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Ripple President Monica Long will speak at XRP Seoul 2026 as Korea’s active XRP market and XRPL builder scene draw fresh attention.
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Atomic settlement means both sides of a deal are complete at the same instant or neither does, removing the centuries-old danger that one party pays and the other fails to deliver. This guide explains payment-versus-payment, why blockchains make it natural,…
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Base has delayed its Beryl mainnet upgrade by one day to ensure the B20 Activation Registry is fully operational before the hard fork goes live. Base announced that Beryl will now activate on mainnet on June 26 at 18:00 UTC…
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Base returned online after a two-hour outage caused by a consensus issue, with Coinbase’s layer-2 network promising a full post-mortem.
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As AI floods the internet with convincing fake humans, proving that a user is a real, unique person is becoming one of crypto’s hardest and most valuable problems. This guide explains what proof of personhood is, how the leading approaches…
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For years, a blockchain was one chain doing everything. The modular thesis breaks that apart into specialized layers for execution, settlement, consensus, and data availability. This guide explains the new stack, why rollups need a data layer, and what the…
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StarkWare debuts Private KYC on Starknet using zero-knowledge proofs to verify user facts without exposing full identity data in KYC checks.
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A central bank digital currency is digital money issued directly by a country’s central bank. It is a public alternative to private stablecoins, and by 2026, the world had split sharply over whether to build one, with the United States…
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China has outlined plans to strengthen anti-money laundering enforcement, expand scrutiny of virtual currency-related crime, and deepen international cooperation as authorities prepare the country’s financial security framework for the next five-year policy cycle. The People’s Bank of China said in…
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A smart contract is not smart, and it is barely a contract. It is a small program that lives on a blockchain and runs itself when its conditions are met, with no person to enforce it and no way to…
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Algorand plans quantum-resistant accounts and consensus updates by 2027 as crypto prepares for future quantum computing risks.
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JustLend DAO has launched Supply and Borrow Market V2, introducing an isolated lending framework and a new interest rate model designed to improve capital efficiency and risk controls across its decentralized lending platform. According to JustLend DAO’s announcement on June…
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GAO urged the FDIC to coordinate with federal regulators on blockchain risks as stablecoin and crypto market rules move forward.
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Hong Kong has priced its largest-ever digital bond sale at around HK$12 billion (approximately $1.5 billion), extending the city’s push to bring traditional fixed-income markets onto blockchain-based infrastructure. The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation (HKMC) said on June 11 that it…
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KB Kookmin Bank has completed a $100 million blockchain-based digital bond sale, becoming the first South Korean bank to use distributed ledger technology for foreign currency fundraising. According to local media reports, the bank issued the two-year U.S. dollar-denominated bond…
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Circle has unveiled new privacy capabilities for its Arc blockchain, introducing a confidential smart contract engine designed to keep sensitive financial data hidden while preserving access for compliance and audit functions. In a June 10 announcement, Circle said the new…
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