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A new report analyzes five stablecoin payment networks, determining their ability to overcome new challenges. Generally, Tether- and Circle-focused projects self-select for different clusters of common traits. Foresight Ventures also shared some exclusive commentary on this subject with BeInCrypto. For more concrete data on each project, consult the firm’s report. A New Stablecoin Report The stablecoin market is growing to new heights, with many industry leaders predicting far greater accomplishments in the near future. In this context, Foresight Ventures released a report on stablecoins’ potential, claiming that they could become “the backbone of a global payments rail.” According to this…

Crypto exchange Binance issued an update to users after several tokens on the platform apparently crashed to $0 in the wake of Friday’s market meltdown, saying that the tokens did not actually crash, but showed a $0 price to users due to a “display issue.” Several altcoins appeared to crash to $0 on Binance during Friday’s market turmoil, including IoTeX (IOTX), Cosmos (ATOM), and Enjin (ENJ), despite the tokens staying well above $0 on other centralized crypto exchanges. The tokens did not actually lose 100% of their value on the platform, according to an announcement from Binance on Sunday. Binance…

Building a Web3 Identity Solution TL;DR:The European Blockchain Sandbox has concluded its second cohort, featuring IOTA Foundation’s Tokenized Know Your Customer Solution with IDnow, walt.id, and Bloom Wallet. The Sandbox provided key lessons on compliant and privacy-preserving identity verification in Web3, including the use of off-chain verification, soulbound tokens, and GDPR-aligned wallet and node practices. We’ve completed our participation in the European Blockchain Sandbox, a three-year initiative by the European Commission that gives innovative distributed ledger projects the chance to test their solutions with regulators across Europe. Each year, 20 projects are selected to join, and the IOTA Foundation was…

Ripple CTO David Schwartz, known as much for his massive XRPL contributions as for his viral internet moments regarding XRP and crypto, recently provided another such moment. Many probably did not understood his latest post featuring solar panels, but this one has deep lore directly tied to crypto. “Post a pic only your fandom would understand” was the challenge Schwartz attached a confusing photo to, and for those not familiar, this connects to what he spent 40,000 ETH on. Those Ethereum coins were bought at the ICO of the biggest altcoin back in 2015 for $0.311 each. Later, when the…

Stock markets remain near record highs and economic numbers keep beating expectations, but a closer look reveals traders are starting to step away from the riskiest bets that drove much of this year’s gains. Day traders who fueled rallies in everything from tech stocks to cryptocurrency are now pulling money out of the most speculative investments. This shift comes even as the Federal Reserve continues supporting markets and major indexes hover close to recent peaks.The clearest sign of this change shows up in leveraged exchange-traded funds, which use borrowed money to amplify daily stock moves by two or three times.…

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced that it has reimbursed customers for a total of $283 million after a volatile Friday, during which several tokens on the exchange depegged or experienced unnatural price crashes. The compensatory measure was taken in the midst of the worst-ever single-day liquidation, which erased around $20 billion worth of leveraged exposure and sent shivers throughout the digital asset space.According to Binance customers, many altcoins dropped to $0 on Friday’s pullback, a trend observed across the entire trading platform. This event, which included IoTeX (IOTX), Cosmos (ATOM), and Enjin, caused widespread panic. However, Binance has…

Yuma, a development studio and accelerator for decentralized AI (deAI) network Bittensor created by Barry Silbert of Digital Currency Group, has introduced Yuman Asset Management, to allow institutional and accredited investors easy access to the deAI ecosystem. Bittensor is a decentralized network for AI that rewards people for contributing data and computing power to a range of activities in the form of distinct use case-driven entities called “subnets,” that can include things like text translation, fraud detection, image recognition to more esoteric goals like predicting the structure of complex protein chains. Powered by its native token, TAO, Bittensor aspires to…

Introduction For progress and development, evolution is the key. Cryptocurrencies with idle communities and networks meet bitter end. In terms of reliability, the coin which comes to our mind after Bitcoin is none other than Ethereum. Launched on 30th July 2015 by Vitalik Buterin and a team of co-founders, Ethereum has impressed traders all over the world with continuous activity. More than ten years ago, no one would have imagined that $ETH would boast a staggering market cap of $544 billion. With this much amount, it proudly sits at 22nd spot on the list of global asses by market cap.…

Coinbase is turbocharging crypto usability with plans to raise transaction limits to as much as $100,000, igniting mainstream adoption momentum and reshaping how digital assets are spent. Coinbase to Test Higher Spending Limits, Eyes Mainstream Crypto Payments Growing demand for greater flexibility in digital asset payments is prompting major exchanges to revisit transaction limits. Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) chief executive officer Brian Armstrong shared on social media platform X on Oct. 11 that the company plans to test higher customer spending thresholds next week. The initiative is part of a broader effort to enhance the platform’s usability for everyday payments and…

Apex Fusion announced the launch of its NEXUS chain integration with Layerzero, enabling connections to more than 145 blockchain networks, including Solana and Ethereum-compatible ecosystems. Apex Fusion Simplifies Omnichain Development With Layerzero The collaboration positions Apex Fusion as the first ecosystem to unite Cardano’s UTxO liquidity with Ethereum’s EVM framework via Layerzero, forging a new bridge between historically separate blockchain systems. Developers can now deploy omnichain applications (OApps) and tokens (OFTs) on NEXUS while reaching over 60 Layerzero-connected ecosystems without bespoke bridge integrations. This reduces friction, broadens access, and introduces native interoperability between EVM, Solana, and Cardano environments. Christopher Greenwood,…