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In brief Tether’s USAT stablecoin has launched on the Celo blockchain, its first expansion beyond Ethereum. Google Cloud provides infrastructure support for the stablecoin’s distribution system. A privacy-preserving faucet allows verified users to access USAT tokens through proof-of-humanity verification. Tether announced Tuesday that the USAT stablecoin has expanded to the Celo blockchain, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling network, marking the regulated digital dollar’s first deployment beyond the Ethereum mainnet. The launch brings USAT—a stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital and targeted at the U.S. market—to Celo, with Google Cloud providing infrastructure support alongside plans for the stablecoin to serve as a gas…
UBS Real Estate GmbH suspended all redemptions from its $469 million Euroinvest fund for up to 36 months after a wave of withdrawal requests drained available liquidity. The German subsidiary announced the freeze via an investor notice on March 26, 2026, blocking all redemption requests submitted after March 25 and halting new share issuance. TradFi Hits the Same Wall That Broke Crypto Lenders UBS (D) Euroinvest Immobilien is an open-ended fund that invests in commercial real estate across major European cities. It dates back to 1999 and previously froze redemptions during the 2008 financial crisis and again around 2014. The…
In brief Uniblock has raised $5.2 million in new funding, bringing total capital to $7.5 million, with investors including SBI, AllianceDAO, Blockchain Founders Fund, NGC Ventures, Alchemy, and MoonPay. The platform manages infrastructure across more than 300 blockchains through 55 data partners with patented auto-routing technology. 3,000 projects and 4,000 developers use the service, including Plume Network, Stellar Blockchain, and Apechain. Blockchain infrastructure provider Uniblock has raised $5.2 million to operate a “managed infrastructure layer” across more than 300 blockchains, addressing a routing and failover problem that CEO Kevin Callahan said “should be solved once, not rebuilt by every team.”…
Circle announced cirBTC, a new wrapped bitcoin token backed 1:1 by native $BTC, designed to give institutional users verifiable, onchain exposure to bitcoin across decentralized finance ( DeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi). Circle Expands Beyond Stablecoins With cirBTC Wrapped Bitcoin Product The company, best known as the issuer of $USDC, posted the announcement on its official X account alongside a dedicated product page. The move marks Circle’s first significant expansion beyond stablecoins into tokenized bitcoin infrastructure. Each cirBTC token will be fully collateralized by native bitcoin held in reserve. Circle says those reserves will be independently verifiable onchain in real…
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), said it added another $600 million to its investment in prediction market platform Polymarket, closing out a previously announced funding agreement between the two firms. The new capital comes on top of a $1 billion investment ICE made in October. ICE also plans to buy up to $40 million in additional shares from existing holders, bringing its total commitment close to $2 billion. The company said the investment will not materially affect its financial results. Polymarket runs a marketplace where users trade on the outcome of real-world…
In a recent post on X, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson shared a surprising issue that revolves around identity, which may apply to everyone: he had trouble proving he was really himself on social media. The Cardano founder had participated in a conversation on a Telegram group dedicated to Midnight. This led participants in the group to start asking if it was truly him who joined the Telegram chat or not. “Wait, you think this is really charles,” a user asked. One answered in the affirmative, while another (obviously the Telegram moderator) doubted if it was truly him, asking the Cardano…
The price of $AAVE has dropped to a 52-week low, falling below $95 even as Aave rolled out its long-awaited V4 upgrade this week. The decline extends a broader downtrend, with the token losing over a third of its value in the past year. $AAVE Price Chart Over the Past Year. Source: CoinGecko The timing stands out. Aave V4 is one of the protocol’s biggest upgrades to date. In simple terms, it turns Aave from a collection of separate lending pools into one large shared liquidity system. That means users borrow from a bigger pool, get better rates, and use…
The ongoing conflict between the US and Iran continues to drive up oil prices and market tensions, while the increased risk of inflation is negatively impacting Bitcoin and altcoins. At this point, cryptocurrency markets started the last day of the week with a decline, with Bitcoin falling below $68,000 and Ethereum approaching the $2,000 mark. While other major altcoins also saw declines reaching 5%, $XRP fell 60% from its peak of $3.6, dropping to around $1.3. As the $XRP price experiences a sharp decline, institutional investors are planning to increase their allocations. According to a survey conducted by Ernst &…
Google recently released new research on quantum risk for blockchains. In its release, Google warned that quantum advances could break crypto security sooner than expected, highlighting “appropriate urgency.” The various quantum risk profiles for popular blockchains were divided into four categories. One category consists of protocols that make long-term exposure of quantum-vulnerable public keys inevitable. It includes blockchains with persistent accounts such as Ethereum, Solana and $XRP Ledger. These utilize an account model and either use public keys directly as account addresses or expose them in the first transaction. The $XRP Ledger is noted, in contrast to other blockchains, to…
Altura, a decentralized finance protocol founded by former Fidelity and PwC staff is launching an onchain gold arbitrage strategy aimed at retail investors, targeting 20% annualized returns, according to a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph. According to Altura, the product pools user deposits into a vault that recycles capital through short-duration physical gold trades. Unlike platforms like Robinhood or Revolut that offer passive gold price exposure, Altura claims to be tokenizing the underlying arbitrage process itself. The company says it has raised $4 million in funding and has already facilitated the movement of about 185 kilograms of gold, representing roughly…