Polygon to acquire Coinme and Sequence to build a U.S.-compliant stablecoin payments stack. Polygon says Coinme operates in 48 states and supports 50,000+ fiat-to-crypto retail locations Polygon Labs has signed…

NEAR AI has joined Nvidia’s Inception program to build out its privacy-preserving and verifiable AI solution. The network will combine cryptographic verification with Nvidia’s Confidential Computing to independently verify AI…

The Cardano Foundation has partnered with Draper Dragon to launch an $80 million fund to scale the network’s adoption over the next six years. The fund will focus on direct…

Grayscale’s Jan 12 update lists 36 assets under consideration across smart contracts, finance, AI, consumer, and utilities. Current Grayscale products include HBAR, ETH, XRP and XLM across its crypto sectors…

Injective has published new research that positions its blockchain as a full-stack platform for regulated real-world asset tokenization. The adoption is increasing, with growing tokenized RWA volumes and consistent on-chain…

MetaMask Perps now supports gold, silver, and major forex trading. Users can trade commodities and currencies using perpetual contracts with leverage. MetaMask has rolled out perpetual trading for gold, silver,…

COTI has partnered with real-world asset tokenization platform Zoniqx to integrate its programmable privacy technology into its infrastructure. The joint initiative will enable compliant, privacy-preserving real-world asset issuance and settlement…

Demo uses minimal proxy clones to cut energy use when deploying repeated TRON smart contracts at scale. CREATE2-style deployment enables precomputed TRON contract addresses using deployer, salt, and bytecode. TRON…

Cardano founder said the Trump memecoin launch eroded bipartisan trust, stalling crypto legislation. Unstructured Trump crypto policy fostered predatory politics and politicized digital assets for years. Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson…

MetaMask, Filecoin, and StarkNet outshine other top blockchains in developer activity. mUSD, FIL, and STRK prices rally with rising development activity and protocol integrations. MetaMask, Filecoin, and StarkNet have emerged…

DASH surged over 21% despite the DFSA banning privacy tokens in the DIFC. DFSA cites AML and sanctions risks behind its comprehensive privacy token restrictions. The DASH price surge occurred…

The Chainlink Confidential Compute feature will allow institutions to run sensitive logic, transactions, and data on-chain. It also supports private transactions, privacy-preserving tokenization of real-world assets, secure data distribution, and…

Zand completed XDC Network integration for blockchain payments and institutional custody, pending UAE regulatory approvals. Partnership includes ComTech Gold for blockchain-enabled gold trading; XDC transactions align with ISO 20022 standards.…

A university thesis proposes a blockchain-based lawmaking system built on IOTA Identity and Move. IOTA’s real-world adoption expands into legal, governance, and public sector infrastructure. The University of Bologna has…

Eric Adams launched the NYC Token to fund education and social projects. Onchain records revealed the withdrawal of significant liquidity, which raised concerns about centralization and risk to investors. Former…