Crypto forensics and compliance company AMLBot has launched its AI Tracer, described as a self-service blockchain analysis tool that maps visible fund movements from a transaction hash across blockchain networks. AMLBot said the tool aims to address the current need for specialist software and knowledge to trace transactions. The company said the tool also traces
Institutional alliance: The project brings together more than 140 companies from the financial and technology sectors, including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, BNY, and Coinbase. Operating model: Open USD enables fee-free, unlimited volume issuance and redemption for participating companies. Deployment network: The stablecoin will debut directly on the Ethereum network, an infrastructure that holds the largest
Open USD (OUSD), a new institutional-focused stablecoin backed by a consortium of more than 140 companies, is set to launch on Ethereum from day one. The announcement was confirmed by Ethereum Institutional, which said Open USD will debut on Ethereum with support from a broad coalition of financial and technology firms, including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe,
Flowra today announced a collaboration with compliance infrastructure provider Honeypot to introduce validator-level sanctions and risk screening for Solana, extending compliance capabilities into the block-building process through Flowra’s Programmable Block Policy framework. The collaboration enables institutional validators to define customizable policies governing which transactions and bundles can be included during block construction. By combining Honeypot’s
Bitchat, Jack Dorsey’s censorship-resistant, Bluetooth-enabled messaging app, has gone viral again, this time due to the Indian Government trying to get it banned from GitHub. In this latest round of authoritarian measures versus decentralized technologies, Bitchat has won. In July 2025, Jack Dorsey announced a new messaging application he described as a weekend project. The
Crypto’s next push into traditional finance may not come from another stablecoin or tokenized stock. According to Grayscale, onchain vaults could be the industry’s next major breakthrough, bringing blockchain-based asset management closer to the mainstream financial system. The firm’s latest research argues that while stablecoins, tokenized assets, and perpetual futures have already started crossing into
Pharos Network (PROS), a layer-one blockchain specializing in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and artificial intelligence, announced that assets under management (AUM) on its aggregation platform, Pharos Harbor, have surpassed $140 million. This milestone underscores the growing adoption of RealFi—a term used to describe decentralized finance products backed by tangible, real-world assets. RealFi Protocols Drive Growth
Aurora, a popular blockchain infrastructure platform, has collaborated with Solflare, a Solana-based non-custodial crypto wallet. The partnership includes the integration of Aurora’s Aurora Intents into Solflare Bridge for smooth cross-chain transfers. Both Aurora and Solflare mentioned in their official social media announcements that the integration permits consumers to fund Solflare wallets from diverse key blockchains
ZENi, an AI-driven blockchain infrastructure platform, has partnered with Zypher Network, a Zero-Knowledge (ZK) and AI-powered Web4 ecosystem. The partnership marks a landmark in advancing decentralized digital economies. As per ZENi’s official X announcement, the development stresses behavioral intelligence, privacy-first, and transparent AI execution to develop more autonomous and smarter decentralized experiences. With the merger
The timetable for the development of cryptographically relevant quantum computers has been significantly shortened as a result of recent developments in quantum hardware, such as Google’s Willow processor. In the context of blockchain technology, where addresses and key derivation standards like BIP32, BIP44, and SLIP-10 are the predominant infrastructure for wallet management, a quantum computer