Blockchain

Crypto’s push for instant settlement is creating a capital inefficiency problem, forcing trading firms to fund every transaction in full and raising concerns about how the market can scale as volumes grow. In practice, that […]

Update April 7, 2026, 12:27 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from a Binance representative. Crypto exchange Binance is introducing a new spot trading feature that restricts orders from executing outside […]

Onchain evidence was key to securing the conviction of three individuals for terrorism financing in Indonesia in 2024 and 2025, reflecting a clear shift in the way courts value onchain evidence. “Indonesian courts have demonstrated […]

The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has warned the public that crypto payments and trades using the local currency remain illegal in the country after Bybit added support for the Rwandan franc for its peer-to-peer […]

Ethereum layer-2 networks need “responsive pricing” to scale to billions of users and reduce the fee swings that still accompany congestion, Offchain Labs co-founder Edward Felten said during a keynote at EthCC 2026. Ethereum’s EIP-1559 […]

Opinion by: Ido Sofer, founder and CEO at Sodot. The crypto industry is normally well ahead of its game when it comes to pure innovation and functionality, but security is a different matter.  For years, […]

The International Monetary Fund said tokenization has the potential to remove friction and boost transparency in finance, but warned that the technology could also create challenges that affect financial stability. “The net effect of tokenization […]

Naoris Protocol has launched its mainnet, introducing a layer-1 blockchain designed to use post-quantum cryptography for transaction validation and network security. The network is live with limited, invite-only participation, allowing early users to run validator […]

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology theorize that a functional quantum computer may require far fewer qubits than previously thought, making it feasible for the first quantum computer to be deployed before the end […]

Update March 30, 1:20 p.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include a section on the wider tokenized commodities market. Trilitech, a London-based development company focused on the Tezos ecosystem, launched Metals.io on Monday, […]