TL;DR Ripple moves into execution phase with Mastercard, shifting blockchain settlement from pilots to live card payment flows using $RLUSD on the $XRP Ledger, with transactions settling in seconds instead of days. Mastercard confirms stablecoins operate as a native settlement asset within its regulated network, keeping consumer payment experiences unchanged while modernizing back-end infrastructure. The
Cwallet, a well-known multi-chain crypto wallet, is officially listing Alephium ($ALPH), a popular L1 blockchain, on its platform. With this listing, Cwallet attempts to broaden the multi-chain ecosystem thereof by permitting consumers to seamlessly manage, receive, and send $ALPH tokens without leaving the Cwallet interface. As Cwallet mentioned in its official social media announcement, the
The Texas Blockchain Council (TBC) and Chainlink Labs have entered into a strategic partnership to advance digital asset standards across the state. Under the collaboration, Chainlink Labs and TBC members are engaging policymakers and industry leaders on secure digital asset infrastructure and high-impact blockchain use cases for Texas. Led by President Giovanni Capriglione, the TBC
The number of tokens launched on AI agent launchpad Clanker, which runs on Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 Base, skyrocketed to new daily highs following the recent rise of AI-only social media platform, Moltbook. Yesterday, Feb. 2, the number of tokens created on Clanker reached 21,870, breaking its previous all-time highs from over the weekend, per
The crypto market has lost over $15 billion to hackers, with a fifth of it lost in bridge exploits, which Chainlink says highlights the need for its cross-chain solution. Cross-chain interoperability only works if security is built in, moving away from centralized single points of failure, the network says. The crypto market has continued to
TL;DR On-chain privacy is a dominant 2026 narrative, with apps seeing over $530M in weekly volume. Hush Protocol launches a quantum-proof privacy layer on Solana that generates yield via staking. Its CEO cites institutional adoption as the next major catalyst for privacy innovation on Solana. Onchain privacy is rapidly establishing itself as one of the
Saudi Arabia has just crossed a major threshold in real-world asset tokenization — and it did so without outsourcing control of its legal system. — The Kingdom has completed the world’s first end-to-end tokenized property deed transaction using droppRWA’s sovereign-grade infrastructure. Settlement that once took days was reduced to seconds — while ownership, compliance, and
TaskOn is a decentralized Web3 collaboration platform designed to boost marketing by rewarding users to complete in-chain and off-chain tasks. TaskOn has unveiled its groundbreaking collaboration with LobKill, a blockchain-based artificial intelligence (AI) skill arena built on $BNB Chain for real-time strategy and mind-game battles. This partnership aims to transform AI agents into competitive and
Institutional crypto derivatives provider Rails announced the launch of “Institutional-Grade Vaults” on the Stellar network on Tuesday, allowing brokerages, fintechs and other intermediaries to plug into crypto perpetuals via a single backend. The company aims for options trading in Q2 2026. Satraj Bambra, CEO of Rails, told Cointelegraph that the core idea was to separate
The Spanish Red Cross (Creu Roja) has deployed a new blockchain-based aid distribution system, RedChain, that promises real-time donor transparency without exposing the identities of the people receiving assistance. According to a release shared with Cointelegraph, the platform, developed with Barcelona-based infrastructure provider BLOOCK and zero-knowledge credential firm Billions Network, aims to digitize “the entire