Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has turned the spotlight on a very different corner of artificial intelligence: translation that happens entirely on-device, without sending sensitive text to the cloud. In a recent post, Ardoino framed the issue around privacy, speed, and practicality. His point was simple enough, but it touches a problem that millions of users
Switzerland has launched its first live municipal blockchain project through a biodiversity reward voucher system built on the Hedera network and backed by a Swiss franc-linked digital payment instrument. According to an announcement shared with crypto.news by the Municipality of Muri bei Bern, the Canton of Bern municipality partnered with Swiss Web3 engineering firm The
XMAQUINA, a DAO platform that focuses on blending real-world robotics with Web3, today announced a significant expansion of its tokenized autonomous robots platform to the Base blockchain. This integration marks further XMAQUINA’s platform expansion on-chain, representing a crucial milestone in its mission to democratize the ownership and governance of robotics and automation technologies. XMAQUINA is
$TON AI smart contracts may have just become a lot less tedious. Pavel Durov has unveiled $TON Core’s new AI-powered toolchain, Acton, pitching it as a way to cut through the manual work of blockchain development and speed up the process dramatically. The launch date is already set: Acton went live on May 8, 2026.
Base creator Jesse Pollak announced on May 13 that the x402 payment protocol now supports batched settlement, in an X post. x402 now supports batched settlement this unlocks many many tiny tiny payments (<$0.0001) which is perfect for paying for just in time resources like compute and inference https://t.co/V6Kjz9jqHQ — jesse.base.eth (@jessepollak) May 13, 2026
Injective-based $USDC is poised to become the primary stablecoin standard across the Cosmos ecosystem and the dYdX platform, a development that aims to streamline liquidity and reduce fragmentation across multiple blockchain networks. The move is supported by Skip:Go, a key infrastructure provider for Cosmos, which has already adopted Injective $USDC as its base settlement unit.
Monad (MON) has announced its support for Rain, a stablecoin-focused startup that is launching a card usable at any Visa-affiliated merchant. The initiative allows users to spend Monad-based stablecoins directly for payments, with the card accepted in more than 150 countries globally. How Rain’s Card Works Rain’s card is issued through partnerships with licensed financial
Stables has partnered with T-0 Network to strengthen $USDT settlement corridors across Asia. Key Takeaways: Stables partnered with T-0 Network on May 12, 2026, to scale institutional $USDT settlements across Asia. Infrastructure gaps persist in Asia, where 60% of global stablecoin flows face fragmented banking access. Stables targets the $300B market, routing $USDT until local
InitVerse, a next-generation Web3 layer-1 blockchain infrastructure and a rapid decentralized application (DApp) deployment, has made its history-making partnership with d.id. The purpose of this partnership is to empower decentralized identity infrastructure for scalable cross-chain digital identity solutions. d.id is a decentralized identifier (DID), a new, unique, cryptographically verifiable identifier. 🚀 PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT 🚀 We’re
The Sui blockchain has announced support for trading XAGm, an institutional-grade tokenized silver product issued by real-world asset (RWA) platform Matrixdock. The token is fully backed 1:1 by physical silver bars certified by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), one of the world’s oldest and most respected precious metals market authorities. Bridging Traditional Silver Markets