an anonymous claimant who wants to take legal ownership of roughly 3.8 million $BTC, including Satoshi Nakamoto’s holdings. The request landed in the New York State Courts Electronic Filing system a few weeks before an in-person hearing on July 14. Soon, a judge will
Diplomatic efforts between Iran and the United States showed early signs of progress after senior officials from both countries held talks in Switzerland. Mediators from Qatar and Pakistan said the discussions were constructive, as both sides agreed to a 60-day timeline to secure a final deal. Further technical meetings are scheduled to take place at
Two of the biggest companies in the tokenization space are heading toward a legal showdown over intellectual property just as the industry they helped create begins to seriously court institutional investors on Wall Street. Securitize said Monday it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Delaware seeking a declaratory judgment that it does
The first event is BIP-110, also known as the Reduced Data Temporary Softfork, a draft proposal authored by Dathon Ohm and assigned in December 2025. The measure would impose a temporary one-year consensus soft fork on Bitcoin by restricting certain forms of arbitrary data storage in transactions. Supporters describe the proposal as a response to
Michael Saylor has teased again with his recent X post amid a flurry of discussion about Strategy. Posting the usual orange dot chart on Strategy’s Bitcoin [$BTC] purchase, Saylor said, Source: Michael Saylor/X Considering the trend, this could indicate that Strategy will buy Bitcoin for the 113th time. Since the last update, Strategy has made
Arthur Hayes, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX and a leading figure in the industry, made striking predictions that will profoundly shake global markets during his appearance on the Bankless podcast. Hayes argued that the Artificial Intelligence (AI) craze sweeping the technology world has turned into a massive financial bubble, and that after this