The XRP Ledger has activated its Permissioned DEX, XLS-81, creating gated on-chain trading venues for KYC/AML-compliant institutions. Open DEX remains intact.

As the 2026 market cycle pivots toward utility, smart money is moving away from speculative hype and toward new crypto ...

OpenAI launches EVMbench to test AI agents on smart contract security days after Claude Opus 4.6-assisted code triggered a $1.78M DeFi exploit.

Giorgia Pellizzari, Chief Product Officer at Hex Trust joined CoinDesk Live at Consensus Hong Kong to provide a deep dive ...

As market sentiment shifts and investors fine-tune their portfolios for early 2026, Solana (SOL) remains a high-throughput blockchain with an expanding ecosystem. However, a rising wave of capital is ...

BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arqitech, Inc., a non-custodial infrastructure platform connecting institutional finance with digital assets, today announced the closing of its ...

With that growth, a sharp split has emerged between vaults with robust engineering and controls and vaults that are essentially yield packaging. A crypto vault is a managed fund structure deployed ...

Tokenization of real-world assets - including equities - is no longer niche. Mainstream financial institutions are exploring token-friendly custody and settlement, global exchanges are piloting ...

Robinhood loves crypto and really wants to get on-chain as soon as possible.The company’s new Layer-2 testnet just processed ...

For over 60 years, Forward Industries quietly designed equipment for medical and tech companies. But in December, the Nasdaq-listed firm made a radically different kind of history: it became the first ...