$XRP gained renewed attention after Evernorth highlighted how the crypto asset facilitated a tokenized Treasury redemption across Ripple, Mastercard, J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys, and Ondo Finance. Key Takeaways: J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys infrastructure interacted with the $XRP Ledger during a coordinated institutional settlement workflow. Ripple received U.S. dollar proceeds in Singapore outside normal banking operating hours. Blockchain
Deloitte has acquired Web3 infrastructure company Blocknative in a talent-focused deal that will see the startup wind down its APIs and gas oracle network next month, even as the Big Four firm deepens its push into crypto consulting. According to The Block, Deloitte announced on Tuesday that it had acquired Blocknative via what it described
Gaming commerce company Xsolla is integrating blockchain functionality into its broader gaming ecosystem through Xsolla ZK, President Chris Hewish told Sandmark during a one-on-one interview at Consensus Miami 2026. “We’ve been around for 20 years,” Hewish said. “We work with thousands of game companies and games all over the world.” While the traditional game industry
Cryptography company Project Eleven announced a collaboration with Ripple to combat quantum computing threats. The company stated that, as part of this partnership, they will work with Ripple to prepare the $XRP Ledger (XRPL) for the post-quantum era. Project Eleven stated that the cryptographic systems used in current blockchain infrastructures could be broken in the
The structural composition of private stablecoins is facing heightened institutional scrutiny as regulators in European bloc countries clamp down on unauthorized digital assets, digital asset experts suggested Tuesday at the Digital Money Summit 2026 in London. Christoph Hock, head of Tokenization and Digital Assets at Union Investment, one of Germany’s largest institutional asset managers with
While the CLARITY Act remains uncertain, regulation around tokenization is already moving forward. According to Bloomberg, the SEC is preparing an “innovation exemption” for tokenized equities. The proposal would allow tokenized securities to trade on decentralized crypto platforms, further bringing Wall Street closer to decentralized networks. In this context, tokenized assets may see faster growth
Evernorth Confirms $XRP’s Role as Bank Settlement Infrastructure in Monumental Cross-Border Transaction Evernorth says interoperability is what moves blockchain from theory into usable financial infrastructure. On May 6, that idea was tested in practice when $XRP was used as a settlement layer in what participants describe as one of the most significant cross-institutional blockchain transactions
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has formally proposed the development of a next-generation financial infrastructure that integrates artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, according to a report from CoinPost. The proposal, submitted by a project team under the party’s Policy Research Council, targets the creation of a fully automated, 24/7 financial ecosystem encompassing payments, lending,
In the first quarter of 2026, the Solana ecosystem saw a step change in the AI agents sector, moving from simple experimentation to a real measurable economic activity. According to the new Messari report, the blockchain is becoming one of the main reference points for autonomous applications capable of operating, making payments, and generating value
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong in a fresh post issued a prediction that the volume of commerce between autonomous AI agents will surpass the scale of the human economy. The main insight is not that this is distant futurism, but that Amazon, Google, and Circle are urgently deploying payment infrastructure for AI agents that do not