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As gold’s recent run higher has renewed interest in the metal as a store of value, Arch Lending, the alternative-asset lending platform operated by ChainFi, Inc, today began accepting PAX Gol
Pi Network launched back in 2019 as a mobile app that let ordinary phone users mine a cryptocurrency by tapping a button once a day; no mining rig or drained battery was required. A small tea
TLDR Hyperliquid Strategies expanded its Chardan equity facility from $1 billion to $2.5 billion on Sept. 1. The facility lets the company sell newly issued shares over time, but proceeds are
TLDR XRP Ledger has crossed 3 billion cumulative transactions, a long-term usage milestone for the network. Ripple released 1 billion XRP from escrow under its standard monthly schedule. The
Ripple Prime launched a Delta One desk on Aug. 27 that lets hedge funds trade Apple, the S&P 500, and U.S. Treasuries through total return swaps without owning a single share. The collateral
The United States Senate returns from its August recess on September 14 with exactly 14 working days to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act before midterm campaigning shuts down the
Zcash News: What Makes cbZEC Different From Other Wrapped Tokens? Here's big Zcash News for privacy coin fans. Can the privacy coin finally work inside decentralized finance? the wrapped toke
Protocol 26 is complete. Protocol 27, the final infrastructure upgrade in Pi Network’s current roadmap, is on testnet with a September 15 mainnet target. The decentralized exchange that ships
Cronos halted its network after an exploit on the Tectonic lending protocol. The attacker is estimated to have borrowed around $75 million by inflating the TONIC token roughly 100 times and p
Key Highlights Zoox is launching testing operations in Houston and San Diego, expanding its footprint to 12 US markets Waymo is rolling out commercial driverless service in Denver, San Diego,
Privacy-focused cryptos widely outperformed the market in August. Zcash (ZEC) climbed 82%, driven by the launch of Grayscale’s spot ZCSH ETF on NYSE Arca. Monero (XMR), on the other hand, ros
Best Bitcoin Layer-2 Tokens to Watch 2026 Bitcoin has always been great at one thing: holding value. But let's be real, it was never built for speed. Ten-minute blocks and barely 7 transactio
