Discusses advancements, use cases, and technical aspects of blockchain technology, not limited to financial applications.
India’s SEBI launches Demat 2.0 pilot, digitizing $620 billion corporate bonds with settlements via RBI’s wholesale digital rupee; secondary trading and retail access anticipated in future phases. #Update #Crypto $USDT
Coinbase rebrands Base App to Coinbase Wallet, emphasizing multichain trading and moving away from social networking. The wallet will serve as a “test kitchen” for new trading experiences. #Update #Crypto
@Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev asserts public companies can’t prevent third parties from creating financial instruments linked to their shares, responding to @AMCTheatres’ Adam Aron amid legal threats. #Update #Crypto $AMC
@Nasdaq, @BoerseStuttgart, and others urge the EU to remove or raise the tokenization cap, highlighting that some projects already exceed the current limit. #Update #Crypto
MAKE Group launches AstralBeam, a cross-chain bridging protocol on Casper, enabling regulated asset transfers across EVM networks while maintaining compliance for $32B in tokenized assets. #Update #Blockchain
Circle to acquire Tazapay for $400M, expanding USDC’s global reach with over $25B in annual payments; deal closes in 2027 pending regulatory approval. #Update #Crypto $USDC
@Consensys plans to split into two companies by 2026, creating @MetaMask for consumer services and a new Consensys for institutional blockchain infrastructure. #Update #Crypto $ETH
The U.S. Secret Service froze $52.8M in $USDT linked to Xinbi Guarantee, a transnational criminal organization, using Elliptic’s blockchain intelligence. #Breaking #Legal
@Coinbase Vice Chair Ryan VanGrack emphasizes the CLARITY Act’s importance for U.S. market governance ahead of the Senate vote on September 15, as tokenization reshapes capital markets. #Update #Crypto $USDC
Cronos executed a controversial rollback of nearly two hours of blockchain history to recover $111 million in user assets, but attackers still stole $9.19 million before the network was halted. #Breaking #Crypto $CRO
@Robinhood’s blockchain network is projected to generate $160M in annual fees by 2028, driven by tokenized stock trading, while facing criticism from AMC’s CEO over its tokenized equities. #Update #Crypto $HOOD
@EthereumFoundation aims for a quantum-resistant Layer 1 by December 2029, focusing on execution, consensus, and data layers. ETH price currently at $2,470 after a 63% rally in two months. #Update #Crypto $ETH
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao predicts IPOs will transition to blockchain, highlighting the growing demand for tokenized securities as Binance’s bStocks trading volume surpasses $30 billion. #Update #Crypto $BNB
Harmony proposes shutting down its blockchain due to AI and state actor threats, moving $ONE to Ethereum. Users urged to exit smart contracts by September 10. #Update #Blockchain $ONE
