The US banking giant seeks trademark protection for “WFUSD,” covering crypto trading, payments, staking software and blockchain-based financial services.

Tokenized real-world assets have surged 66% in 2026, with funds, gold and equities driving growth across public blockchains.

Data shows that Ether price dynamics are being driven by capital flows rather than network activity growth, said CryptoQuant analyst Julio Moreno.

The French banking group’s digital asset arm expanded its MiCA-aligned euro-backed stablecoin as part of a multichain strategy for regulated digital asset infrastructure.

DeFi lacks its final primitive. Insurance turns hidden risks into priced, programmable coverage. Programmable insurance with uncorrelated capital creates TVC safety nets.

Foresight Ventures says regulatory barriers and liquidity advantages are driving consolidation in tokenized equities as the market expands.

“We want the authority over staking nodes to be highly distributed, and the first step to doing this is to make it easy,” said Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.

Gondi said only the Sell & Repay smart contract was affected and that it is safe to continue buying, selling, trading and listing NFTs on the platform.

Swiss crypto bank Amina has joined 21X as a regulated banking participant, linking traditional financial institutions with a blockchain-based market for issuing tokenized securities.

A new United Nations Development Programme report outlines how blockchain can support public systems.

RedStone co-founder Marcin Kaźmierczak says banks are splitting RWA infrastructure between private networks like Canton and public chains such as Ethereum.

Flow Foundation is seeking a Seoul court order to halt planned FLOW delistings on three Korean exchanges following a December exploit that duplicated tokens.

The Pix payment system is credited with driving crypto adoption in Argentina, according to a report from the Lemon crypto app.

"Sinners" star Michael B. Jordan’s odds of winning the Best Actor Oscar jumped from 10% on March 1 after he won the SAG best actor award.

The report examines how privacy tools on public blockchains complicate anti-money laundering enforcement as digital asset use for payments expands.

Lawmakers are pushing new regulation for prediction markets after suspiciously timed Polymarket bets on US and Israeli strikes on Iran raised insider-trading concerns.

A pilot involving the central bank and major financial institutions tested whether distributed ledger infrastructure could streamline bond issuance, trading and settlement.

Demand is surging for tokenized precious metals that offer more accessibility than their traditional counterparts, with investors seeking 24/7 safe-haven asset availability.

More than 1,800 crypto businesses operate in the UAE, with over 600 Web3 companies based in Dubai’s DMCC free zone.

Oracle provider RedStone deploys price feeds on Stellar as the network expands DeFi infrastructure and experiments with lending and tokenized assets.

TRM said a post-strike spike in Nobitex wallet activity looked like routine liquidity moves, even as Chainalysis flagged higher outflows from Iranian exchanges overall.

The international watchdog says P2P stablecoin transfers via self-custody wallets can bypass AML checks and urges countries to assess risks and apply proportionate safeguards.

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan called it the “weekend that changed finance” as investors clambered onto Hyperliquid to trade the Israel-Iran conflict.

Bermuda’s onchain economy plan prioritizes pilots, stablecoins and regulation over forced crypto adoption. Here’s why testing comes first.

The move follows a 52.58% Snapshot vote on a $42.5 million funding package for Aave Labs, now headed to the ARFC stage before any binding onchain decision.

Crypto’s credibility in 2026 will be judged by payment retention, settlement throughput and repeat usage — not token prices or speculative hype.

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the experiments will examine links between blockchain systems and Japan’s existing settlement infrastructure.

Elliptic’s initial tracing found many of the funds were sent to foreign crypto exchanges, potentially indicating capital flight from Iran amid rising uncertainty in the region.

Sony Bank and JPYC will study real-time transfers enabling customers to buy the yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC directly from their bank accounts.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Shanghai partners will study a blockchain cross-border platform linking cargo trade data, e-bills of lading and finance under Project Ensemble.