Securitize integrated its tokenized assets with TRON, a network with over 373 million accounts and $26 billion in total value locked. The company manages more than $4 billion in assets and works with institutions such as BlackRock, KKR, Apollo and VanEck. Both companies announced the development of a TRON-native real-world asset (RWA) product, the details
In a significant development for blockchain finance, Mantle Network has officially launched its tokenized stock trading service through the xStocks platform, marking a pivotal moment in the convergence of traditional and decentralized finance. This announcement, made via the project’s official X account on March 15, 2025, represents a strategic expansion of Mantle’s ecosystem and a
In a significant development for decentralized finance, the cross-chain liquidity protocol THORChain has announced plans to integrate the mainnets of three prominent yet distinct cryptocurrencies: Monero ($XMR), Bittensor ($TAO), and Zcash ($ZEC). This strategic expansion, detailed in an official blog post, aims to bridge substantial liquidity gaps and connect diverse blockchain ecosystems within the next
Users on Scroll, an Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) network, paid more than $50,000 in excess transaction fees over roughly four days after the team behind the project repeatedly raised the parameters that determine how much users pay for posting data to Ethereum, according to an analysis published by L2BEAT. The overcharges stemmed from six manual
ASI Alliance and Matterhorn have announced a strategic partnership to bring AI-powered, safety-focused decentralized application (dApp) development to ASI:Chain, according to an announcement shared with Finbold on April 10. Matterhorn, the developer of an AI-native “vibecoding” integrated development environment (IDE), is collaborating with the Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Alliance ( which includes SingularityNET, Fetch.ai, and CUDOS)
Simplechain raises $15m to build an RWA‑first layer 1 and dataipo protocol, extending ex‑jd.com and ant group execs’ push into compliant asset tokenization. Real‑world asset (RWA) startup SimpleChain has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a dedicated Layer 1 blockchain aimed at tokenizing assets such as credit, energy infrastructure and other off‑chain collateral
Digital assets have moved well beyond the hype cycle. What began as an experiment in decentralized value transfer has evolved into a serious conversation about how capital markets, custody, settlement and asset ownership could be re-imagined for the digital age. Tokenization, programmable money and distributed ledgers may deliver faster settlement, greater transparency and new efficiencies
Flare published a governance proposal on Thursday that would make it one of the first layer-1 blockchains to capture maximal extractable value (MEV) at the protocol level rather than letting it flow to the small number of specialized actors who profit from transaction ordering across virtually every major chain. MEV is the revenue that block
LinkLayerAI, an intelligent incentive protocol powered by artificial intelligence (AI), has announced a strategic partnership with Magne.AI, a Web3-native AI smartphone that is redefining secure ownership and on-device intelligence. This partnership aims to bring a new era of secure on-chain trading with Web3 devices. 👏Excited to explore synergies with @Magne_Ai — a Web3-native AI smartphone
Coinbase has announced an upgrade for the x402 protocol, enabling usage-based pricing for agentic AI compute requests, which replaces the former flat fee model. In a post on X on Thursday, Coinbase Developer Platform announced the “Upto” scheme has gone live, adding it will help open up “variable-cost services” for agentic AI such as large