Allen Konevsky, Chairman and Chief Executive of tZERO Group, one of only two firms to hold a special purpose broker-dealer licence from the US Securities and Exchange Commission, has said he has a long-term bias toward tokens that function as infrastructure ingredients rather than stores of value, singling out $XRP and Ether as assets better
While the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin has climbed above $66,000 with the upward momentum it has gained in recent days, the picture also looks positive for altcoins. However, Santiment warns against the rise in the short term for $BTC and some major altcoins. In this context, the cryptocurrency analysis platform Santiment examined MVRV ratios. As recovery
Cordant, a company building financial infrastructure for stablecoins and digital assets, has raised $8 million in a seed funding round. The investment was led by a consortium of venture capital firms, including BanklessVC, FJ Labs, SignalFire, Kuona, NextStage, Celer Ventures, FlatironX, Nascent Ventures, SilverCircle Ventures, and Generative Ventures. What Cordant Does Cordant develops backend technology
Augustus, a startup building a federally chartered clearing bank for fintechs and financial institutions, said it raised $180 million to expand its dollar payment infrastructure as stablecoins reshape global finance. The fundraising valued the company at $1 billion, with Tiger Global leading the round and investors such as Hummingbird, QED and the founders of Nubank,
Bitcoin reclaimed the high-timeframe range at $66K. $BTC repeats the setup seen before the 2015, 2019, and 2022 rallies. As of July 21, the Bitcoin ($BTC) price is trading at $66,286, breaking above and reclaiming the high-timeframe support range at $66K. It was a level the market has been watching for weeks. Moreover, last month,
When the Open Standard alliance unveiled its Open USD stablecoin, backed by more than 140 institutions including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and BlackRock, the market didn’t celebrate — it went straight for Circle’s jugular. Shares in Circle fell between 15% and 18% at one point following the announcement, a reaction that tells you everything about
Aztec Network, an Ethereum Layer 2 built for private smart contracts, said on Tuesday that its Alpha V5 release is live on mainnet, calling it “the fastest private transactions we’ve ever shipped.” The company said Alpha V5 proves a fully private transaction in about 2.5 seconds on a laptop and cuts transaction fees to under
zkSync is set to make a significant appearance at the Futurist Conference, with Philippe Noelting representing the brand. He will discuss the critical topic of institutional adoption and the necessary infrastructure to support it, as highlighted in their recent tweet. This appearance emphasizes the growing importance of trust in infrastructure for institutional capital in the
Base has recently announced its focus on native account abstraction through EIP-8130, which aims to improve user account management. This development was shared via a tweet that has gained traction in the crypto community, highlighting the potential for enhanced user experiences in decentralized applications. More details can be found in the official tweet here. Breaking
A new set of machine-checked proofs published on Ethereum Research on July 21, 2026, pushes the formal theory of cross-domain state preservation meaningfully forward — and the implications stretch well beyond academic verification. The work mechanizes the composition of preservation maps between synchronization domains and stratifies them by coupling breadth, using Isabelle/HOL as the proof