Cross-chain transactions usually end when the assets arrive. Aurora Labs wants them to end when the user has actually completed what they came to do. Aurora Intents has added Sui as a destination for Intents Connect, allowing users to move supported assets from other blockchains directly into actions such as lending, staking, trading or yield
Bottomline, a top-three Swift service provider moving more than $16 trillion in payments annually, has launched Global Pay Connect, a new onchain payment connectivity platform for 600+ banks powered by Chainlink. The move gives financial institutions a direct route into blockchain-based payment infrastructure without forcing them to rebuild existing systems. Chainlink Brings 600+ Banks Onchain
Foreign buyers returned to U.S. Treasury bills in July 2026, but the rebound stopped short of a broad vote of confidence in longer-dated government debt. For Bitcoin, that distinction matters because long-term Treasury yields remain a benchmark for borrowing costs and the returns available on safer assets. Foreign residents bought a net $38.8 billion of
Tether has become a major source of financing for Gold.com, giving about $1.5 billion to the US precious-metals dealer. The relationship, as reported by Bloomberg, shows how Tether is expanding beyond issuing the $USDT stablecoin. Tether’s gold involvement goes beyond buying bullion Gold.com had about $1.7 billion in outstanding precious-metal leases at the end of
Bitcoin price action got a reality check this week. On September 14, Santiment Insights described extreme FOMO across the crypto community as bullish narratives surged around expectations for a favorable CLARITY Act outcome. The warning was about euphoria itself, regardless of how the decision eventually turned out. Bitcoin FOMO Collapsed After CLARITY Act Setback The
Avalanche Treasury Company CEO Bart Smith says growing AI agent activity could test blockchain capacity and challenge the assumption that Layer 1 blockspace is effectively unlimited. Smith expects technical differences between Avalanche, Solana, Ethereum and other Layer 1 networks to matter more as transaction demand rises. He also expects markets to move toward 24/5 trading
Public blockchains record every transaction, yet researchers can derive multiple measures of economic activity from the same transparent ledger. A Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper published Sept. 15, found that Bitcoin transfer-value estimates differed by as much as a factor of six across the measurement approaches tested. That result is specific to the
Bitcoin ($BTC) traded near $76,500 after Thursday’s Wall Street open as investors snapped up US stocks following their recent dip. Key points: Bitcoin consolidated after dropping below $76,000 on the back of a 0.25% interest-rate hike by the US Federal Reserve. US equities rebounded, with the Nasdaq Composite Index gaining 1.5% as analysis saw upside