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The XRPL Foundation has halted a serious issue linked to the xrpl batch amendment before it could impact the mainnet, underscoring the ledger’s evolving security posture.
Critical flaw detected during voting phase
The XRPL Foundation disclosed that a critical vulnerability in the proposed Batch am

Gate has taken a major step in its European strategy by securing a gate psd2 license in Malta, adding regulated payment capabilities to its existing crypto services.
PSD2 authorization in Malta unlocks EU payment services
The crypto exchange Gate has reinforced its European regulatory position by

Consensys is rolling out new payment features in the United States as the MetaMask card brings a self-custody crypto option directly into everyday spending.
Nationwide rollout reaches 49 US states
The popular MetaMask wallet has expanded its Mastercard-backed crypto payment solution nationwide

Federal banking regulators are moving to reshape digital dollar markets, with a sweeping stablecoin yield prohibition now central to Washington’s emerging framework.
OCC outlines zero-yield standard for GENIUS Act implementation
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released an e

Investors seeking option-based income now have a new way to access it after the launch of the gif etf on a major US exchange.
REX Shares introduces an income-focused options ETF
REX Shares, a US asset manager, has introduced a new exchange-traded fund trading under ticker GIF. The vehicle

As Asia’s crypto rules rapidly mature, Japan is moving to anchor a yen stablecoin within its regulated financial system through a new trust bank-backed initiative.
Japan’s first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin JPYSC
SBI Holdings and Startale Group have officially unveiled JPYSC, a Japanese yen st

There are numerous predictions circulating about the price of Bitcoin, and usually, most of them are wrong
Indeed, many are not the result of analysis, but rather ideas based solely on intuition or hope, and should therefore

Investors are reassessing Jack Dorsey’s fintech group after recent block layoffs, which the company links directly to advances in internal AI tools and shifting profit goals.
Block slashes headcount as profits surge
Jack Dorsey‘s company, the parent of Square, Cash App, and Afterpay, cut its

The global digital finance landscape is undergoing an unprecedented transformation, and Japan is now at the forefront with the announcement of JPYSC, the first stablecoin denominated in Japanese yen and backed by a trust bank.
The project, a result of the collaboration between Startale Group and

A new collaboration in decentralized finance is reshaping onchain capital efficiency, as Venus Flux debuts on BNB Chain with a powerful unified liquidity layer.
Venus Protocol and Fluid introduce a new liquidity standard on BNB Chain
Venus Protocol, the leading lending platform on BNB Chain, has e

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Despite the growth of international business, sending money across borders is still challenging. Transfers can take days, carry high fees, and be hard to follow, a problem that persists even with online businesses and remote teams.
Crypto payment gateways provide a

Years of growth in decentralized finance have pushed Aave lending activity to historic levels, underscoring the protocol’s influence on digital asset markets.
Aave surpasses $1 trillion in cumulative volume
Aave has become the first major DeFi protocol to cross a cumulative lending volume of $1 tr

Institutional investors continued to migrate into tokenized treasurys in early 2026, even as macro volatility and US debt concerns weighed on broader digital asset markets.
Market capitalization in tokenized US Treasurys tops $10.8 billion
Tokenized US Treasurys added more than $1 billion in marke

As crypto business models mature, the Forum Markets evolution shows how a former ETH treasury vehicle can reposition around tokenization infrastructure without abandoning its roots.
From ETHZilla to Forum Markets: why the treasury model no longer works
ETHZilla first entered the market as an ETH f

In a new technical vision for Ethereum’s base layer, Vitalik Buterin has used the ethereum strawmap to explain how the protocol could become both faster and more secure by 2029.
Vitalik Buterin’s vision for faster Ethereum finality
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has broken down sweeping

Wallet in Telegram, the digital asset management platform natively integrated into the messaging app, has announced a new feature that promises to change the way millions of users approach decentralized finance (DeFi).
From today, TON Wallet users can not only hold

World Liberty Financial has outlined a fresh strategic overhaul in which wlfi governance plays a central role in reshaping incentives, participation, and token utility across its ecosystem.
WLFI sets out a new direction for governance
On 25 February, World Liberty Financial unveiled a detailed gov