NEAR Crypto Tokenized Stock Launch Puts Distribution Ahead of Scale
NEAR crypto and Ondo Finance have launched access to tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on near.com, opening with 20 assets including Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, SPY and QQQ. Eligible…
Bitcoin posts on X can pay even when Bitcoin doesn’t
You don’t have to own Bitcoin to make money from people getting excited about it. On X, just posting about it can be a business in itself, and the company…
ARK partners with Securitize to put a venture fund on Ethereum, but leaves exit doors locked
ARK Invest and Securitize announced on Sept. 24 that eligible investors would be able to hold tokenized interests in the ARK Venture Fund on Ethereum. This new ownership route puts…
Payy bridge exploit freezes crypto cards, and no balances remain safe
Payy has frozen its stablecoin payment network, including card transactions, after saying its Ethereum bridge contract was exploited and drained on Sept. 24. Its announcement covers deposits, withdrawals, transfers, and…
Who is Ronald Spektor? New York Coinbase Scam Mastermind That Stole $15.9M
Everyone is asking the same question today. ‘Who is Ronald Spektor?’ Spektor, 23, of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, was sentenced on September 23, 2026, by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun…
BlackRock sees a new $5 trillion AI trade emerging for stablecoins
BlackRock says AI could create a new class of stablecoin customer: machines that spend continuously without human approval. The world’s largest asset manager sees increasingly autonomous AI systems purchasing data,…
Solana flips Ethereum in fees, while ETH holds the burn lead
Solana generated more user fees than Ethereum in data provider DefiLlama’s Sept. 22 dashboard snapshot, while Ethereum burned more fees. The split shows that users’ spending can reach validators and…
L2 growth and $120 billion in staking hide Ethereum’s supply reality
Ethereum’s institutional data hub showed about $120 billion in staked ETH and $40.4 billion in daily average total value locked on layer-2 (L2) networks in a Sept. 21 snapshot. They…
Will proposed faster block times really fix Ethereum’s biggest market losses?
Ethereum developers are weighing Ethereum Quick Slots for Hegotá, a proposed faster block rhythm that would reduce waiting without expanding the network’s per-second capacity. EIP-8198, or Quick Slots, remains Proposed…
XRP News: SEC Opens AMM Door for Tokenized Stocks as XRPL Already Has the Tech
The latest XRP news is putting the XRP Ledger back in the spotlight after the SEC opened a new path for tokenized stocks to trade through automated market makers. The…