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Vitalik Buterin said keyed nonces could become more than a privacy upgrade for Ethereum. In an X post, he described them as a possible first step toward a new state scaling strategy built around specialized storage. The idea focuses on moving certain use cases away from Ethereum’s fully dynamic state. Meanwhile, privacy transactions remain a key example, as nullifiers keep growing over time and cannot be pruned after they enter the system. Vitalik Explains Keyed Nonces Buterin said keyed nonces add stronger protocol-level support for privacy solutions. However, he also framed them as part of a wider plan to create…

The stablecoin economy is once again scaling new heights, pushing past the $313 billion mark this weekend. Metrics from defillama.com show that Sky’s USDS posted the biggest percentage jump among the top ten fiat-pegged coins, climbing 8.5% over the last seven days. Stablecoin Sector Climbs Beyond $313 Billion Amid Steady Inflows The fiat-pegged token economy—largely composed of U.S. dollar coins—expanded 0.88% this week as $2.742 billion flowed in, according to stablecoin stats logged by defillama.com. Tether ( $USDT) still commands the market with a hefty $183.93 billion market cap and a modest seven-day gain of 0.16%. Tether’s dominance has slipped…

YPF Luz, the electricity subsidiary of Argentina’s largest energy company, has partnered with Buenos Aires-based blockchain infrastructure company Justoken to launch an energy tokenization platform built on $XRP Ledger (XRPL), the firms announced earlier this month. The platform, dubbed Enertoken, tokenizes, commercializes, and manages electricity contracts via XRPL, the public blockchain originally developed by Ripple Labs, which remains a core contributor. Meanwhile, Justoken recently emerged as the largest real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform on XRPL by total value. Per the announcement, the new platform from YPF Luz, developed by Justoken, is aimed at corporations and large energy consumers to help…

$XRP Healthcare has launched XRPHAI trading on MEXC, marking the token’s first public market listing, according to a Monday press release. Deposits opened on April 27, while withdrawals are scheduled to begin on April 28, 2026. The company said XRPHAI had no prior private sale, airdrop allocation, or earlier exchange listing. $XRP Healthcare said this structure allows market pricing to start through public trading. XRPHAI is the utility token for the XRPH AI ecosystem, built on the $XRP Ledger. The token will support rewards through Proof of Health, a system designed to reward users for verified health-related activity. Users can…

For decades, the web ran on a simple bargain: Publishers and businesses made information freely accessible, search engines and other crawlers indexed it, and those services sent human traffic back. Sites could then monetize that traffic through ads, subscriptions or commerce. But that’s all changing fast, Cloudflare Chief Strategy Officer Stephanie Cohen said Tuesday at CoinDesk’s Consensus conference in Miami. With the rise of AI agents, software can scrape a webpage, summarize content and keep the source user inside a chatbot or automated workflow instead of sending a person back to the original site. Cohen said that shift is breaking…

Bitcoin ($BTC) price ended its five-month losing streak with a 2% gain in March 2026, despite fears of a further sell-off in the second quarter. The flagship cryptocurrency experienced a relief rally last month, producing an inverted hammer candlestick, a formation that has historically signaled bullish sentiment during bearish market conditions. Since Bitcoin price hit its all-time high (ATH) of $126,198 in October 2025, it fell over 41% in the subsequent five consecutive months, according to crypto market data from TradingView as of April 1. $BTC/USD monthly chart. Source: TradingView Over the past 24 hours, $BTC price was up nearly…

Big traditional finance firms need guardrails in a world of blockchain-based assets, particularly given how decentralized finance (DeFi) remains so susceptible to hacks and losses, the head of digital assets at custodial banking giant State Street said on Tuesday at Consensus Miami. Still fresh in people’s minds, last month turned out to be a hacker’s bonanza in DeFi, with on-chain lending protocol Drift suffering a $295 million exploit early April, followed by a similarly sized attack on KelpDAO later in the month. Speaking about the future of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), Angus Fletcher, State Street’s head of digital assets, said…

With Ethereum ($ETH) price consolidating below a crucial resistance level of around $2,380 on May 5, trading expert Ali Martinez has issued a bold near-term prediction. Martinez predicted that Ethereum price could rally to retest $3,000 if it consistently breaks above $2,380. The bullish thesis is bolstered by renewed interest for $ETH from whale investors at this key barrier, which represents its realized price – the average price at which every token last moved on-chain. “With whales on a buying spree, accumulating over $300 million in $ETH in the last few days, the smart money is positioning for a breakout.…

A large volume of US commercial real estate (CRE) debt is rolling into a very different market from the one that produced it. The Mortgage Bankers Association says $875 billion of commercial and multifamily mortgages are scheduled to mature in 2026, equal to 17% of the roughly $5 trillion of outstanding balances it tracks. While that’s below the $957 billion that was due in 2025, it’s still a massive refinancing event landing in a world where borrowing costs are far higher than they were when many of these loans were made. That matters because commercial real estate debt doesn’t disappear…

$XDC price is consolidating just above $0.03 as tokenized debt deals, trade-finance pilots and an Ethereum-aligned upgrade deepen its role in enterprise RWA infrastructure. Summary $XDC Network is trading around $0.032 per token, with a market cap near $640 million and 24-hour volume in the mid-teens of millions. Price has inched higher by roughly 2–3% over the last day, but remains down on the week, reflecting a slow grind after a broader altcoin pullback. Recent upgrades, tokenized debt deals and trade-finance pilots signal growing real-world asset usage even as speculative flows stay modest compared with higher-beta altcoins. $XDC Network ($XDC),…