Chainlink launched APAC Equities Streams on Monday, putting live pricing for large-cap Asian companies on-chain to power equity perps, prediction markets and structured products in Asian time zones. Chainlink launched APAC Equities Streams on Monday, an oracle feed that brings pricing for large Asia-Pacific companies on-chain. It starts with Japan and Korea, with more regional
**Deck:** On-chain governance stripped admin control over Aztec’s rollup contract, freezing the code in place and clearing the technical bar for L2Beat’s top decentralization tier. Privacy-focused Ethereum layer-2 Aztec said it reached Stage 2 on L2Beat, the highest decentralization rating the rollup tracker assigns. The milestone followed an on-chain governance action that revoked ownership of
Every time you trade on-chain, an invisible competition decides the order of transactions in the next block, and whoever controls that order can extract value from yours. That is MEV. It funds a hidden industry, quietly taxes ordinary users, and shapes the design of every modern blockchain. Table of Contents What MEV actually is Why
Orix, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent built on BNB Chain to execute on-chain execution in Web3, has disclosed its strategic collaboration with PAYGO, a request-level payment infrastructure. The basic purpose of this partnership is to perform seamless on-chain payment, settlements, and machine-to-machine transactions within the Web3 ecosystem. 🤝 Orix AI Partners with PAYGO Orix is
Polygon Registers Around $309 Million In Latam Stablecoin Volumes In May While dollar-pegged stablecoins have risen as a mainstream use case for blockchain tech, industry figureheads believe that stablecoins from emerging markets will also become relevant soon. Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder and CEO of the Polygon Foundation, highlighted the rise in activity that these stablecoins have
On June 22, Solana unveiled the arrival of tokenized Micron Technology (MU) stock on the Solana blockchain via Sunrise, which will be issued by Backpack Securities. The announcement comes at a time when Micron is planning to roll out its fiscal Q3 2026 financial report on June 24, 2026. Recently, Micron has also announced a
The $XRP Ledger (XRPL) continues to attract capital into its real-world asset (RWA) ecosystem even as major blockchain networks face heavy outflows. Data shared from RWA.xyz shows XRPL recorded $1.7 billion in net RWA inflows over the past 60 days. In contrast, several leading networks posted significant declines during the same period. Ethereum led the
Federally chartered crypto bank Anchorage Digital is rolling out infrastructure that allows banks to issue tokenized deposits, joining a growing effort by financial institutions to bring traditional bank money onto blockchain networks. The bank said on Monday that its new platform will help banks to offer round-the-clock payments and settlement services using blockchain technology without
MoneyGram said Monday it has become a validator on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, the latest step in the remittance firm’s ongoing push into crypto infrastructure as it builds payment services around stablecoins. By operating a validator, MoneyGram will help process transactions and secure Solana’s proof-of-stake network, becoming a key part of the infrastructure that keeps