TL;DR Ripple moves into execution phase with Mastercard, shifting blockchain settlement from pilots to live card payment flows using $RLUSD on the $XRP Ledger, with transactions settling in seconds instead of days. Mastercard confirms stablecoins operate as a native settlement asset within its regulated network, keeping consumer payment experiences unchanged while modernizing back-end infrastructure. The
Nvidia stock fell more than 3% on Tuesday, extending losses from the previous session, as investors weighed growing scrutiny around the chipmaker’s closely watched partnership with OpenAI. The decline came amid a flurry of reports and public comments aimed at reassuring Wall Street that the relationship between the two companies remains intact, even as both
Cwallet, a well-known multi-chain crypto wallet, is officially listing Alephium ($ALPH), a popular L1 blockchain, on its platform. With this listing, Cwallet attempts to broaden the multi-chain ecosystem thereof by permitting consumers to seamlessly manage, receive, and send $ALPH tokens without leaving the Cwallet interface. As Cwallet mentioned in its official social media announcement, the
Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (Nasdaq: TIRX) said it has entered a strategic agreement under which an unnamed investor would contribute 15,000 Bitcoin in exchange for an equity stake in the company. At Bitcoin’s ($BTC) price of about $75,000 at the time of writing, the proposed contribution would be valued at about $1.1 billion. Tian Ruixiang
The Texas Blockchain Council (TBC) and Chainlink Labs have entered into a strategic partnership to advance digital asset standards across the state. Under the collaboration, Chainlink Labs and TBC members are engaging policymakers and industry leaders on secure digital asset infrastructure and high-impact blockchain use cases for Texas. Led by President Giovanni Capriglione, the TBC
Stablecoins are often marketed as instant, borderless money. In practice, that speed is the final output of a deep and carefully layered financial stack. Key Takeaways Stablecoins rely on a multi-layer financial stack, not just blockchains. Compliance, custody, and liquidity are as important as speed. The long-term story is infrastructure, not individual products. What looks
The number of tokens launched on AI agent launchpad Clanker, which runs on Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 Base, skyrocketed to new daily highs following the recent rise of AI-only social media platform, Moltbook. Yesterday, Feb. 2, the number of tokens created on Clanker reached 21,870, breaking its previous all-time highs from over the weekend, per
New York —The next evolution of asset management will be “wallet-native,” not just digital, according to Franklin Templeton’s head of innovation, Sandy Kaul. Speaking at the Ondo Summit in New York on Tuesday, Kaul said she envisions a future where all financial assets — stocks, bonds, funds, and more — are held and managed through
Tokenized bonds are becoming a core crypto asset. As reported by Falcon Finance, tokenized bonds have become the most dominant in the fast-developing real-world asset (RWA) industry, with a total market value of $12.7 billion. This amount is about 55% out of all tokenised RWAs, which indicates a crucial change in the institutional capital shift
The crypto market has lost over $15 billion to hackers, with a fifth of it lost in bridge exploits, which Chainlink says highlights the need for its cross-chain solution. Cross-chain interoperability only works if security is built in, moving away from centralized single points of failure, the network says. The crypto market has continued to