Blockchain

USDC issuer Circle has launched the mainnet of Arc, a layer-1 (L1) blockchain targeting stablecoin payments and financial markets, particularly agentic transactions. Arc uses USDC as its native gas asset and offers Ethereum Virtual Machine […]

An attacker exploited a custom module connected to an Ethereum Safe wallet in an attempt to extract roughly $7.7 million in rsETH, only to have the funds intercepted by an MEV bot. According to blockchain […]

India’s securities regulator and central bank have launched a tokenized corporate bond pilot, with three companies issuing a combined 10.25 billion rupees (about $107 million) through the new market infrastructure.  On Thursday, the Securities and […]

The HIMS token is designed to track shares of the teleheath company Hims & Hers, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). On Robinhood Chain, traders can buy and sell the tokenized stock […]

Indian agricultural warehousing and lending company Arya.ag is testing a system to tokenize warehouse receipts for stored grain on a dedicated Avalanche layer-1 blockchain.  Arya.ag is working with Finternet to connect grain deposits, warehouse receipts, […]

[Update, Sept. 7, 2026, 8:30 UTC: Added details on Cronos rollback and restart, Bitquery’s revised $120.4 million estimate and Tectonic’s phased reopening plans.] Cronos validators rolled back the blockchain on Aug. 30, after an attacker moved […]

Ethereum-compatible layer-1 network Harmony proposed sunsetting its blockchain and migrating its native ONE token to Ethereum, seven years after launching its mainnet.  On Sunday, Harmony proposed taking a final network snapshot, issuing ERC-20 ONE tokens […]

BNB Smart Chain (BSC) activated its Pasteur hard fork on Tuesday, closing bridge verification and validator authorization gaps while introducing a new route intended to fit more transactions into each block.  In a Tuesday post, […]

Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) and BlackRock-backed tokenization platform Securitize signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance tokenization and digital asset infrastructure across the United Arab Emirates and Dubai. The MoU will establish […]

Thirty-nine US state banking associations have formed the BankChain Alliance to build a nationwide, industry-owned blockchain network for banks, targeting a 2027 launch.  On Tuesday, the alliance announced that the network intends to support smart […]