2 Incorporated AI Agents Sign First Legal Deal That Executes Itself on Ethereum
Key Takeaways: Clawbank and Shodai executed the first AI-to-AI Ricardian contract, binding legal prose to Ethereum code. Shodai’s smart contract...
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Botanix Pulls Plug on Bitcoin L2 After 4 Years as Fee Income Falls Short
Key TakeawaysBitcoin L2 network Botanix is winding down all operations after a 4-year effort to build on the blockchain.The team...
Kraken Parent Teams With Franklin Templeton to Bring Managed Funds Onchain
Key TakeawaysPayward and Franklin Templeton partnered on May 12, 2026, to build tokenized yield and equity products onchain.Kraken’s xStocks framework,...
Moody’s Rates Fidelity International’s Ethereum-Based USD Liquidity Fund at Highest Aaa-mf Level
Key TakeawaysMoody’s assigned an Aaa-mf assessment to Fidelity International’s USD Digital Liquidity Fund on May 13, 2026.The fund, managed by...
Blackrock’s Onchain BUIDL Fund Secures Top AAA-mf Rating From Moody’s
Key TakeawaysBlackrock’s BUIDL fund secured a top AAA-mf rating from Moody’s this week for its $2.58 billion AUM.The AAA-mf rating...
Casper Network Plans Quantum-Safe Keys in 2027 to Protect Tokenized Assets
Key TakeawaysCasper Association launched its Manifest on May 12 to scale the $16 trillion real-world asset market.The roadmap integrates EVM...
Elliptic Raises $120 Million in Series D Led by One Peak and Nasdaq
Key TakeawaysElliptic secured $120 million on May 12, 2026, boosting its valuation to $670 million for onchain analytics.Nasdaq Ventures and...
Startale Group Embeds Privacy Boost, Enables Sub-500ms Shielded Asset Transfers
Key Takeaways: Startale Group chooses Sunnyside Labs to bring native privacy to its consumer-facing app. Privacy Boost delivers 1,800+ transactions...
Solana Readies Quantum Defense With 3-Step Roadmap and Falcon Implementation
Key Takeaways: Anza and Firedancer independently selected the Falcon post-quantum signature scheme for Solana, with code on Github. Blueshift’s Solana...
Space and Time Launches Dreamspace Ai App Builder to Simplify Onchain Development
Key Takeaways: Space and Time launched Dreamspace with Microsoft to enable no-code AI app building for 140,000+ students. Built on...
Japanese Government Bond Collateral Goes Onchain in New JSCC and Mizuho Blockchain Pilot
Key Takeaways: JSCC, Mizuho, and Nomura launched a PoC on April 20, 2026, to test JGB digital collateral on the...
0G Foundation and Alibaba Cloud Partner to Bring Qwen LLMs Onchain
Key Takeaways: 0G Foundation and Alibaba Cloud launched onchain access to Qwen LLMs for AI agents on April 21, 2026....
Broadridge and Galaxy Pioneer Blockchain Proxy Voting for US Public Companies – Blockchain Bitcoin News
Key Takeaways: Galaxy will use Broadridge’s onchain governance platform for its May 2026 annual shareholder vote, the first for a...
REAL and Redstone Collaborate to Enhance Data Integrity for Tokenized Assets – Blockchain Bitcoin News
Strategic Integration for Institutional Growth Blockchain infrastructure firm REAL has partnered with Redstone to reinforce the data and transparency layer...
Figure Launches FGRD as First SEC-Registered Onchain Public Stock
Figure Technology Solutions has launched FGRD, calling it the first SEC-registered public stock issued, traded and settled entirely on blockchain...
Ault Blockchain Debuts Public Testnet, Rejects Traditional Token Sale Model
Ault Capital Group has launched the public testnet of Ault Blockchain, a layer one (L1) network built for trading, settlement...
Ethereum’s L2 Scaling Story Gets a Rewrite From Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin is openly challenging long-held assumptions about Ethereum’s layer-two ( L2) strategy, arguing that the original vision for L2s...
Korea University Blockchain Institute Partners With Injective as Validator in Global Ecosystem
Korea University’s Blockchain Research Institute has partnered with Injective, joining its global ecosystem as a validator to strengthen ties between...
Franklin Templeton Positions Two Money Market Funds for Tokenized Finance Under GENIUS Act
Franklin Templeton has repositioned two institutional money market funds managed by Western Asset Management to support stablecoin reserves under the...
Polygon-Based Soccerverse Secures FIFPRO Deal, Unlocks 65,000 Real Players for Blockchain Football
Soccerverse, a Polygon‑based football management game, secured a global FIFPRO license to feature 65,000 players from over 70 unions worldwide....
Tempo Turns on Public Testnet, Setting Its Sights on Instant Settlement
Tempo flipped the switch on its public testnet today, giving developers their earliest hands-on access to the payments-optimized layer one...
Blockchain Meets Gold: Ghana Cracks Down on Smuggling
Ghana is set to overhaul its gold sector with a blockchain-powered track and trace system by the end of 2026,...
