Plume, a blockchain focused on real-world assets (RWAs), has launched what it calls the first payroll pilot using a tokenized money market fund, enabling employees to convert part of their salaries into yield-bearing fund shares without interacting with crypto exchanges or moving funds onchain manually. The pilot pairs Plume’s onchain infrastructure with Toku’s stablecoin payroll
Aztec Network has launched its Alpha Network, delivering what it says is the first Ethereum Layer 2 with a complete execution environment for private smart contracts. The upgrade, which followed a unanimous community governance vote, builds on the Ignition Chain that went live in November 2025 as the coordination layer for decentralized sequencing and block
Google recently released new research on quantum risk for blockchains. In its release, Google warned that quantum advances could break crypto security sooner than expected, highlighting “appropriate urgency.” The various quantum risk profiles for popular blockchains were divided into four categories. One category consists of protocols that make long-term exposure of quantum-vulnerable public keys inevitable.
In a recent post on X, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson shared a surprising issue that revolves around identity, which may apply to everyone: he had trouble proving he was really himself on social media. The Cardano founder had participated in a conversation on a Telegram group dedicated to Midnight. This led participants in the group
In brief Uniblock has raised $5.2 million in new funding, bringing total capital to $7.5 million, with investors including SBI, AllianceDAO, Blockchain Founders Fund, NGC Ventures, Alchemy, and MoonPay. The platform manages infrastructure across more than 300 blockchains through 55 data partners with patented auto-routing technology. 3,000 projects and 4,000 developers use the service, including
In brief Tether’s USAT stablecoin has launched on the Celo blockchain, its first expansion beyond Ethereum. Google Cloud provides infrastructure support for the stablecoin’s distribution system. A privacy-preserving faucet allows verified users to access USAT tokens through proof-of-humanity verification. Tether announced Tuesday that the USAT stablecoin has expanded to the Celo blockchain, an Ethereum layer-2
World has launched MiniKit 2.0 on World Chain, introducing a standardized framework that allows developers to build applications once and deploy them across both web environments and World App with minimal changes. The upgrade aligns with Ethereum’s EIP-1193 standard, simplifying cross-platform development and reducing integration complexity. The release comes as Mini Apps see rising adoption
S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of S&P Global that tracks more than 125,000 benchmarks used across global investment markets, has joined forces with Kaiko, a digital assets data infrastructure firm, to bring the iBoxx US Treasuries Index to the Canton Network, making it the first major financial benchmark issued as a native blockchain asset.
Base, the layer-2 network from Coinbase (COIN), is doubling down on its push to build what it calls a “global onchain economy,” outlining a 2026 strategy centered on markets, payments and developers. Base is one of the most widely used layer-2 networks in the Ethereum ecosystem, having opened to public use in August 2023. It
SWIFT has taken a big step to modernize global payments with its blockchain-based shared ledger. The system has reached the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) stage, and SWIFT plans to start real-world transactions in 2026. Using tokenized bank deposits, it allows banks to send money across borders 24/7. The goal is to combine the speed of