Traditional finance and blockchain are converging faster than ever as major institutions embrace tokenized real-world assets, setting the stage for a massive transformation in digital finance and opening new frontiers for seamless onchain investing. Wisdomtree and BNY Mellon Forge Next-Generation Blockchain Banking Partnership The fusion of traditional banking and blockchain technology continues to accelerate as
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Oracle has announced the upcoming launch of Digital Assets Data Nexus, an enterprise-grade platform aimed at helping banks and financial institutions to tap into crypto and asset tokenization. Summary Oracle announces launch of Digital Assets Data Nexus The new platform targets banks and other financial institutions looking to leverage digital assets and tokenization. Official launch
The cryptocurrency world is buzzing with recent news that the OKX X Layer head, Felix Fan, has been dismissed from his role. This dramatic development at X Layer, the public chain of the prominent crypto exchange OKX, stems from an alleged conflict of interest. The incident has not only sent ripples through the company but
Prediction market protocol Myriad is gearing up for the next stage of its expansion with its launch on BNB Chain and the addition of new features including Automated Markets and localized experiences. Myriad’s launch on BNB Chain expands the prediction market protocol to the BNB ecosystem and opens the door to millions of new users
Japan’s TIS, one of the country’s largest payment infrastructure providers, is launching a blockchain-based platform with Ava Labs, the team behind AVAX$20.39 as demand from financial institutions to move money and assets onchain is rising. The firm’s new Multi-Token Platform, built using AvaCloud, Avalanche’s enterprise-focused blockchain builder, aims to support the issuance, settlement and management
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The crypto industry has an infrastructure problem that’s rarely discussed directly: we’ve been building financial systems on blockchains that weren’t designed for finance, which requires us to rethink blockchain architecture. Summary General-purpose
In 2018, IBM Blockchain World Wire was a real-time global payments network built on the Stellar blockchain. Stellar’s architecture was well-suited for payments, offering anchors, rapid consensus, and minimal fees, all aligning perfectly with IBM’s objectives. IBM first announced a collaboration with Stellar in 2017 and later built IBM Blockchain World Wire, a real-time cross-border
Ink, a Layer 2 (L2) blockchain launched by U.S. crypto exchange Kraken in December 2024, saw its total value locked (TVL) surge by nearly 3,800% in less than two weeks, climbing from $6.42 million on Oct. 15 to nearly $249 million as of press time. Ink TVL. Source: DefiLlama However, data from DefiLlama shows that
Pharos, a programmable open financial Layer 1, has officially integrated the Chainlink standard from the first day of its mainnet launch. The project selected Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as its canonical cross-chain infrastructure, ensuring secure and reliable cross-chain value transfer and messaging. Pharos has also adopted Chainlink Data Streams to support the development of