Privacy-focused blockchain networks are experiencing notable growth as institutional investors increasingly adopt blockchain technology, according to a new analysis from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The report highlights that privacy is becoming a core infrastructure component rather than a niche feature, requiring more sophisticated monitoring approaches. Key Privacy Networks Identified Chainalysis specifically named Canton, Solana Confidential
Morpho, the DeFi lending protocol with about $7.6 billion in total value locked, will complete a full deployment on HashKey’s HSK Chain and become the network’s official onchain credit partner, HSK Chain said in a post on X on Tuesday. The deal gives Morpho its first anchor in Hong Kong, one of the few jurisdictions
Safe smart accounts processed nearly 130 million transactions in the second quarter, the highest quarterly total in the protocol’s history and a 5.7% increase from Q1, the Safe Ecosystem Foundation said in its Q2 2026 report published Wednesday. The record quarter came against a weaker market, a sign that smart account usage is compounding independently
The Cardano Foundation announced a partnership with Reef Data eG on July 28, backed by Hamburger Volksbank, ARIC, VALIO, and Disruptive Elements. Reef plans to pool members’ personal data, license it to businesses, and pay royalties back to contributors. Cardano’s Reeve system sits at the accounting layer, recording payment flows and royalty distributions, and the
Aurora Labs has launched native cross-chain funding for Solflare wallets through Aurora Intents, allowing users to move assets from Bitcoin, Ethereum and other leading blockchains directly into Solana without interacting with traditional bridge interfaces. Aurora Intents is powered by $NEAR Intents, which settles more than $23 billion in total transaction volume and processes over $2.3
Stablecoin infrastructure firm Brale is rolling out an interoperability protocol designed to end what it says is a bottleneck in the industry’s growth: moving a rapidly expanding number of custom stablecoins across blockchains. Dubbed ION Protocol, it allows participating stablecoins to move between blockchains by burning tokens on one network and minting an equivalent amount
BNY, which has more than $59tn in assets under custody and administration, is moving one of its core record-keeping businesses onto blockchain as Wall Street builds the infrastructure for tokenized funds, the Financial Times reported Thursday. “We think of BNY as modernizing a function that sits behind every single fund transaction by bringing the books
Every dollar Robinhood Chain earns, a tenth goes to a DAO treasury controlled by strangers. The arrangement has been covered a dozen times as good news for Arbitrum’s token. Nobody has asked the other question: what a licensed brokerage that spent a decade removing intermediaries bought by becoming a tenant. NEW: Arbitrum gets 8% treasury
Vitalik Buterin has pitched the Diamond indistinguishability obfuscation (iO), a novel cryptographic framework that promises to deliver blockchain privacy and trustless infrastructure in both crypto and Web3. Vitalik proposes new blockchain privacy technology In his latest blog, the Ethereum co-founder describes Diamond iO as a tool that would enable user interaction with encrypted software, but
Ten European financial institutions have launched Regulated Layer One (RL1), a jointly owned blockchain cooperative designed for regulated financial markets and tokenized assets. On Tuesday, the group announced that RL1 had been established as a European Cooperative Society in Luxembourg and had begun operations with founding members including ABN AMRO, Cecabank, Chartered Investment, Crédit Mutuel