Key Highlights S&P Global has entered a definitive agreement to acquire OpenZeppelin, a leading smart contract security and auditing firm widely used across Ethereum and DeFi ecosystems. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and the transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions. The deal signals a strategic convergence of traditional financial risk analytics ...
Key Highlights Stellar activated Protocol 28 on Sept. 17 following a scheduled mainnet upgrade vote, introducing CAP-85 and CAP-86 to streamline smart contract management and data migration for Soroban developers. The network recorded a sustained throughput of over 211 transactions per second across 100 consecutive blocks — its highest on record — though Chainspect analysis ...
Deutsche Bank Prepares Digital Asset Custody Launch for European Institutions Deutsche Bank is advancing into digital assets with plans to offer custody services to institutional and corporate clients across Europe later this year. The bank will hold wallets and private keys, enabling clients to safeguard and transfer Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), USD Coin (USDC), EURC, ...
Proposed XRPL Sponsor Amendment Could Shift $XRP Costs From Consumers to Institutions A proposed upgrade to the XRP Ledger (XRPL) would allow banks and fintech companies to absorb $XRP transaction fees and account reserves on behalf of their customers, potentially removing a significant friction point for mainstream adoption. Known as the Sponsor amendment and based ...
Ethereum’s Layer-1 network achieved fresh usage milestones in the second quarter of 2026, even as the count of monthly active users contracted sharply. According to Token Terminal data, the blockchain processed 203.9 million transactions during the quarter, representing a 68.4% increase year-over-year. Average throughput also hit a record high of 25.9 transactions per second. Transaction ...
Robinhood’s Tenev and AMC’s Aron Clash Over Synthetic Equity Products A public disagreement between Robinhood Markets CEO Vlad Tenev and AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron highlights a growing tension in financial markets over how traditional stocks are represented on blockchain networks. The dispute centers on whether companies should control financial products that reference their shares ...
Fidelity Digital Assets Renews Institutional Push for Fidelity Digital Dollar ($FIDD) Fidelity Digital Assets reinforced its institutional strategy for the Fidelity Digital Dollar ($FIDD) on September 9, positioning the Ethereum-based stablecoin for payments, settlement, and tokenized markets. The company’s public dashboard showed approximately 50.09 million $FIDD outstanding, giving the token a market capitalization of about ...
xStocks Issues $790.9 Million in Tokenized Assets, Signaling Institutional Shift to Blockchain Finance xStocks has executed a significant issuance of $790.9 million in tokenized assets, according to data reported by Token Terminal. The offering comprises $779.9 million in tokenized stocks and $11 million in tokenized commodities, underscoring a growing institutional appetite for digital asset classes ...
Base has confirmed that it will launch a new set of wrapped assets tomorrow, drawing significant interest from cryptocurrency traders. The initiative is part of…
AI agents are beginning to hold digital wallets and make payments, but the financial system lacks a standard way to identify one machine counterparty from…