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TON Blockchain Achieves 400ms Block Times—Here's Why It Matters for Crypto Trading
The Open Network (TON), a layer-1 blockchain integrated with Telegram's 1 billion-user ecosystem, just dropped Catchain 2. 0—and the numbers are impre...
Tether Moves Into Decentralized AI With New Developer Toolkit for Local, Offline Apps
Tether is doubling down on its decentralized AI ambitions with a fresh developer toolkit designed to make building local, on-device AI applications si...
Iran Proposes Bitcoin Tolls for Strait of Hormuz: A Sanctions Workaround Strategy
Hours after President Trump announced a two-week US-Iran ceasefire that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian officials are reportedly considerin...
Polymarket Dominates Prediction Market Fees With 97% Market Share Following Strategic Pricing Restructure
Polymarket has emerged as one of decentralized finance's most lucrative protocols, capturing an outsized share of onchain prediction market revenue fo...
Tether's $500B Fundraising Push Hits Headwinds as Investors Balk at Valuation
Tether is putting the squeeze on potential investors, demanding commitments within two weeks for a fundraising round pegged at a $500 billion valuatio...
Stablecoin Market Hits $315B Milestone: USDC Surges While Tether Stumbles in Q1 Shift
Stablecoins proved to be the crypto market's safe harbor in Q1, as investors retreated from volatility while a fundamental shift in trading dynamics e...
Federal Reserve Eyes Stricter Stablecoin Regulation to Combat Financial Crime
The Federal Reserve is signaling a harder line on stablecoin oversight, with Governor Michael Barr pushing for tighter controls to address money laund...
Meta's Stablecoin Pivot: Why Big Tech Is Finally Learning to Share the Keys
Meta's 2026 stablecoin push favors partnerships over issuing its own coin. Here's why the company is choosing infrastructure and distribution instead...
E-Commerce Heavyweight Mercado Libre Ditches Its Crypto Token, Shifts Strategy to Stablecoin
Latin America's dominant e-commerce platform Mercado Libre has discontinued its Mercado Coin loyalty token, marking a significant strategic recalibrat...
Tether's Dollar-Backed USAT Stablecoin Breaks Into Celo Ecosystem, Backed by Google Cloud Partnership
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Stablecoin Velocity Surge Could Flip Supply Demand Dynamics, Standard Chartered Warns
Stablecoin velocity has doubled over the past two years as AI payments and traditional finance use cases accelerate, potentially reshaping how much to...