Topic: #blockchain
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IBM Digital Asset Haven connects to Swift's blockchain ledger for tokenized deposits
IBM's Digital Asset Haven platform can now interface with Swift's shared ledger, enabling institutional clients to execute tokenized deposit transactions. The integration links two major pieces of institutional blockchain infrastructure built in the past year.
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Chainlink's Project Pangea enables T+0 FX settlement, eliminating business-day delays
Chainlink unveiled Project Pangea, a consortium of 50+ banks across 16 countries, to test instant T+0 settlement for cross-border foreign exchange trades using blockchain infrastructure and regulated stablecoins. The initiative targets the EUR-KRW corridor and aims to execute live transactions within 12 months.
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Cardano integrates x402 SDK for ADA-based API payments
Cardano Foundation engineers merged Cardano support into the x402 protocol repository, enabling AI agents and applications to pay for API calls directly in ADA through HTTP requests without accounts or intermediaries.
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Hana Bank issues $100M digital bond with T+0 settlement on Euroclear blockchain
South Korea's Hana Bank completed a $100 million foreign-currency digital bond on Euroclear's blockchain platform with T+0 settlement, eliminating the traditional three-to-five-day cycle and marking the first such transaction by a Korean commercial bank.
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Apple and Google Recruit Stablecoin Experts for Payments Push
Apple and Google posted job openings for stablecoin and blockchain roles in late September, signaling major tech companies are exploring stablecoins for payments. Neither has announced a proprietary stablecoin product, but the hiring spree suggests the technology is nearing mainstream adoption.
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Aptos launches Agent Cloud for AI agents to rent GPUs with stablecoin payments
Aptos is building machine-to-machine commerce infrastructure for autonomous AI agents, including the x402 payment protocol for micropayments and Agent Cloud for GPU rental. The system processes transactions in under 50 milliseconds with fees below $0.0005, using USDC for over 99% of settlements.
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Ethereum staking queue hits 13.6x entry-to-exit ratio
Ethereum's staking queue has reached an extreme imbalance, with 13.6 times more ETH waiting to enter staking than exit. The buildup reflects strong institutional appetite and may reshape the network's liquidity dynamics as over a third of ETH's supply locks into staking.
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XRP Ledger Transactions Spike 8.9% as Price Rallies to $1.43
XRP Ledger processed 2.34 million transactions in 24 hours on September 18, an 8.9% surge from the prior day, as XRP price rallied roughly 8% to $1.43 following momentum shift after the CLARITY Act setback faded.
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SEC Grants Five-Year Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Stock Trading
The SEC issued a temporary Innovation Exemption on September 17 allowing qualified venues to trade tokenized National Market System stocks on public blockchains through permissioned AMM pools, with strict safeguards requiring tokens to convey full shareholder rights and liquidity providers to be US entities.
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SEC approves temporary framework for tokenized stock trading onchain
The SEC approved a temporary exemption allowing a limited number of venues to trade tokenized shares of US stocks onchain, marking a cautious step toward blockchain-based securities markets while regulators study the technology's impact.
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India Tokenizes $620B Corporate Bond Market With Digital Rupee
India's SEBI and RBI launched "Demat 2.0," a pilot program that issues corporate bonds as blockchain tokens and settles them with the wholesale digital rupee. Three companies have already raised approximately $107 million through the framework.
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XRP Ledger Warns of Impersonation Scams Targeting XRPL Users
The XRP Ledger building team has warned the community about a surge in fraudulent schemes targeting XRPL users, with scammers increasingly impersonating XRPL Commons to solicit money and sensitive account information.
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India launches Demat 2.0 blockchain pilot for tokenized corporate bonds
India's Reserve Bank and Securities and Exchange Board launched Demat 2.0, a blockchain-based pilot for tokenized corporate bonds and faster digital settlement, with the first issuance a Rs 500 crore Larsen & Toubro bond backed by major Indian banks and financial institutions.
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XRP Ledger Payment Volume Surges 26% to 462.9M XRP
XRP Ledger payment activity climbed 26% over 24 hours to approximately 462.9 million XRP, representing over $620 million in nominal value, though active user count fell 22.4% and account growth remained modest.
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Monad raises $269M in public token sale from 86,000 participants
Monad's Layer 1 blockchain sold 7.5 billion MON tokens at $0.025 each through Coinbase's platform in November 2025, raising $269 million from nearly 86,000 participants across 80 countries and implying a $2.5 billion fully diluted valuation.
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Hyper Foundation controls 49% of staked HYPE, raising centralization concerns
The Hyper Foundation's validators control roughly 49% of all staked HYPE tokens, concentrating governance power and creating security risks on Hyperliquid's Layer 1 blockchain. No announced plan exists to diversify validator control.
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Liquid Bitcoin sidechain halted after $320M withdrawal; Citi, DBS tokenize payment
Bitcoin sidechain Liquid halted operations after actors claiming to be white-hat hackers withdrew $320 million in Bitcoin, while Citi and DBS completed a tokenized cross-border payment in minutes—and Chilean exchange Orionx shut down after losing $7 million in customer funds.
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Harmony Sunsetting Layer-1 Blockchain, Migrating ONE Token to Ethereum
Harmony proposed shutting down its layer-1 blockchain and migrating its ONE token to Ethereum as ERC-20, less than four weeks after an exploit minted nearly 4 billion unauthorized tokens representing 26% of total supply.
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Injective Announces Native Privacy Features for Institutional Transactions
Injective announced plans to build native privacy capabilities into its finance-focused layer-1 blockchain, targeting institutional-grade transactions and real-world asset functionality. The protocol has not yet disclosed technical specifications or a deployment timeline.
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Coldcard hacker swaps 10% of stolen Bitcoin for Ether via THORChain
A hacker tied to the third wave of Coldcard wallet thefts moved roughly 10% of stolen funds through THORChain to swap Bitcoin for Ether, marking the first time stolen assets from any Coldcard wave moved onchain from the original attacker addresses.
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Circle Arc blockchain launches September 16 with BlackRock, Visa validators
Circle announced that BlackRock, SBI Group, Visa, Mastercard, and nine other major financial institutions will serve as founding validators for Arc, its blockchain network launching September 16.
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Circle beats earnings as Arc blockchain gains BlackRock, DTCC backing
Circle Internet's stock rose 10% in premarket trading after beating earnings estimates, though revenue fell short. The stablecoin issuer's Arc blockchain network, launching Sept. 16, has secured backing from BlackRock, DTCC, ICE, Visa, and other financial giants planning to deploy tokenized assets.
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Ripple CTO Emeritus Signals Continued XRP Involvement After Year-End Departure
David Schwartz, Ripple's CTO emeritus and original XRP Ledger architect, pushed back on retirement speculation in late September 2025, signaling he remains actively engaged with the protocol despite his planned step-down from day-to-day operations.
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RobinhoodChain hits $885.50M RWA volume in first month post-launch
RobinhoodChain, which launched in July, recorded $885.50 million in RWA transfer volume as of July 29, representing a 2,424,301% surge over 30 days. Market observers note the spike reflects the network's transition from zero activity to production use, though questions remain about sustainability and baseline comparisons.