The $NFT Layer 2 landscape faces a significant shift as Mint Blockchain, a dedicated scaling startup, officially terminates its service operations. This pivotal development, announced via social media platform X on April 17, triggers a critical six-month window for users to secure their digital assets before the platform’s final closure on October 20, 2026. Mint
ATT Global has declared a new partnership with ENI which seeks to connect the real life advertising with blockchain infrastructure. The collaboration is aimed at integrating tangible advertising experiences along with decentralized technologies to open up emerging Web3 experiences and enterprise usage. 🏢 Enterprise L1 Meets Real-World Attention: ATT Global Ă— @ENI__Official We’re pleased to
As part of its commitment to strengthen its digital asset network security to provide crypto investors with superior DeFi opportunities, KAST.xyz, a stablecoin-powered financial platform, today entered into a strategic partnership with Immunefi, a Web3 security platform. The development, announced today on the X platform, enabled KAST to integrate Immunefi’s advanced Web3 security technology into
Driven by a shared commitment to advance AI-powered Web3 applications to users (including on-chain projects, developers, and customers), Allor Network, a self-improving decentralized AI network, today entered into a strategic partnership with Band Protocol, a decentralized data oracle platform. The collaboration, announced today, disclosed that Allor integrated its decentralized AI network with Band’s decentralized data
Circle’s new $USDC Bridge aims to turn cross‑chain transfers into a near‑invisible backend plumbing layer for on‑chain dollars, replacing fragmented bridges with a single bank‑style ledger experience operated end‑to‑end by Circle itself. Circle turns $USDC into a single ledger across chains Circle has rolled out a native $USDC Bridge that lets users burn $USDC on
Pharos Network, the Layer-1 blockchain focused on delivering institutional-grade assets, has been strengthened by the addition of $USDC. The asset has become the network’s core stablecoin and is poised to become the backbone of the app economy now taking shape on Pharos. The integration of $USDC into blockchain networks adds credibility and – just as
World, the Sam Altman-backed digital identity project, has unveiled on Friday what it calls its most significant upgrade yet to World ID, positioning the system as “full-stack proof of human” infrastructure aimed at consumers, enterprises and AI agents. The overhaul, announced at an event in San Francisco, comes as concerns mount across the tech industry
Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) has launched a new stablecoin mint and redeem service in April 2026, allowing institutional clients to convert fiat money into digital dollars and back in real time. The move is aimed at making cross-border payments quicker and more efficient, especially for businesses operating in multiple countries. Singapore Gulf Bank $USDC Mint
Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities (MDC), a subsidiary of Japanese trading giant Mitsui & Co., Ltd., its tokenized gold, silver, and platinum asset, Zipangcoin (ZPG), on OP Mainnet, according to a press release shared with The Defiant. ZPG has been issued under Japan’s regulatory framework since 2022 and currently runs on Miyabi, a proprietary private
Fintech company Ramp Network said Friday it launched a multichain self-custodial wallet designed to tackle a common friction point in crypto of needing to rely on outside providers for core actions such as buying, swapping and cashing out. The company said the wallet allows users to buy, sell, trade and cash out digital assets inside