Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Aztec Labs Acquires ZKPassport to Integrate Privacy-Preserving Identity Verification

Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the team behind ZKPassport, a zero-knowledge identity verification protocol that proves age and nationality without…
Infrastructure

Mastercard secures New York BitLicense for crypto operations

The payments giant can now legally conduct digital asset business activity in New York as it deepens its focus on…
Infrastructure

SoFi Launches SoFiUSD Stablecoin Across Ethereum and Solana

SoFi is making its SoFiUSD token available to members, marking a milestone in the convergence of regulated banking and blockchain.…
Infrastructure

BIS project finds tokenization could make cross-border payments faster, safer

Project Agorá, backed by major central banks, will now move toward “real-value” testing to settle tokenized central bank money and…
Infrastructure

Crypto IPOs could create massive $1 trillion market amid tokenization wave, Jefferies says

The Wall Street investment bank expects a wave of crypto and blockchain public listings over the next two years as…
Infrastructure

DTCC Picks Stellar for Tokenized Securities Rollout as Multi-Chain Push Expands

The post-trade giant plans to make DTC-custodied assets available on the Stellar public blockchain in the first half of 2027,…
Infrastructure

Ethereum’s privacy push faces a 12-month deadline as markets reward privacy-first assets

Ethereum developers are racing to bring native privacy to the world’s largest smart contract blockchain as investors warn that delays…
AI

Tiny x402 payments expose the approval gap holding AI agents back

Agentic payment protocol x402 volume collapsed roughly 77% from its November 2025 peak of $5.15 million to $1.19 million by…
Infrastructure

HYPE Spot ETFs Absorb 1.04% of Market Cap in First 10 Days, the Best Crypto ETF Debut on Record

HYPE spot ETFs absorbed 1.04% of market cap in 10 days, outpacing bitcoin (0.59%), ether (0.41%), and Solana (0.31%), with…
Infrastructure

$1.3 Billion IBIT Block Trade Crosses Without Moving Bitcoin, Signaling ETF Market Maturity

A 29 million share IBIT trade worth $1.3 billion executed Tuesday morning without moving bitcoin’s price, with Eric Balchunas calling…