Plasma kicks off mainnet beta on September 25 backed by $2 billion in stablecoins and support from over 100 DeFi partners. The debut includes the XPL token, designed to secure the network and give ownership to the community. Summary Plasma will launch its mainnet beta on Sept. 25 with $2 billion in stablecoin liquidity. The…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Capital formation in crypto is broken. Speculative launches and mercenary airdrops have become the norm. Founders are pressured into releasing tokens with artificially low floats and inflated fully diluted valuations (FDVs), designed…
Keeta’s upcoming mainnet debut combines rare scale with regulatory focus. Backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the chain plans to go live with hundreds of millions of wallets and built-in compliance tools designed to handle cross-border money flows. Summary Keeta, backed by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, will launch its mainnet September 22 with 235…
Swiss banks UBS, PostFinance, and Sygnum Bank have completed the first legally binding interbank payment using tokenized deposits on a public blockchain. Summary The transaction used tokenized deposits to transfer funds across participating banks, with settlement completed on-chain. The milestone builds on previous blockchain efforts, such as JPMorgan’s June 2025 JPMD proof of concept, but…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Wall Street was caught in the headlights when Strategy first added Bitcoin (BTC) to its balance sheet. Was this a software company, or the world’s first corporate bitcoin ETF? Investors had to…
Grove has announced a landmark tokenization deal, deploying $50 million as the cornerstone investor for Apollo’s diversified credit strategy now live on the Plume blockchain. Summary Grove has anchored $50 million in Apollo’s new tokenized credit fund (ACRDX) on Plume. The fund combines Apollo’s credit strategy with Centrifuge tokenization and Plume’s blockchain infrastructure. Available via…
Uranium’s spot market, once a black box for traders and institutions, has entered the real-time era. Uranium.io’s newly launched pricing oracle aggregates data from equities, funds, and physical markets to provide near-instant updates every 60 seconds. Summary Uranium.io launches first live uranium pricing oracle, delivering spot data every 60 seconds from equities, funds, and physical…
XYO has launched XYO Layer 1, a blockchain for high-volume, real-time data applications, introducing a dual-token model with XYO for governance and XL1 for network utility. Summary XYO Layer 1 is a new blockchain designed to handle large-scale, real-time data for AI, logistics, cloud services, and tokenized assets, solving inefficiencies in existing networks. The launch…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. I entered crypto in 2017, when EtherDelta was one of the only live DEXs. It was clunky, slow, and borderline unusable. But people still used it. Because for the first time, you…
Pantera Capital’s CEO says the company has invested most of its funds into Solana compared to all the other crypto assets in its balance sheet. The firm now holds as much as $1.1 billion worth of SOL. What makes Solana so special? Summary Pantera Capital claims its ‘biggest position’ in crypto assets lies with Solana,…
