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The following is a guest post and opinion from Anurag Arjun, Co-Founder of Avail.
The next financial architecture won’t just move money faster — it will make value, identity, and rights verifiable and enforceable across fragmented systems and real-world institutions.
Every time we build a new payment system, we rebuild the rails. Every new identity solution operates in isolation. “It’s like...
Barclays bank has announced it will block customers from using Barclaycard credit cards to buy crypto starting June 27
The move was quietly confirmed in a newly updated FAQ section on the bank’s official website.
According to Barclays, the decision stems from concerns over consumer protection and repayment risks. The bank warned that crypto price volatility could expose users to debts they may be...
Peter Thiel’s venture firm is leading a nine‑figure Series C that values the on‑chain prediction market at $1 billion, even as U.S. regulators still block the platform from its largest potential audience.
Polymarket, the blockchain‑based prediction platform that lets traders bet on everything from the U.S. presidential race to Taylor Swift’s tour dates, is poised to raise $200 million in fresh...
The number of XRP holders has nearly doubled between October 2024 and May 2025, expanding from 1.29% to 2.42%, while Solana (SOL) experienced the opposite, falling 35% from 2.72% to 1.76%.
According to Bybit’s “H1 2025 asset allocation report,” the rebalancing stems from a shift in sentiment as both retail and institutional investors have begun to favor XRP over Solana.
XRP has gained momentum in...
Chainlink has announced a new partnership with Mastercard to make crypto purchases easier and more secure for mainstream users, according to a July 24 statement.
The collaboration will allow over 3 billion Mastercard cardholders worldwide to buy digital assets directly on-chain using fiat. This marks a significant step forward in integrating traditional finance with blockchain infrastructure....
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed that the central bank does not object to U.S. banks providing services to cryptocurrency companies or participating in crypto-related activities, so long as they follow established risk management and consumer protection standards.
Powell made the statement during his semiannual monetary policy report testimony before the House Financial Services...
Crypto-based prediction markets are signaling that impeachment odds for US President Donald Trump remain low, despite a formal push in Congress.
According to data from Polymarket, crypto bettors estimate that there is just a 6% chance that Trump will face impeachment proceedings in the US House of Representatives before the end of 2025. This marks a modest uptick from 5% earlier in the week but...
A group of US lawmakers, led by Senator Adam Schiff, introduced a new bill on June 23 to stop public officials, including the president, from using digital assets for personal gain.
The Curbing Officials’ Income and Nondisclosure bill, also known as the COIN Act, aims to tighten ethical standards amid growing concern over crypto-linked financial activities in government.
Schiff cited recent...
Ethereum’s core developers are pushing for a major technical change that could reshape how quickly the network processes transactions.
On June 21, Barnabé Monnot, one of Ethereum’s core contributors, suggested a new proposal, EIP-7782, which would halve the block slot time from 12 seconds to 6 seconds.
According to him:
“Shorter slot times make Ethereum a better confirmation engine, which is...
Bitcoin Core developer Antoine Poinsot’s merged pull request removing the long-standing 80-byte OP_RETURN relay cap has triggered one of the most divisive mempool policy debates since the block size wars.
In a rapid escalation, a separate contributor posted a public bash script to auto-ban every known node running Bitcoin Knots, a policy-opposed implementation now representing approximately 13...