Slash raised $100M at a $1.4B valuation as it processes over $1B in annualized stablecoin payments for 5,000+ businesses, turning crypto into back‑office banking rails. Slash’s $100M round and stablecoin push Slash Financial, a business banking platform built for online‑first companies, has secured $100 million in Series C funding at a roughly $1.4 billion valuation
Bank of AI and PKUBlockchain map Web4.0’s “agent economy,” pitching x402, ERC‑8004 and MCP while casting Tron and $USDT as the default settlement rail for AI agents. Bank of AI and Peking University’s PKUBlockchain association have released what they call the first comprehensive research report on Web4.0’s “agent economy,” titled “Web4.0: When AI Agents Become
Iran’s move to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz while Donald Trump keeps Iran’s ships under blockade has left oil and Bitcoin trading the ceasefire headline by headline. Iran’s announcement that it has fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz has eased the worst energy shock fears, but President Donald Trump’s decision to maintain a US
PARIS, France — During a pivotal session at Paris Blockchain Week, Ondo executive Oya Celiktemur delivered a crucial reality check about tokenization liquidity that challenged widespread industry assumptions. According to her detailed analysis, the belief that blockchain technology automatically transforms illiquid assets into liquid ones represents a fundamental misunderstanding of financial markets. This perspective carries
Bitcoin [$BTC] traders are getting more bearish with each second! Interestingly, such extreme negativity has so far only come near local bottoms. With fewer coins available, any change could cause a move up. $BTC Funding Rates fall to long-time lows Bitcoin’s Funding Rates now at their most negative levels since 2023, according to Glassnode’s 7-day
DGrid AI, an AI infrastructure entity for large language models (LLMs), has partnered with Stable, a blockchain-led payment infrastructure entity. The collaboration endeavors to provide resilient AI infrastructure to back the wide-scale deployment of large language models (LLMs) and their invocation. As DGrid AI revealed in its official press release, it will play the role
TOKYO, Japan – In a strategic move poised to reshape the digital entertainment landscape, Sony Corporation is formally pursuing an ambitious on-chain strategy for its vast intellectual property portfolio. The Japanese conglomerate will leverage its proprietary Ethereum Layer 2 scaling network, Soneium, to migrate and manage assets spanning music, animation, gaming, and film. This initiative,
The convergence of AI with Decentralized Finance is progressing quickly from the concept of blue sky thinking into real-world systems and infrastructure. By developing AI agents, or autonomous programs capable of performing complex activities, the requirement for this type of self-governed, seamless financial layer becomes apparent. Symbiosis, a major cross-chain liquidity protocol space, makes an
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