Leading American crypto exchange Coinbase ventured deeper into the on-chain economy with the launch of its Ethereum layer-2 network Base in 2023. Originally billed as “a ‘bridge’ for users into the cryptoeconomy,” Base was designed to house Coinbase’s existing on-chain products and provide an open ecosystem for millions of new decentralized apps. Since its launch,
NBA champion Tristan Thompson is teaming up with Improbable CEO Herman Narula and co-founder Hadi Teherany to roll out a new web3 experience designed to reinvent basketball fandom for the digital era. The project, named basketball.fun, will debut in October ahead of the NBA season and will attempt to gamify the way fans interact with
Key Takeaways Circle’s CCTP V2 now supports the Stellar blockchain, allowing direct USDC transfers between Stellar and other networks. CCTP V2 eliminates the need for wrapped tokens or traditional bridges, reducing security risks in cross-chain transactions. Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol Version 2 (CCTP V2) now supports Stellar, the decentralized blockchain platform designed for cross-border payments.
Optopia, an AI-led L2 network, has partnered with EDITH, a decentralized AI infrastructure platform. The partnership seeks to merge the agent-based execution of user intents with the tokenized compute, agent infrastructure, and energy of EDITH. As the platform disclosed in its official announcement on X, the collaboration denotes the comprehensive synergy between the blockchain ecosystems
Key Takeaways Mercado Bitcoin will issue $200 million in tokenized fixed income and equity instruments on the Stellar network. The initiative highlights Stellar’s growing role in bringing Latin American real-world assets onchain. Mercado Bitcoin, Latin America’s major digital asset investment platform, will issue $200 million in tokenized fixed income and equity financial instruments on the
REI Network, an advanced public blockchain, has collaborated with Hive Intelligence, a cutting-edge AI agent infrastructure platform. The collaboration aims to merge the next-gen data capabilities of Hive Intelligence with the zero-fee and efficient EVM chain of REI Network. As mentioned in the official social media announcement of REI Network, the development will fortify the
Los Angeles — K-Pop is stepping into Web3. Titan Content, the U.S.-based entertainment company founded by veteran producer Nikki Semin Han, has unveiled 2GATHR, a blockchain-powered fan engagement app built on TITAN, a custom Avalanche Layer-1 developed with AvaCloud. The launch will coincide with the debut of Titan’s first girl group, AtHeart. — 2GATHR will
This November, Berlin will host a three day showcase featuring over 200 digital artists showcasing their art from some the largest marketplaces on the Tezos blockchain. Here are some highlights you can look forward to from the exhibition. Summary Art on Tezos 2025 is a three-day showcase in Berlin, Germany which showcases artwork from more
Coinbase Payments has joined the Open Intents Framework to help standardize and simplify cross-chain asset transfers across Ethereum and its Layer 2 networks. Summary Coinbase joins over 30 contributors to advance permissionless, secure cross-chain operations. The Open Intents Framework enables developers to quickly build intent-based applications using its modular components like solvers, smart contracts, and
DefiLlama, which is among the most reliable DeFi analytics tool, has begun to monitor Ember Protocol on the Sui Network. It is a major step towards the two characters, Ember and Sui, because the addition of DefiLlama is usually an indication of a sense of credibility and increased usage. It is tracked that the total