Ripple has announced a strategic partnership with Meritz Securities, a leading South Korean securities firm, to explore institutional custody solutions and tokenization infrastructure for the country's capital markets.

The crypto exchange has launched stock trading for U.S. equities and ETFs and is developing tokenized stock products in collaboration with Mantle, marking its continued expansion beyond digital assets into traditional fi...

A7 International enables businesses and individuals to pay invoices with USDT while recipients receive bank transfers in major currencies. The service launched in October 2026, expanding A7's reach beyond its domestic Ru...

Ethereum layer-2 network Starknet has introduced Shadow Accounts, enabling users to interact with DeFi applications through separate wallet identities while keeping activities separate from their main accounts.

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said the supply-demand imbalance in AI infrastructure could last more than two years, potentially adding to inflationary pressures as chip prices rise.

Ripple and Stripe-owned Privy are integrating wallet technology into payment applications, enabling developers to let customers transfer XRP and stablecoins without managing separate crypto wallets. AI agent payments on ...

Ripple has partnered with Stripe-owned Privy to bring embedded wallets and AI-driven payments to the XRP Ledger, enabling developers to build autonomous payment applications using XRP, RLUSD, and other digital assets.

South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit ordered domestic blocking of 27 cryptocurrency websites on October 13, extending restrictions on unregistered operators and raising concerns about user access to existing account...

Two investment vehicles are betting on NEAR blockchain as infrastructure for AI transactions. Bitwise's ETF offers staking exposure, while SVRN combines token accumulation with network validator operations.

Solana will implement its Alpenglow upgrade on Oct. 21, replacing its voting system to achieve transaction finality in approximately 150 milliseconds. The change will move validator votes off-chain, potentially reducing ...