Chainlink has launched a new privacy standard to keep identity and transaction data confidential while enabling verifiable on-chain workflows. The standard integrates with CRE and existing Chainlink services to support private smart…

UBS is weighing giving clients in its $4.7 trillion private banking division access to digital assets, starting with Bitcoin and Ethereum. The Swiss bank had made a similar announcement four…

New VeChain-based app Wattly rewards users with tokens for reducing their device use. Americans look at their phones 200 times every day; 46% admit that they are addicted to their…

IOTA has based its “Blue Ocean” strategy on the tokenization of real-world assets, data, and identity for transactions. A graphic posted on social media contrasts DeFi/NFTs/gaming/memecoins with data, identity, payments, and…

Evernorth plans to raise $1B+ to expand an institutional XRP treasury using lending, liquidity and DeFi yield on XRPL. t54 partnership adds AI agents to run XRP treasury strategies on…

The first 1,000 qualified survey respondents receive 5 Pi credits, usable only within Pi App Studio. App Studio adds no-code Pi payment setup and enables free app iteration deployments by…

Celestia announced Private Blockspace, publishing verifiably encrypted state to the Celestia network for public data availability checks. Verifiable encryption in a zkVM proves properties like hashes/Merkle roots without decrypting the…

COTI Foundation unveils a decentralized Treasury model run by node operators and governed by community voting via gCOTI. Helium mainnet upgrade enhances private computation and prepares for expanded private DeFi…

$40M WLFI airdrop to eligible USD1 holders on Binance runs Jan 23–Feb 20, 2026, and is paid weekly. Rewards use hourly snapshots; each day counts the lowest USD1 balance, then…

VeChain’s VeBetter ecosystem has registered 5.5 million users and has proven scalable sustainability information using blockchain. The GSTI documentary puts emphasis on the blockchain as an instrument to aid sustainability…

Nasdaq filed with the SEC to remove 25,000-contract position/exercise limits on Bitcoin & Ether ETF options.  The filing covers options on Nasdaq-listed ETFs from issuers including BlackRock, Fidelity, Bitwise, Grayscale,…

IOTA has increased real-world integration with live trade systems in Kenya and the UK, and talks are active in ASEAN countries. Deflationary fees, staking, and locked deposits make the IOTA…

Hedera becomes the official partner of McLaren F1 and Arrow McLaren IndyCar in a multi-year agreement. McLaren will release free-to-claim F1 weekend digital collectibles on Hedera and bring back IndyCar…

WLFI has partnered with Spacecoin, allowing the latter’s satellite network to facilitate DeFi transactions. WLFI will enable USD1 stablecoin accessibility by token swap mechanism and LEO satellite connection. World Liberty…

The X-Ray upgrade by Stellar is already on mainnet and includes native BN254 operations to verify on-chain zk-SNARKs. CAP-0075 adds Soroban host functions exposing Poseidon and Poseidon2 permutation primitives for…