AI research organisation OpenAI announced the establishment of Stargate Norway, its first AI data center initiative in Europe, launched under the OpenAI for Countries program. Stargate serves as OpenAI’s primary infrastructure platform, supporting its broader goal of making AI widely beneficial. The initiative emphasizes the role of AI as a transformative technology capable of enhancing…
BlackRock’s tokenized U.S. Treasury fund, BUIDL, recorded approximately $447 million in net outflows over the past 30 days, marking its steepest monthly drawdown since launch, according to data from RWA.xyz. The redemptions, concentrated in the Ethereum-based BUIDL-I share class, coincide with outflows from other major Treasury-backed products, including Superstate’s USTB and Circle’s USYC, which saw…
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget announced that it has formed a strategic institutional alliance with Fibonacci Capital, a high-frequency trading and market-making firm recognized for its analytics-driven liquidity strategies. This collaboration is aimed at advancing institutional-grade infrastructure on the platform, improving token market efficiency, and promoting the stable development of listed projects. Drawing on more than six…
DePIN Expo 2025, a professional exhibition centered on Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN), has announced the strategic backing of 0G Labs, a prominent global project in the AI Layer 1 blockchain space. As a developer of decentralized AI infrastructure, 0G Labs will present its Decentralized AI Operating System (DeAIOS) at the event, illustrating how AI…
Web3 liquidity infrastructure provider, Orderly Network announced the integration of its OmniVault solution with Binance liquidity through Binance’s custody platform, Ceffu. This integration enables users to engage in decentralized perpetuals trading on Orderly’s platform while maintaining asset custody within Binance. The live deployment facilitates real-time capital allocation between centralized and decentralized markets, eliminating the need…
Liquid restaking protocol Puffer Finance announced the upgrade of its Puffer UniFi AVS system. Developed on Eigenlayer, Puffer UniFi AVS introduces sub-second execution and economic alignment for rollups using validator-backed gateways and real-time preconfirmations. The system includes a registry that facilitates sub-10 millisecond transactions for any OP-based rollup and is currently backed by over $13…
With July behind us, it’s a good time to look back at one of the month’s highlights — the Hack Season Conference in Cannes. The event brought together key figures from the crypto industry across the Far East and beyond. Host Nikita Sachdev, CEO and founder of the PR agency Luna PR, set the tone…
The Algorand Foundation has released a sweeping new roadmap to revive its ecosystem and push blockchain adoption into everyday life. Announced on July 31, the 2025+ roadmap is a strategic pivot meant to reassert Algorand’s relevance in a market increasingly dominated by competitors like Solana and Ethereum. According to CEO Staci Warden, the Foundation is…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will launch a commission-wide initiative called “Project Crypto” to modernize securities rules for blockchain-based activity and help shift US markets “on-chain.” Chair Paul Atkins said in a July 31 speech at the America First Policy Institute that the initiative will execute recommendations made in the President’s Working Group (PWG)…
Blockchain infrastructure provider Alchemy has introduced Cortex, a high-performance blockchain engine engineered to support real-time, globally scalable onchain finance. Developed over 18 months and trained on trillions of historical onchain requests spanning the past seven years, Cortex reflects a full rebuild of Alchemy’s core infrastructure. The engine offers a 66% reduction in response times and…