CoinGate explains how merchants should choose their settlement currency when accepting crypto payments, advising most businesses to settle in fiat to avoid unnecessary exposure while outlining when stablecoins or crypto...
BitRobot crowdsources real-world robotics data through a network of contributors, addressing the scarcity of embodied AI training data by gamifying robot control and deploying wearable devices like RoboCap.
A 2026 survey of over 600 Middle Eastern financial institutions reveals rapid progress in digital asset adoption, with 28.3% already in production—nearly double the global average—and 95.7% committed to funding by 2026.
Solana’s ecosystem expanded in August 2026 with new payment rails, tokenized assets, and DeFi innovations, while network performance improved significantly.
The SEC proposed rescinding its 2010 pay-to-play rule for investment advisers, citing operational challenges and unintended consequences, while maintaining other regulatory requirements.
Solana introduced payment channels to reduce onchain friction for agentic payments by authorizing a spending limit once and settling in batches, enabling up to one million payments per second.
Solana has reduced rent requirements, leaving excess lamports in token accounts and program-owned accounts that can now be reclaimed using new instructions.
Singapore’s central bank, MAS, published draft amendments on 1 September 2026 to bring its single-currency stablecoin framework into force under the Payment Services Act, with a consultation closing 16 October 2026.
The SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on Sept. 10 to discuss artificial intelligence in markets and Regulation NMS rules, with findings to be submitted to the Commission.
Collateral mobility is transitioning from pilot projects to live production environments across capital markets, driven by tokenisation and distributed ledger technology.
Meta enables bill payments on WhatsApp in India, allowing users to pay household and utility bills directly within the app using the Bharat Connect network.
Sui outlines its decentralized finance stack, featuring DeepBook’s on-chain liquidity, gasless stablecoin transfers, and institutional Bitcoin access via Hashi, emphasizing speed, cost efficiency, and native integration.
Sui outlines how its 390-millisecond deterministic finality and low transaction costs enable institutional finance applications that require real-time settlement and predictable performance.
Sui outlines how its blockchain infrastructure supports AI agents performing autonomous economic tasks, emphasizing atomic transactions, speed, and programmable spending limits for safe, scalable agentic commerce.
Sui introduces native tools for identity and access control: zkLogin for password-based authentication, Seal for decentralized encryption, and SuiNS for human-readable addresses, aiming to simplify Web3 onboarding and...
The FCA has banned Daniel Thomas from financial services and fined him £742,700 for giving unauthorised pension transfer advice to 53 clients over five years.
The Token Supercycle describes the long-term shift of assets, money and ownership onto always-on internet infrastructure, transforming how value is issued, invested and distributed globally.
A crypto payment gateway clarifies how multiple fees accumulate beyond the headline rate, explaining when charges apply and how to minimize costs.
Fireblocks reports a 6.6× reduction in gas costs for post-quantum signature verification on Ethereum, enabling practical deployment of ML-DSA-44 verifiers as EVM contracts.
The U.S. Justice Department disrupted Hamas fundraising by seizing $560,000 in cryptocurrency and dismantling its online infrastructure, targeting the group’s ability to finance and recruit supporters.
Merchants accepting crypto face checkout drop-offs due to short payment windows and underpayment handling gaps, with new guidance on configuring timers and tolerance thresholds.
Non-financial companies increasingly use stablecoins for global payments, but require a secure operational layer to manage compliance, conversions, and transfers at scale.
The Reserve Bank of India restricted Ashok Sahakari Bank Ltd., Ahmednagar, from certain banking activities under Banking Regulation Act provisions to address supervisory concerns and protect depositors.
Four agentic payment protocols—x402, AP2, MPP, and ACP—address distinct layers of transactions, with none covering all needs. Institutions are supporting multiple standards simultaneously.
Sui Basecamp 2026 in Singapore will focus on the agentic economy, highlighting AI-driven transactions and Sui’s infrastructure for high-speed, secure onchain finance.
Tokenised commodities are expanding beyond gold, with the market growing from $1.43 billion in January 2025 to $5.5 billion by March 2026, led by Tether Gold (XAUT). The model aims to address inefficiencies in...
Solana Foundation announced Breakpoint 2026 will be held in London from November 15–17, bringing together over 8,000 attendees to discuss the Token Supercycle and onchain financial infrastructure.
Sui Overflow 2026 concluded with 26 winning projects across four tracks, emphasizing infrastructure for AI agents and secure autonomous transactions, alongside innovations in payments and decentralized storage.
Fireblocks has launched an EU-exclusive SaaS environment for banks, ensuring data residency across four European data centres to meet regulatory and sovereignty requirements.
Bitcoin broke out of a two-month range with an 11.7% surge to $70,089 by 19 August, later reaching $81,300, driven by spot ETF inflows and short covering. Nineteen of the top-20 altcoins also rallied sharply, led by...