Regulated digital securities platform tZERO has integrated its tokenization infrastructure with the Aptos blockchain, paving the way for institutional issuers to mint and manage real-world asset tokens directly on the high-throughput Layer 1, according to a report from ChainCatcher. tZERO plugs regulated tokenization into Aptos The collaboration aims to fuse tZERO’s compliant issuance and transfer
Ronin L2 migration completed May 12, ending four years as a sidechain after a 10-hour network shutdown. The Ronin L2 hard fork executed at block 55,577,490 on May 12, transitioning the gaming blockchain from an independent EVM sidechain into a full Ethereum Layer 2 built on Optimism’s OP Stack. Sky Mavis co-founder Jihoz announced in
The Graph has activated x402 payments inside its Graph Gateway, allowing developers and AI agents to purchase on-chain data queries on a pay-per-request basis using $USDC, according to an announcement from the project’s official X account. The team said that “Graph Gateway now officially supports x402 Payments,” meaning clients can access indexed blockchain data “without
FalconX has expanded its tokenized structured credit facility to the Monad network, allowing institutional credit vault deposits to be used as collateral in decentralized finance protocols such as Morpho. Tokenization takes traditional credit facilities and represents them as digital tokens on a blockchain. In this case, the facility packages loans originated through FalconX’s lending business
Wall Street banks are expanding blockchain use across the $13 trillion repo market, a system that provides short-term funding between financial institutions. JPMorgan and other major lenders are testing tokenized repo trades to speed up cash transfers and reduce settlement delays in securities lending. According to a Bloomberg report, banks like JPMorgan Chase are using
VanEck Flags XRPL as Emerging Settlement Layer Challenging SWIFT, DTCC, and J.P. Morgan Rails VanEck’s latest assessment of the $XRP Ledger (XRPL) is fueling institutional debate over the future of global settlement infrastructure. As highlighted by crypto researcher SMQKE, the firm has identified the XRPL as a blockchain network capable of handling significant settlement volume
For most developers, blockchain still comes with a steep learning curve. Smart contracts, wallets, Solidity, node infrastructure, protocol documentation — the stack remains technical enough that building onchain products is still largely confined to a relatively small group of specialized engineers. $XYO thinks that model is about to break. The company, which launched one of
Casper Network ($CSPR), a proof-of-stake Layer-1 blockchain, has published the Casper Manifest, a multi-year technical roadmap outlining initiatives to position the network as infrastructure for regulated real-world asset tokenization and machine-to-machine commerce. The roadmap was presented by Casper Association president and chief technology officer Michael Steuer at the Digital Finance Forum in Bermuda on 12
PancakeSwap has announced its new liquidity pool for the Impossible Cloud Network (ICN). This strategy is part of a broader goal of connecting DeFi with the emerging Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) space to bring DeFi and Web3 in general to the world of decentralized cloud computing. It combines the benefits of Web3’s fluid, permissionless
HolmesAI, a renowned decentralized entity dealing with intuitive digital avatars, has partnered with ENI, an enterprise-level modular L1 chain. The partnership aims to bolster the creation of scalable AI-led digital avatars within the blockchain network. As HolmesAI mentioned in its official social media announcement, the development attempts to integrate its “AI + Digital Avatar” framework