So here we are at the end of July, and it’s been one of those months where you blink and Bitcoin’s at $124k, then blink again and you’re trapped in a sideways box. In other words, BTC hit fresh all-time highs earlier this month, and ever since it’s been range city. Same goes for ETH…
From real estate tokenization in Dubai to wallet integrations and global safety initiatives, July 2025 marked a shift in how crypto companies align with traditional institutions, regulators, and everyday users. These partnerships reveal a shared urgency to scale responsibly—merging compliance, innovation, and community to reshape the future of digital finance. PNC and Coinbase Forge Alliance…
On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Harper v. Faulkender, by upholding the third-party doctrine’s application to public blockchain data. By treating on-chain transaction records like bank statements shared with a financial institution, the Court effectively green-lit broad IRS and law-enforcement surveillance of every Bitcoin transaction ever made. According to Vikrant…
Christian Thompson, Managing Director at the Sui Foundation, explains how Sui’s “born fast” architecture, built around parallel execution and object-centric design, is proving that blockchains don’t have to sacrifice decentralization for scale. From powering global financial leaders like Franklin Templeton and Ant Financial to attracting over a million new wallet users daily, Thompson breaks down…
Platform designed to enable compliant tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) at an institutional level, Brickken announced a strategic alliance with Assetera, a digital securities exchange based in Austria and regulated under MiFID II. This partnership aims to tackle persistent issues within the tokenization sector by offering regulated secondary market options for digital securities. It marks…
Telegram has transformed into a major gateway for blockchain interaction—anchored entirely in its own infrastructure. On March 19, 2025, Pavel Durov officially announced on X that Telegram reached 1 billion monthly active users amid its growing Web3 integration. 1 billion monthly active users — milestone reached. pic.twitter.com/ZfwWcrFCGu — Pavel Durov (@durov) March 19, 2025 The integration with…
At Hack Seasons Cannes, Kay Zhao, Marketing Lead at Lista DAO, shared a candid and refreshing take on what’s still holding DeFi back, and how Lista is working to remove those obstacles with simplicity, product-market fit, and real user-centric innovation. From removing barriers to onboarding to launching high-yield, high-demand lending products, Lista is quickly becoming…
Mathieu Baudet, the founder and CEO of Linera, joined Hack Seasons Cannes to share his bold ambitions for Web3 infrastructure. Linera is not just another Layer 1, it’s a radical rethinking of how blockchain should work, starting from first principles. With real-time interactions, microchains for horizontal scalability, and a developer-first philosophy, Linera is building toward…
At Hack Seasons in Cannes, Ash V. Khatibi, the Marketing Lead at Sonic, offered a glimpse into how the L1 challenger is flipping the Web3 economic model on its head. With a focus on giving 90% of fees back to developers, native account abstraction, and dynamic fee structures, Sonic is positioning itself as an L1…
At the recent Hack Seasons Conference in Cannes, Tom Trowbridge, Co-Founder of Fluence, offered a candid look into the company’s trajectory within the booming DePIN space. The conversation highlighted not only Fluence’s early traction with real customers and revenue but also its commitment to building a long-term community-driven ecosystem, far beyond hype and short-term rewards….