Tag: Blockchain

Trade Finance Is The Biggest Opportunity In Blockchain

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Opinion by: Billy Sebell, executive director at XDC Foundation In just over a decade, blockchain technology has rewritten the rulebook for global finance, bringing transparency, speed and access to financial markets. It has clearly established its worth in digital assets, decentralized finance (DeFi) and cross-border payments, among other effective use cases. Perhaps the greatest unrealized potential for blockchain lies in one of the world’s most vital sectors: global trade finance. Trade finance, the capital and credit that enable goods and services to move across borders, forms the backbone of the…

Noble Stablecoin Blockchain Migrates From Cosmos To Ethereum

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Noble, a stablecoin blockchain, has announced it is moving from the Cosmos ecosystem to Ethereum, citing the need to access a better tech stack and wider developer community. Noble announced on Tuesday that it will be migrating its Cosmos SDK-based blockchain to a standalone EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) layer 1, planning to launch on March 18. Noble is a venture capital-backed blockchain originally designed as a neutral liquidity hub for stablecoin and tokenized real-world asset issuance.  Due to its evolution into a network supporting real end-user stablecoin applications and DeFi,…

Trump Media Announces Blockchain Token Airdrop Record Date

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US President Donald Trump’s media company has advanced plans for its “first-of-its-kind” shareholder token airdrop, setting Feb. 2 as the record date used to determine eligibility. The record date, or “snapshot” date, means that anyone with at least one share in Trump Media and is a “beneficial owner” or “registered holder” as of Feb. 2 is eligible for the non-tradable digital rewards token, the company announced on Tuesday.  Following the record date, Trump Media will use crypto exchange Crypto.com to mint the tokens, display them on the blockchain, and custody…

Sui Blockchain Recovers From 6-Hour Network Outage

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Despite a fix from Sui core developers, the Sui Foundation has not provided details on what triggered the network outage. The layer-1 Sui blockchain is back online and “fully operational” after a six-hour network outage stalled transactions on the high-speed network. “Transactions are flowing normally. If you are still seeing issues, please refresh your app or browser window,” the Sui Foundation posted to X on Wednesday. Source: Sui The Sui Foundation confirmed the outage on Wednesday at 3:24pm UTC, informing its 1.1 million X followers that Sui core developers were…

Algorand Foundation returns to the US, appoints new board for strategic blockchain initiatives

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Key Takeaways Algorand Foundation has re-established its headquarters in Delaware. A new board of directors has been appointed, led by Bill Barhydt as chair. Share this article Algorand Foundation has announced its return to the US, re-establishing its headquarters in Delaware and appointing a new board to drive its strategic goals. The move underscores the Foundation’s commitment to US leadership in blockchain innovation and financial empowerment. The new board is composed of finance, technology, and policy leaders, focusing on initiatives such as global payments, asset tokenization, and other financial empowerment…

Senators Lummis and Wyden push bill to exempt non-custodial blockchain developers from money transmitter laws

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Key Takeaways Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ron Wyden introduced a bill to exempt non-custodial blockchain developers from being classified as money transmitters. The bill clarifies that developers who do not have control over user funds should not fall under federal money transmitter laws. Share this article US Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ron Wyden on Monday unveiled the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, bipartisan legislation that would exempt non-custodial blockchain developers and infrastructure providers from federal money transmitter rules. The bill aims to protect innovation, maintain consistency with federal guidance, and prevent…

CFTC Forms Panel Regulating Blockchain, AI Innovation

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US Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Mike Selig has unveiled the agency’s new innovation committee, aimed at guiding the regulation of emerging technologies like blockchain and AI, which are transforming financial markets. The Innovation Advisory Committee replaces the Technology Advisory Committee and is looking to bring top crypto voices into the CFTC’s process to shape practical, forward-looking market regulations, Selig said on Monday. The new committee will advise the CFTC on the “commercial, economic, and practical considerations of emerging products, platforms, and business models in the financial markets so that…

What’s Really Going On With Ripple’s Blockchain?

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The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has just experienced one of its biggest crashes this year, as on-chain data shows that activity on the Ripple blockchain has dropped by 99%. While this might look like a major red flag, the decline has yet to significantly impact the XRP price, suggesting that the situation may not be as alarming as it seems. Overview Of Ripple’s XRP Ledger 99% Crash Over the weekend, XRP Ledger transaction activity dropped sharply, falling by approximately 99% within 48 hours. On closer inspection, the decline appears primarily due…

The 24/7 Global Stock Market Is Impossible On Today’s Blockchain

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Opinion by: Joshua Sum, head of product at Solayer Labs Consider a single, borderless financial market operating around the clock, where a farmer in Nebraska can instantly hedge wheat futures. At the same time, a pension fund in Tokyo trades Tesla shares seamlessly, all without permission, intermediaries or geographic constraints.  This isn’t science fiction. It’s the logical endpoint of blockchain technology and asset tokenization, a vision that has captivated everyone from JPMorgan executives to Silicon Valley dreamers. Yet this remains a distant future. Not because we lack ideas, but because…

Banks Must Upgrade Their Blockchain Infrastructure

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Opinion by: Igor Mandrigin, co-founder and chief technology and product officer of Gateway.fm For years, private distributed ledger systems, like Hyperledger, have provided banks with a secure means to explore blockchain technology without venturing into public networks. These frameworks delivered privacy, permissioned access and a sense of institutional control — qualities that undoubtedly appealed to traditional finance players when the crypto market was still viewed as the Wild West. The environment has changed fundamentally since then, as tokenized assets, stablecoin settlements and institutional crypto exposure have quickly become the standard.…