Digital asset custody and wallet provider Cobo becomes the latest web3 payment provider to join Google’s AI Agent payment protocol, with a live demo coming in 2026. Summary Singapore-based Cobo has joined Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) community, an open payment standard enabling AI agents to conduct secure, verifiable transactions on behalf of users. Cobo
The State of Wyoming has initiated a large-scale blockchain test involving 700,000 Frontier (FRNT) stablecoins, deploying 100,000 tokens each on seven major blockchains. Data from Dune Analytics researcher Marcov confirmed that the rollout took place on October 20 across Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche C-Chain, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and Polygon. This deployment marks the first major on-chain
HolmesAI partners with WORLD3 to make AI Autonomous Worlds, which are ecosystems that can evolve on their own and have intelligent agents who think, act, and create on their own. The partnership aims to establish a platform on which intelligent, self-evolving ecosystems are formed in which AI agents can reason, act, and produce independently. 🤝We’re
Blockchains created and controlled by corporations will eventually die, as users won’t want a chain controlled by a central entity, according to Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and CEO of blockchain company StarkWare. Ben-Sasson said in a Monday post to X that he was doubling down on his opinion that “corpo” chains won’t last because they are
IOST, a well-known platform for multi-chain infrastructure for RWAs, has partnered with Ethscriptions, the prominent Ethereum rollup platform. The partnership is focused on supporting the impending key Ethscriptions upgrade. As mentioned in IOST’s official X announcement, the collaboration backs the ecosystem with the launch of a Rollup solution to let all assets completely exist on
As the rest of the internet began to recover Monday afternoon from a seismic Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, key crypto sites and service providers continued to struggle from the setback. Apps like Coinbase and OpenSea have remained partially or entirely down for many users, particularly those on the East Coast. Meanwhile, even decentralized crypto
Monad’s long-awaited airdrop has the crypto community buzzing, but beneath the hype lies an ambitious engineering effort for the blockchain. Ahead of the much anticipated token release and the mainnet launch, CoinDesk explored how the team’s reimagined virtual machine combined with its fast execution could set up Monad to compete with some of the fastest
Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz plans to tackle corruption in his country’s government using blockchain technology. The Associated Press reported Monday that Paz defeated rival Jorge Quiroga 54.5% to 45.5% and is set to take office on Nov. 8. Paz won Sunday’s runoff on a centrist, pro-market message and inherits an economy strained by fuel shortages
Story Highlights XRP Ledger continued closing blocks normally during the AWS outage, highlighting its resilience. The outage exposed the fragility of centralized cloud infrastructure, affecting platforms like Coinbase. XRPL’s decentralized validator network and initiatives like XLS 50 ensure operational continuity when clouds fail. Early Monday, a major AWS outage in the US-EAST-1 region caused service
Jasmy Lab Co., Ltd. has introduced JANCTION LINK, a service that aggregates links from multiple social media platforms and websites into a single URL while assigning points based on video viewing durations. This new product addresses the fragmentation of online content by enabling users to create consolidated profiles or landing pages directly from a smartphone