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In a groundbreaking move to expand the processing capability of its crypto trading network and advance DeFi user experience, DDEX, a decentralized perpetual exchange, today announced a strategic partnership with CottoniaAI, a decentralized AI computing network. This partnership enabled DDEX to integrate CottoniaAI’s decentralized computing infrastructure to improve its network’s resource processing capabilities and system availability, enabling its decentralized exchange to run a large-scale and flexible computing environment. DDEX is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange that combines multi-asset operations, cross-chain liquidity, and AI-powered matching. Its platform serves as a DEX (decentralized exchange) that enables users to interact with spot, perpetual,…

Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL), a new development group formed by the former core team of the Electric Coin Company (ECC), has raised more than $25 million in seed funding to continue building the privacy-focused cryptocurrency ecosystem. The round drew support from Paradigm, a16z crypto, Winklevoss Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Cypherpunk Technologies, Chapter One, Balaji Srinivasan and several angel investors in crypto and technology. ZODL was founded by former ECC CEO Josh Swihart. The lab emerged after the entire ECC engineering and product team resigned in January following a governance dispute with Bootstrap, the nonprofit board that oversees ECC. The group…

In a recent tweet, $1 billion $XRP treasury company Evernorth spotlights the XRPL native protocol. The $XRP Ledger Lending protocol was introduced in rippled version 3.1.0 and is currently being voted upon. “$XRP’s native lending protocol is on the way,” Evernorth wrote in a recent tweet highlighting the potential of this major XRPL upgrade. “Single asset vaults. Term lending with automated repayments. Confidential transfers using zero-knowledge proofs. On-chain institutional infrastructure built at the protocol level,” Evernorth wrote. $XRP’s native lending protocol is on the way! Single asset vaults. Term lending with automated repayments. Confidential transfers using zero-knowledge proofs. On-chain institutional…

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, announced it has completed its acquisition of crypto derivatives venue Bitnomial, giving it control of a fully CFTC-regulated derivatives stack in the United States. The acquisition gives Payward a Futures Commission Merchant, Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization, infrastructure it plans to use to expand CFTC-regulated products across Kraken and NinjaTrader, starting with spot margin, with perpetuals and options expected to follow. Payward said Bitnomial will continue operating within its existing regulatory structure, with the deal enabling partners, including fintechs, banks and brokerages, to access US-regulated derivatives through the company’s infrastructure platform. The…

The Japanese stock market experienced historic volatility on March 9, with the Nikkei 225 plunging over 4,200 points at its lowest, ultimately closing down 2,892.12 points (or 5.2%), marking the third-largest point drop in history. Historic Point Drop The Japanese stock market endured a day of historic volatility on Monday as the Nikkei 225 suffered a massive sell-off driven by escalating conflict in the Middle East and a surge in crude oil prices. In a session defined by panic selling, the benchmark index reached its most dramatic moment when it briefly plunged more than 4,200 points. The Nikkei eventually finished…

Avalanche’s C-Chain is processing between 2.3 and 2.7 million transactions per day right now, and at recent peaks, the number has crossed well above 3 million. That is a roughly 10x increase from where the network sat in mid-2025, when daily activity hovered below 300,000 transactions. Despite those numbers, $AVAX is trading around $8.73 with a market cap of $3.77 billion, and the network is getting a fraction of the attention directed at Solana, Base, or Ethereum Layer 2s. What Do the Numbers Actually Look Like? According to Artemis terminal data, Avalanche C-Chain has seen a 1,113% increase in daily…

PlayZap Games, a well-known GameFi platform, is partnering with REI Network, a next-gen blockchain platform. The partnership is poised to bolster scalable Web3 gaming innovation. As per PlayZap Games’ official social media announcement, the development combines its GameFi expertise with the high-performance, EVM-compatible, and lightweight blockchain framework of REI Network. So, this remarkable synergy denotes a crucial opportunity to advance gameplay speed, fortify ecosystem scalability, and minimize friction in the case of blockchain interactions. We’re excited to announce our partnership with #REINetwork 🤝A lightweight, EVM-compatible, high-performance, and gas-free blockchain framework — built for the evolving future of Web3 ⚙️⚡Together, we…

Data from South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, indicates a significant increase in trading volume in some altcoins over the past 24 hours. The picture that emerges from combining data from both exchanges reveals strong investor interest, particularly concentrated in certain projects. According to the data, one of the most notable movements occurred on Bio Protocol. The project, which achieved high volumes on both Upbit and Bithumb, topped the list with a total transaction volume exceeding $150 million. In addition, significant volume increases were seen in DeFi-focused projects such as Orca and Clearpool, while strong trading activity continued…

In brief Nine Texas residents sued MARA over noise, health impacts, and property value losses. The complaint details alleged physical, psychological, and economic harm tied to the site. Bitcoin miners are increasingly shifting operations toward AI and high-performance computing. Nine Texas residents have sued MARA Holdings, alleging its Bitcoin mining facility in Granbury, Texas, generates constant noise, vibrations, and low-frequency sound that interfere with daily life and harm their health. The complaint, first reported by Blockspace, was filed on Friday in the Northern District of Texas and seeks damages above $1 million and demands a jury trial. Plaintiffs argue the…

As real-world assets migrate on-chain, tokenized stocks are rapidly emerging as the most aggressive growth vertical of the current RWA cycle, fusing traditional equities with programmable liquidity. The silent boom in tokenized equity markets Strategic value drivers and TradFi friction Competing architectures for tokenized stock issuance Market structure and leading players Bridging TradFi settlement and on-chain markets Regulatory moats and the global compliance matrix The tokenized stock trilemma Outlook for the tokenized stock market The silent boom in tokenized equity markets The Real-World Asset landscape is undergoing a structural shift, with tokenized stocks now the breakout segment of this cycle.…