Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum, is predicting that Wall Street financial firms will begin operating directly on Ethereum’s infrastructure, running validators and launching their own Layer-2 and Layer-3 blockchains. Lubin’s optimistic outlook is supported by a significant increase in institutional adoption this year, with companies like Bitmine Immersion and SharpLinkContinue Reading
Google Cloud is developing its own Layer-1 blockchain, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), specifically for banks and financial institutions to compete with platforms from companies like Circle and Stripe. The GCUL will be a neutral, Python-based smart contract platform, with Google Cloud’s Rich Widmann arguing that this neutrality willContinue Reading
The U.S. Department of Commerce, at the direction of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, will begin publishing its headline economic data, starting with GDP figures, directly onto the blockchain. Lutnick linked the move to President Trump’s pro-crypto stance, and the initiative aims to increase transparency and accessibility of government data. TheContinue Reading
Animoca Brands has partnered with Ibex Japan to launch a Web3 entertainment fund aimed at bringing dormant anime and manga intellectual property (IP) onto the blockchain. The fund plans to leverage Ibex’s network to license and finance new Web3 products, revitalising what Ibex Japan partner Sandeep Casi calls the “90%Continue Reading
Wilder World, an Ethereum-powered metaverse project, has released its second major game mode, a high-intensity first- and third-person shooter, at Gamescom. The new shooter, available on the Epic Games Store, is part of a phased rollout to refine individual game modes before a full open-world metaverse launch planned for earlyContinue Reading
Centrifuge becomes one of the leading real-world asset (RWA) platforms alongside BlackRock’s BUIDL and Ondo Finance, surpassing US$1B in TVL. Institutional adoption drives growth, with players moving from pilot projects to full deployments and strong demand from on-chain allocators. The JAAA fund, a fully on-chain AAA-rated CLO, launched with US$1BContinue Reading
The Layer-1 blockchain Qubic claims it successfully executed a 51% attack on Monero’s network, which resulted in a six-block reorganisation and replaced 60 previously confirmed blocks. Qubic’s attack was a “high-stakes technical confrontation” that involved incentivising Monero CPU mining through its own network to gain control of the majority hashrate.Continue Reading
World Mobile, in partnership with Indonesian telecom Protelindo, is launching a blockchain-powered 5G network using high-altitude, hydrogen-fueled drones. The drones will operate at 60,000 feet, with each unit capable of providing coverage over 15,000 square kilometers with low-latency, high-speed connectivity. World Mobile Stratospheric is designed to integrate into existing mobileContinue Reading
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan praised Project Crypto as a long-awaited roadmap for the crypto industry. Hougan highlighted Layer 1 blockchains as essential infrastructure for tokenisation, fintech super-apps and DeFi platforms as the three key investment areas. Regulatory alignment and infrastructure maturity are converging to create “a generational opportunity” not yetContinue Reading
YGG Play, the publishing arm of Yield Guild Games, has signed its first external publishing deal with the on-chain RPG Gigaverse. The partnership provides Gigaverse with YGG Play’s marketing, community growth, and player acquisition support. The deal highlights live Web3 interoperability and features smart contract-based revenue sharing, allowing developers toContinue Reading
