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BNB Chain has announced a collaboration with Better Payment Network to build an international settlement network using multiple regional stablecoins. The goal is to simplify and expedite cross-border payments from different regions. This is another significant step in improving and promoting financial inclusion in the use of blockchain technology. In recent years, stablecoins have emerged as a more reliable bridge between the traditional finance world and the blockchain ecosystem. However, global payments continue to be inefficient and disconnected due to different regulations and systems that aren’t interoperable. The collaboration with BNB Chain and Better Payment Network is working to address…

Ethereum co-founder and Consensys founder Joseph Lubin highlighted the importance of venture capital (VC) funding for the development of the world’s largest smart contract network, despite growing industry concerns over the influence of investment funds on Ethereum. The main goal of VCs like Paradigm is to “suck as much value as possible from the Ethereum and broader ecosystem,” while their secondary goals include “progressing the systems towards rigorous decentralization,” wrote Lubin in a Monday X post, adding that there is “no reason for concern.” Lubin’s comments come shortly after the departure of two key Ethereum researchers, which caused renewed concerns…

Hunter Horsley identifies credit and borrowing as the next major wave in crypto. Crypto-collateralized lending hits $53.1B in Q2 2025, with DeFi leading growth. Tokenized RWAs surge 380% since 2022, reaching $24B. Crypto is on the brink of its next big shift. Industry experts believe that this could change how people access and use capital. As the ecosystem grows, new opportunities are emerging, giving investors newer ways to tap into value and participate in the market like never before. Curious? Read on! Credit And Borrowing: The Next Supercycle Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley believes that the next big wave in crypto…

Hyperliquid’s founder, Jeff Yan, took to X to dismiss rumors that the platform is focused on protocol revenue, labeling them pure FUD. He said that recent ADL events have proven profitable for users, producing hundreds of millions of dollars in total gains. A backstop liquidation mechanism, he stated, might have raised more HLP revenue, but it would have also amplified risk. He remarked, “On 10/10, Hyperliquid ADLs net made users hundreds of millions of dollars by closing profitable short positions at favorable prices. If more positions had been backstop liquidated, HLP could have made hundreds of millions of dollars more…

B2C2 has joined Pyth Network, a blockchain oracle firm, to provide proprietary pricing data. The move aims to improve the accuracy and depth of the network’s global price layer. B2C2’s data comes from real trades executed through its connections with banks, hedge funds, and exchanges worldwide. Join buy side heads of FX in London at fmls25 Earlier, B2C2 announced an integration of OpenPayd’s embedded finance tools into its instant settlement network. The partnership is designed to simplify fiat currency transactions for institutional clients, supporting faster and more efficient trade settlements. The latest collaboration targets inefficiencies in digital asset markets. Pricing…

Key Takeaways Péter Szilágyi, lead developer for Ethereum’s Geth client, publicly criticized the Ethereum Foundation’s centralization and Vitalik Buterin’s dominant influence over protocol decisions. Szilágyi warned that the current governance structure risks protocol capture by insiders, undermining Ethereum’s decentralized ethos. Péter Szilágyi, a lead developer for Ethereum’s Geth client, has raised concerns about Vitalik Buterin’s dominant influence over the protocol and criticized the Ethereum Foundation’s centralized decision-making structure in a public letter released today. In his letter, Szilágyi highlighted that the Ethereum Foundation’s structure allows a small group centered around Buterin to heavily influence project directions, creating risks of protocol…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is back in the news as he once again chose the honest approach instead of the polished corporate one, making it clear that working at the major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange is not for everyone and that the company goes out of its way to be clear about this during hiring. According to Armstrong, the challenge is not hidden or sugarcoated, because the blue exchange would rather keep away those who want comfort than deal with cultural mismatch later, and while that honesty can put off some candidates, it has also built a team of people who…

Debt among Bitcoin miners has increased from $2.1 billion to $12.7 billion in just 12 months as they race to meet demands for artificial intelligence and Bitcoin production, according to investment giant VanEck. Without continued investment in the latest machines, a miner’s share of the global hashrate deteriorates, resulting in a reduced share of the daily awarded Bitcoin (BTC), VanEck analyst Nathan Frankovitz and head of digital assets research, Matthew Sigel, said on Wednesday in their October Bitcoin ChainCheck report. “We refer to this dynamic as the melting ice cube problem. Historically, miners relied on equity markets, not debt, to…

OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Atlas on Tuesday, marking its entry into the AI browser market with a tool combining the familiar web-surfing experience with built-in AI assistance. Atlas is available initially Tuesday on macOS, with Windows, iOS, and Android versions expected to follow. “We want to bring this to Windows and mobile users as quickly as we can,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a livestream. Built upon the open-source Chromium engine—which also underlies Google’s dominant Chrome and Microsoft Edge—the browser is designed to tightly integrate AI-powered capabilities. That includes the agent known as Operator—software that can autonomously fill forms, book…

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal has criticized Ethereum’s leaders for dismissing Polygon’s status as a true Ethereum layer 2 — noting contributions that Polygon has made to Ethereum while receiving little recognition for those efforts. Nailwal, who also serves as the Polygon Foundation’s CEO, said he is now “questioning his loyalty” to Ethereum — particularly the Ethereum Foundation and the community, which, according to him, hasn’t given Polygon any direct support. “In fact, the reverse,” Nailwal said in a post to X on Monday, adding that he has given his loyalty to Ethereum even though it has potentially cost him billions…