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Chainlink Labs joins Global Synchronizer Foundation to shape the future of institutional-grade interoperable blockchain applications. Chainlink’s tech supports UBS, MAS, and SBI in tokenizing traditional funds into blockchain-based digital assets. Chainlink has officially joined the Global Synchronizer Foundation (GSF), the organization behind the interoperability layer of the Canton Network. For those who are not familiar with it, the Canton Network can be thought of as a cross-network coordination system—a sort of ‘secret bridge’ for financial institutions looking to transact between blockchains without sacrificing privacy or regulatory compliance. Chainlink’s entry into the GSF is more than just a formality. It means…

A senior official at the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, or FCA, warned a “global response” to crypto is crucial to prevent regulatory arbitrage. Speaking at DigiAssets 2025, Jane Moore said the British agency is keeping a close eye on developments in the U.S. Just a day earlier, the Senate passed its first major piece of crypto legislation in the form of the GENIUS Act—a framework for issuing and trading stablecoins. Moore went on to argue that a “culture of compliance” within digital asset firms would ultimately result in safer products for consumers. Lord Chris Holmes, who sits in Britain’s upper…

Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) is venturing further into the global payments business with the launch of Coinbase Payments, the company said in a Wednesday blog post. The service, built on Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network Base, is already live with ecommerce platform Shopify and was designed to bring stablecoin payments to merchants, supporting around-the-clock USDC transactions without requiring any blockchain know-how, the blog post said. The company’s move aligns with the growing trend of stablecoins reshaping the global payments market. Payments companies such as Stripe and PayPal debut products that use blockchain tech under the hood for payments. Meanwhile, crypto native…

Bitcoin’s volatility has dropped to its lowest level in nearly a decade, a sign of a major structural shift in the market’s behavior. According to new data visualized by Ecoinometrics, Bitcoin’s 30-day realized volatility sits near the 10th percentile, meaning current market fluctuations are calmer than 90% of all weekly periods since 2015, suggesting Bitcoin is maturing into a more stable asset even as it continues its strong upward trend. This dramatic decline in volatility, which comes despite a sharp rally in May and the asset reaching new all-time highs, marks a significant change in Bitcoin’s risk profile and could…

TAC raised $11.5 million across its seed and strategic funding rounds in an effort to integrate DeFi with Telegram’s massive user base. The network also partnered with leading DeFi platforms like Curve, Morpho, and Euler. Also known as the TON Application Chain, TAC is a purpose-built EVM-compatible blockchain designed to bridge Ethereum dApps with the TON and Telegram ecosystem. Expanding DeFi to Telegram’s Billion Users While TON was purpose-built to launch new blockchain and crypto-native applications on Telegram, its native smart contract environment could not host existing Ethereum apps, which manage the lion’s share of DeFi activities. So, true DeFi…

In a fresh milestone, Pectra has been activated on Arbitrum, Ethereum’s leading layer-2 network. A new upgrade, ArbOS 40 “Callisto,” unlocks powerful new primitives for account abstraction, zk tooling and developer UX. Announced via a recent tweet, ArbOS 40 “Callisto” is now live on Arbitrum One and Nova. This upgrade brings new capabilities from Ethereum’s Pectra hard fork, including EIP-7702 (Account Abstraction), EIP-2537 (BLS Precompile), EIP-2935 (Block Hash Access) and a minor Stylus fix for devs. EIP-7702 brings more account abstraction to Arbitrum chains. Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) can temporarily include executable code during a transaction. This enables account abstraction-like…

Solana slipped Monday, while XRP and Dogecoin held steady, as all three lagged behind Bitcoin over the past week. The broader pullback in digital assets over the past week comes amid renewed investor caution, primarily driven by trade tensions and macroeconomic uncertainty. “Sentiment in crypto is risk-off,” Strahinja Savic, head of data analytics at crypto advisory FRNT Financial, told Decrypt. “The driver of that has been this macro instability that spills over into crypto. You see these sharp sell-offs and a total reset of risk appetite.” Savic said that sluggish lending rates on DeFi platforms and low volume for perpetual…

Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the listing of Skate (SKATE) on its Alpha platform. Alongside this, Binance Futures will launch the SKATEUSDT perpetual contract, offering traders up to 50x leverage. This announcement triggered a double-digit rise in the price of altcoin during pre-market trading. Binance Alpha Announces SKATE Listing SKATE is the native utility and governance token that powers Skate’s multi-VM infrastructure. The total supply is capped at 1 billion tokens, with 10% allocated for the initial airdrop. This distribution will reward early participants who contributed to the platform’s adoption. According to Binance’s official announcement, SKATE trading…

Memecoin platform Pump Fun has made further additions to its legal team as it gears up to fight a lawsuit brought by legal firm Burwick Law. Legal filings from last Thursday and back in May revealed that Brown Rudnick’s Daniel L. Sachs and Kyle P. Dorso have been named as counsel. They join Stephen D Palley, chair of Brown Rudnick’s Digital Commerce Group, in representing Baton Corporation, Pump Fun’s parent company. Read more: Burwick Law founder likely behind Pump Fun memecoin, report According to Brown Rudnick, Sachs is a specialist in “white collar” defense and has worked as counsel for…

Pudgy Penguins enters the world of video games with Pengu Clash, an innovative title based on a play-to-win model developed on the TON blockchain. This new project marks an important step for the well-known NFT avatar brand, thanks to the partnership with Elympics and the use of cutting-edge technology to offer a competitive gaming experience focused on user skills. Pengu Clash: a play-to-win game based on skills and blockchain The future of Pudgy Penguins games Towards a sustainable gaming ecosystem Pengu Clash: a play-to-win game based on skills and blockchain The heart of Pengu Clash is in its play-to-win model,…