Omni, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, EOS, and Algorand Support to Cease on September 1, 2025 11 July, 2025 — Tether, the largest company in the digital asset ecosystem, today announced an update on its plan to discontinue USD₮ redemptions and freeze remaining tokens on five legacy blockchains — Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, EOS,
The cryptocurrency landscape is constantly evolving, and at its heart lies the persistent challenge of seamless asset transfer across disparate blockchain networks. Imagine a world where your Bitcoin isn’t confined to its native chain, but can effortlessly participate in the vibrant DeFi ecosystems of Ethereum, BNB Chain, or Solana. This vision is now closer to
Nansen, a prominent blockchain analytics firm, has announced its new role as the official validator to serve Caldera, a popular infrastructure platform enabling the launch of customizable, high-performance rollups by developers. As included in this partnership, Nansen will operate as validator on Caldera’s Metalayer, a modular interoperability layer to strengthen developers and boost transparency within
This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Former Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith has spent nearly two months as president of the newly-formed Solana Policy Institute. I caught up with her to get the latest on the Solana and policy front in Washington. This interview has been edited for
VitaminAi, a prominent marketplace for AI Agents, has collaborated with WizoLayer, a Base Network-based, rapidly expanding platform for mining and subsequent rewards. The partnership focuses on boosting the Web3-based ecosystem of mining as well as rewards. The platform revealed this development in a recent social media post shared on its official X account. 🚀 VitaminAi
Orbler, a Web3 platform designed to accelerate the inclusive digital economy, has announced its groundbreaking partnership with ManusPay, an advanced AI-driven cryptocurrency payment platform. This partnership aims to provide its users with a faster, more secure, and cost-effective transaction experience worldwide. This will happen with Orbler’s Web3 innovation and ManusPay’s smart payment technology. 🔤 Announcing
Japan-based real estate investment firm GATES Inc. announced plans to tokenize $75 million worth of income-generating properties located in central Tokyo. The company will carry out this step through its blockchain network called Oasys, thus aiming to facilitate foreign investors’ access to the Japanese real estate market. Following this development, the total trading volume of
There’s only one way to truly represent securities on-chain, and that’s through “native” tokenization, Carlos Domingo, CEO of BlackRock-backed digital asset securities firm Securitize, told Decrypt on Thursday. That distinction could become more important, as firms’ experimentation with security-based tokens potentially leaves investors confused—a concern raised by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this
NRW BANK, the development bank owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, has issued €100 million worth of blockchain-based bonds, making it one of the biggest public sector moves into digital securities in Europe. The two-year bond was issued on the Polygon (POL) blockchain and registered through the infrastructure of Cashlink Technologies, a cryptocurrency
Nansen built tools to track blockchain activity. Now, it’s helping secure one. By validating Caldera’s Metalayer, the analytics leader is putting its reputation and rewards on the line for a more connected modular future. According to a press release shared with crypto.news on July 10, Nansen will operate as a validator on Caldera’s Metalayer, an