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The network targets 100,000 TPS with a mempool-free transaction path designed for autonomous trading agents. Testnet is due late 2026.

The private placement builds on HSBC and Marketnode's earlier work under Singapore's Project Guardian, landing in a structured products market that generates a fifth or more of revenue at many Asian wealth platforms.

The Singapore state investment fund cites regulatory uncertainty and its $275 million FTX loss as reasons to steer clear of digital assets, even as it continues blockchain exploration.

The bank-owned messaging network is deploying its shared ledger for 24/7 cross-border tokenized deposit transfers, working alongside existing rails rather than replacing them.

Tether’s climb to Ethereum’s size doesn’t crown a new platform winner – it exposes what users actually show up for: cheap, permissionless dollars, with little regard for the chains or issuers underneath.

The Parliament's non-legislative report lands days after MiCA's full enforcement began, warning that US dollar stablecoins pose a structural risk to the euro.

LPs want AI exposure. Paradigm is giving it to them – without closing the crypto book.

Oil routes, geopolitical risk, and a market that still hasn't decided what Bitcoin is.