Major Japanese Security Firm Taps Uniswap for Trading
SMBC Nikko Securities, Japan's third-largest brokerage firm, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Uniswap Labs, Base, and Nyx Foundation to offer access to decentralized financ
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Who is Michael Sutton, one of the minds behind Kaspa's Rust node?
From Go to Rust: Rebuilding the Kaspa Node @michaelsuttonil is a core developer at Kaspa with a master's degree in computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where his research
Ethereum Foundation, Open Anonymity Project Launch zkAPI for Private AI Payments
The Ethereum Foundation and Open Anonymity Project have jointly launched zkAPI, a protocol that lets users pay for AI and other API services with ETH while keeping individual requests unlinka
Chainlink SWIFT Deal Could Put LINK Closer to Thousands of Banks
Chainlink (LINK) is moving deeper into traditional finance after teaming up with SWIFT to help banks connect to its blockchain ledger. On Monday, Chainlink said its infrastructure will allow
Solana tokenized equity holders reach 1.2 million, SOL trades near $120
Solana’s native cryptocurrency SOL is trading near $120, as fresh data shows record-breaking adoption of tokenized equities on the Solana blockchain. The network’s user base for tokenized-equ
If you invested $1,000 in Bitcoin when Trump took office in 2017 vs 2025, here's how much you'd have made or lost
During his first term as the president of the United States, Donald Trump was against crypto. But by the time he was campaigning for a second term, he was promising to make America "crypto ca
GENIUS Act stablecoin rules: what applies today and what stays open until 2027
In brief: The GENIUS Act stablecoin rules have provided the statutory framework for payment stablecoins in the United States since July 2025, yet full implementation in the market is still ou
Bitpanda co-CEO says EU crypto users favor regulated platforms post MiCA rollout
Crypto users in Europe have increasingly shifted their preference toward regulated trading platforms since the introduction of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework.
Robinhood Wallet Integrates Arcus to Expand Liquidity for More Than 190 Stock Tokens
Arcus announced on October 1, 2026 that Robinhood Wallet has integrated its API, routing Stock Token swaps through Arcus’ request-for-quote liquidity system Arcus has processed more than $5 b
How Do Stock Buybacks Actually Raise Earnings Per Share?
A company can report higher earnings per share without making a single extra dollar of profit. It happens because earnings per share, or EPS, depends on two numbers: profit and the number of
PancakeSwap Infinity cannot be stopped!
@PancakeSwap Infinity has crossed $150 billion in cumulative trading volume, a milestone that underlines the protocol's rapid ascent as one of the most active decentralized exchanges in non-c
Major Japanese Security Firm Taps Uniswap for Trading
SMBC Nikko Securities, Japan's third-largest brokerage firm, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Uniswap Labs, Base, and Nyx Foundation to offer access to decentralized financ