Grayscale Research has recognized six blockchain protocols it sees as the largest winners of the tokenization megatrend. The asset supervisor highlighted that the tokenized asset market has expanded by 217% year-over-year. Yet it accounts for under roughly 0.01% of worldwide fairness and bond markets as we speak, suggesting potential for additional development. Why Grayscale Sees…
Visa has added Polygon as a settlement chain in its stablecoin program, giving fintech issuers a brand new method to settle card cost flows past commonplace banking hours. While card funds really feel instantaneous to customers, settlement for issuers nonetheless will depend on financial institution calendars, cut-off occasions, weekends, and holidays. This creates a working-capital…
Spot buying and selling of tokenized gold totaled $90.7 billion throughout Q1 2026 alone. That determine already exceeds the $84.6 billion recorded throughout the entire of 2025. The soar marks a notable acceleration in the real-world asset (RWA) sector. Crypto merchants are pursuing 24/7 publicity to the safe-haven asset by gold-backed tokens. Gold Rally Pulls…
Polymarket has tapped blockchain analytics agency Chainalysis to deploy an on-chain answer that displays buying and selling exercise and enforces its Market Integrity Rules throughout the prediction market platform. The system facilities on a detection mannequin constructed on Chainalysis Data Solutions. It is calibrated to determine patterns that counsel personal info on the platform. How…
North Korean hackers accounted for 76% of all crypto hack losses by April, based on TRM Labs. The report revealed that hackers from two distinct teams stole roughly $577 million throughout two assaults in 2026. 2 North Korean Heists Drove 76% of 2026 Crypto Hack Losses The Drift Protocol breach and the KelpDAO bridge exploit…
Peter Schiff has intensified his assault on Michael Saylor and Strategy, calling each the MSTR inventory and STRC most popular fairness scheme scams and evaluating them to Nakamoto Games (NAKA), a cryptocurrency that collapsed 99% up to now 12 months. Schiff’s barrage of critiques comes because the Bitcoin convention season kicks off with renewed enthusiasm…
The US Senate unanimously authorised a decision from Senator Bernie Moreno that bars sitting senators from buying and selling on prediction markets. The measure took impact instantly beneath the chamber’s inside Standing Rules. The voice vote got here one week after Moreno launched the decision on April 24. It targets occasion contracts supplied by platforms…
MegaETH launched its MEGA token on April 30, 2026, turning one in all crypto’s most talked-about Ethereum scaling tasks right into a stay market asset. The token started buying and selling throughout main centralized exchanges, together with Binance, KuCoin, Bitget, MEXC, Bybit, OKX, and Gate, whereas on-chain liquidity fashioned rapidly on MegaETH-native venues reminiscent of…
Crypto ranks as probably the most muted matter on X because the platform launched its new snooze function. The information, shared by head of product Nikita Bier, indicators rising consumer fatigue with the asset class. Users snoozed crypto posts greater than politics, the Iran battle, sports activities, and enterprise content material mixed. The sample marks…
Visa expanded its stablecoin settlement pilot to 9 blockchains on April 29, signaling that institutional adoption of blockchain-based fee rails is accelerating sooner than conventional finance anticipated. The transfer provides Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo to current help for Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Stellar. The $7 billion annualized settlement run charge, up 50% from…