The Open Network ($TON) has confirmed that the Toncoin and Token Bridge at bridge-v3.ton.org will cease all operations permanently on September 1, 2026, drawing the curtain on an infrastructure that was behind the blockchain’s earliest days of cross-chain connectivity. It was stated in the announcement, which was published on the $TON Status Telegram channel, that
Ripple participated in Squid’s $6 million funding round as the cross-chain platform looks to expand its consumer product offering and simplify asset movement across blockchain ecosystems. The round was led by North Island Ventures and included participation from Dialectic, Borderless, Scenius Capital, Altos, Arche Capital, and angels from Axelar, Ledger, Polymer, Enso, and Peanut. Squid
The week ending May 25, 2026, delivered one of the most significant infrastructure milestones $BNB Chain has seen this year. Between a major SDK going live on mainnet, post-quantum cryptography stress tests, and a real-world asset proposal gaining traction, the ecosystem packed what feels like a quarter’s worth of progress into seven days. If you’ve
UN Digital Finance Vision Puts Ripple & Stellar at the Core of a New Interoperable Global Payment System The resurfacing of a United Nations–linked webinar has renewed discussion across the crypto sector, after it appeared to position Ripple and Stellar within a broader vision for the future of global payments. Hosted by the United Nations
Australia’s Project Acacia tested tokenized government bonds on the $XRP Ledger, using Ripple’s $RLUSD stablecoin for settlement. $XRP community member Eri highlighted details from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s final Project Acacia report. Remarkably, the report said an Australian government bond was fully tokenized on the $XRP Ledger. The settlement was completed using $RLUSD, Ripple’s
The cryptocurrency industry is defending itself against a new technological threat that experts say could eventually weaken the security behind bitcoin and other digital assets. Concerns have intensified after growing advances in quantum computing pushed major blockchain firms to accelerate work on next-generation security systems. According to reporting from the Financial Times, industry leaders now
JPMorgan’s blockchain-based tokenization platform, Kinexys, has crossed a significant milestone, surpassing $1.5 trillion in cumulative transaction volume since its commercial launch in 2020. The platform now processes more than $2 billion in transactions on a daily basis, underscoring the growing institutional adoption of distributed ledger technology for mainstream financial operations. A Steady Rise in Institutional
Asset manager Grayscale says that the small group of blockchains already dominating decentralized finance (DeFi) and tokenized assets, Ethereum, Solana, $BNB Chain, and Canton Network, are best positioned to absorb the first wave of institutional capital once the United States passes the CLARITY Act, its long-promised crypto rulebook. The CLARITY Act cleared the Senate Banking
The International Holding Company (IHC) executed a 110 million dirham ($30 million) transaction using the DDSC stablecoin on ADI Chain. The company described the transfer as one of the largest disclosed stablecoin transactions executed in the United Arab Emirates. The transaction follows recent approval from the UAE central bank for the dirham-backed stablecoin ecosystem launched
The Solana Foundation has taken a significant step into Central Asia’s digital currency landscape by signing a letter of intent (LOI) with AirAsia and Kazakhstani cryptocurrency exchange Intebix. The agreement outlines plans to launch Evo (KZTE), a stablecoin pegged to the Kazakhstani tenge, built on the Solana blockchain. Details of the Partnership According to the