DeFi

Tokenized Deposits Gain a Corporate Treasury Use Case
Tokenized Deposits Gain a Corporate Treasury Use Case
June 10, 2026  |  Blockchain

The announcement that major U.S. banks will launch a tokenized deposit network in 2027 grabbed headlines last week, where the initiative has been seen as...

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Ripple Targets Agentic Payments Market With XRPL Starter Kit
Ripple Targets Agentic Payments Market With XRPL Starter Kit
June 10, 2026  |  Blockchain

Ripple has launched a new set of tools, documentation and integrations designed to help developers build agentic payment applications on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) blockchain. The company’s new...

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Tokenization Exec Predicts An All-Blockchain Wall Street by 2030
Tokenization Exec Predicts An All-Blockchain Wall Street by 2030
June 09, 2026  |  Blockchain

Brickken’s CEO foresees a day when Wall Street operates solely on blockchain technology. That day could come by 2030, Edwin Mata—who is also the founder...

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Security Chief Warns of AI’s Outsized Threat to DeFi
Security Chief Warns of AI’s Outsized Threat to DeFi
May 27, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

OpenZeppelin’s CEO says AI coding agents have put the decentralized finance (DeFi) space in danger. “PSA: I now consider *all* of DeFi unsafe,” Manuel Araoz, who...

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Stripe-Backed Tempo Expands Into Lending With Morpho Integration
Stripe-Backed Tempo Expands Into Lending With Morpho Integration
May 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Tempo is expanding its push into institutional stablecoin infrastructure by adding decentralized lending and yield capabilities to its blockchain. The Stripe- and Paradigm-backed company said...

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Crypto’s Big Senate Win Leaves Banks With Bigger Worries
Crypto’s Big Senate Win Leaves Banks With Bigger Worries
May 14, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Regulations can create winners and losers, as well as kick off unpredictable second-order effects. Most industries already know this. The digital asset sector, however, could...

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SEC Chairman Urges Clear Rules for On-Chain Trading
SEC Chairman Urges Clear Rules for On-Chain Trading
May 08, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul S. Atkins said Friday (May 8) that he believes the SEC must provide greater clarity around on-chain financial markets and...

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ECB President Lagarde Says Stablecoins Fail to Support Euro Ambitions
ECB President Lagarde Says Stablecoins Fail to Support Euro Ambitions
May 08, 2026  |  Blockchain

Europe must build its own modernized settlement solutions anchored by central bank money, because stablecoins alone have structural weaknesses, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Friday (May 8)....

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Drift Issues Bounty on $295 Million Stolen in DeFi Hack
Drift Issues Bounty on $295 Million Stolen in DeFi Hack
May 06, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange Drift has outlined a plan to recover $295 million taken in a hack. That attack was carried out by a group associated with the North...

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