Franklin Templeton’s tokenization platform is expanding to BNB Chain, bringing one of the world’s largest asset managers to the Binance-created blockchain. The asset manager, which has $1.6 trillion in assets under management, said the move would allow Franklin Templeton to use BNB Chain’s “low-cost, compliance ready” infrastructure, while expanding the availability of its products, according
Franklin Templeton, the global investment powerhouse managing $1.6 trillion in assets, is expanding its proprietary Benji Technology Platform to the BNB Chain ecosystem. The move amplifies Benji’s institutional-grade tokenization expertise by leveraging BNB Chain’s technological strengths, including its scalable, low-cost infrastructure and high transaction throughput, to create a new class of on-chain financial assets. “Our
Canton Network, a blockchain built for regulated finance, has struck a strategic partnership with Chainlink to broaden institutional adoption. The agreement, announced Wednesday, will see Canton integrate Chainlink’s suite of services, including Data Streams, Proof of Reserve, and its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol. Canton has also joined the Chainlink Scale program, which helps cover the costs
Imagine a world where the colossal $700 trillion traditional financial market operates with the speed and transparency of blockchain. This isn’t a distant dream, but the audacious goal set by Joseph Shalom, CEO of Sharplink Gaming (SBET). His vision extends far beyond simply holding Ethereum; it’s about fundamentally transforming traditional finance on-chain. Why Sharplink is
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has called for open-source, verifiable infrastructure across critical sectors like healthcare, finance and governance, warning that centralized systems risk eroding trust and security. In a Wednesday blog post, Buterin argued that as digital infrastructure becomes embedded in everyday life, relying on closed, opaque systems increases the danger of abuse and monopolization.
Plume, the real-world asset (RWA) focused blockchain, has gone a step further toward institutional readiness: native USDC and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) V2 are now live on the network, opening a direct, regulated dollar corridor for tokenized assets and cross-chain settlement. Plume bills itself as a purpose-built RWA chain with fast finality and full
ENI, a ZK-coprocessor Layer-1 blockchain network, today announced a strategic collaboration with RZTO.IO, a blockchain-driven rewards ecosystem transforming mobile commerce with AI and decentralized technologies. Based on this partnership, RZTO.IO integrated ENI’s ZK stack technology and fast-processing Layer-1 blockchain into its existing mobile applications and digital offerings to expand its Web3 capabilities for users worldwide.
Heurist, a decentralized AI cloud computing protocol, today announced a strategic collaboration with Oasis Protocol, a Layer-1 blockchain focused on privacy, scalability, and flexibility. Through this partnership, the Oasis network leverages Heurist’s confidential computing infrastructure to advance the capability of its data management and Web3 applications. Heurist is a decentralized AI-driven cloud computing network that
A swarm of autonomous robots could offer a new way to bring trustworthy real-world data onto blockchains—without relying on centralized sources. The idea, detailed in a new preprint study titled Swarm Oracle: Trustless Blockchain Agreements through Robot Swarms, builds on earlier peer-reviewed research where researchers demonstrated that mobile robots could reach reliable consensus, even in
Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 network Base recently teased a native token for the first time since its launch in 2023, and activity on the chain is soaring as users rush to become eligible for the airdrop. The network’s total value locked (TVL) reached a new high of $5.1 billion at the beginning of September, and