Blockchain News

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead thinks the US will have a “rational policy on blockchain” regardless of who wins November’s presidential election. In a recent newsletter, Morehead points to Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision to mention the blockchain sector in a speech last week. At a campaign event in Pittsburgh on September 25th, Harris spoke […]

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has granted in-principle approval to Ripple to offer blockchain-enabled payment services from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). What Happened: This regulatory decision allows Ripple to introduce its cross-border payment services, including Ripple Payments Direct (RPD), to customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple’s Chief Executive […]

Aptos Foundation and global asset management giant Franklin Templeton have announced the integration of the Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund (FOBXX) on the Aptos blockchain. Powered by the Move programming language, Aptos’ layer-1 blockchain will now support the Treasury-backed fund, integrating real-world assets in non-Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain environments. The money market fund […]

Christie’s is again experimenting with blockchain-based technology by issuing digital certificates of ownership for a photograph collection by Trevor Traina, the founder of wallet provider Kresus and former U.S. ambassador to Austria. The auction house’s sale of “An Eye Towards the Real: Photographs from the Collection of Ambassador Trevor Traina,” on Wednesday at the Rockefeller […]

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has granted in-principle approval to Ripple XRP/USD to offer blockchain-enabled payment services from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). What Happened: This regulatory decision allows Ripple to introduce its cross-border payment services, including Ripple Payments Direct (RPD), to customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple’s Chief […]

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has shared a personal update, reflecting on his recent experiences and future aspirations. He emphasized his intention to focus on various projects related to education, blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology. Zhao expressed confidence that future opportunities will exceed those of the past. CZ Shares Vision Following Prison Release […]

Originating in Africa and expanding over Asia and the Americas, coffee has made its way to the cup of people from all around the world. As an industry that has grown to be worth $460 billion, it is subject to multifaceted debates. For coffee enthusiasts, the question might be whether the coffee beans are over-roasted or if […]

The pharmaceutical supply chain is at the hub of a $1.27trn industry. Yet due to its inherent sophistication and fragmentation, it is difficult to manage, regulate and protect, making it an attractive target for counterfeit drug production and infiltration in the global supply chain. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1 in 10 […]

Critical system bugs negatively impacted the Zilliqa mainnet’s block production on Sept. 27 and 29, forcing the blockchain network to halt transactions temporarily while the issue was fixed. On Sept. 29, Zilliqa proactively reported a system bug that suddenly disabled the network from creating new blocks. At the same time, several crypto investors reported difficulties […]

That dream of a decentralized privacy-retaining identity system able to combat AI-driven bots and deepfakes may not be as elusive as feared – courtesy of Tools for Humanity (TfH) and Worldcoin. The Worldcoin/TfH identity solution is not a traditional identity system. It contains no personal information – instead it simply and irrefutably confirms that this person […]