VanEck Puts XRPL on Top as Corporate Blockchain Race Shifts Toward Real Utility Market analyst Xaif Crypto has highlighted VanEck’s ranking that places the $XRP Ledger (XRPL) at the top of its corporate blockchain category. Some of the notable XRPL metrics include an implied market capitalization of roughly $88 billion, based on the market value
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has disclosed that discussions are underway to bring major banks and insurance firms onto the Midnight blockchain to integrate tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The comments highlight Cardano’s growing ambition to position Midnight as a compliant infrastructure layer for institutional finance, particularly in tokenized deposits, yield generation, and privacy-focused blockchain applications. Key
Orix, an Artificial Intelligence (AI-driven) Web3 project, has declared its blazing integration with UXLINK, a famous Web3 social platform for community growth. The primary purpose of this partnership is to strengthen Web3 social connectivity and user engagement across the ecosystem. Both firms are developed enough to deal with Web3 matters easily. Orix has shared this
Base, the Layer 2 blockchain incubated by Coinbase, activated its Azul network upgrade on mainnet this month, marking the chain’s first independent protocol upgrade and a significant step toward Stage 2 decentralization. The upgrade launched on Base Sepolia testnet on April 21 and was targeted for mainnet on May 13, according to a blog post
Buying concert tickets increasingly feels less like competing with other fans — and more like competing with automated software. Bots now flood ticketing systems within seconds of sales opening, purchasing massive amounts of inventory before real fans ever reach checkout. The result is a resale market that regularly pushes ticket prices far beyond face value.
Tempo, a Layer 1 blockchain incubated by Stripe, has processed 3.9 million transactions across 177,000 addresses since mainnet launched on March 18, according to data shared by Dune Analytics. The chain’s native TIP-20 stablecoin standard now supports circulating supply exceeding $25M across multiple issuers and yield-bearing token variants. The TIP-20 standard makes stablecoins native to
Fireblocks, Robinhood, MetaMask, and more than two dozen other financial and crypto firms have joined forces to launch the Open Transaction Layer (OTL), an industry-wide effort to build the coordination standard required for onchain finance to scale globally. OTL establishes shared protocols for identity, messaging, and transaction coordination between institutions, unhosted wallets, and AI-driven agents,
Voting in crypto governance has a dirty secret: it’s not actually secret. Most DAO votes are cast from pseudonymous wallets on public blockchains, meaning anyone with a block explorer can see exactly how you voted. That creates a problem that goes beyond mere privacy discomfort. It opens the door to coercion, vote buying, and social
Sui network, a layer 1 blockchain developed by Mysten Labs, is experiencing a network outage on Thursday after the project said its mainnet had “stalled,” temporarily halting transaction processing. “Sui Mainnet is currently experiencing a network stall. The Sui Core team is actively working on a solution,” the project posted on X. “Be aware that
Charles Hoskinson says he remains deeply committed to the blockchain industry because he believes decentralization can reshape the global financial system and improve economic access for billions of people. He shared this view at the Bermuda Digital Finance Forum in May 2026. The Cardano founder reflected on his 12-year journey in crypto and explained why