The move aims to integrate BVNK’s infra into Mastercard’s network to bridge on-chain payments and existing fiat rails. Mastercard has struck a deal to buy stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, according to a press release on Tuesday, March 17. The deal includes $300 million in contingent payments and is expected to…
The toolkit integrates with Coinbase’s x402 protocol, giving platforms a way to verify a real person stands behind an automated agent — without revealing who that person is. World — the crypto project co-founded by Sam Altman — announced today that it has launched AgentKit beta, a developer toolkit that extends its World ID proof-of-human…
The popular Solana wallet can now partner with registered exchanges to offer in-app access to derivatives and event contracts without registering as a broker. Phantom, a popular self-custodial crypto wallet, has obtained no-action relief from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), allowing it to connect users to derivatives trading through registered market participants without registering…
The Winklevoss-backed Zcash treasury company reported $4.8 million in net income in 2025, driven by unrealized gains on its ZEC holdings. Zcash (ZEC) surged as much as 20% on Monday evening, March 16 — spiking from $231 to as high as $284 — after ZEC digital asset treasury (DAT) firm Cypherpunk Technologies (Nasdaq: CYPH) released…
The oracle network’s new composite index blends institutional and onchain data sources to produce a constantly updated crude oil reference price. Blockchain oracle network Pyth has unveiled what it calls the first continuously updating crude oil composite index, designed to fill pricing gaps left by traditional commodity markets that operate on fixed trading schedules. The…
The SEC has issued an official interpretation clarifying the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets and transactions, marking a significant step in regulatory clarity for the industry. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have jointly released a sweeping interpretive guidance that formally classifies major crypto assets and…
Centrifuge’s largest tokenized fund, JTRSY, is among the first of its products to adopt LayerZero. LayerZero and Centrifuge are partnering to integrate Centrifuge’s institutional tokenization infrastructure into the interoperability protocol’s ecosystem, according to a press release shared exclusively with The Defiant. The companies said that the deal aims to make access and distribution of tokenized…
The league also signed an information-sharing agreement with the CFTC, the first such deal between the derivatives regulator and a professional sports body. Major League Baseball (MLB) on Thursday named Polymarket its official prediction market exchange partner and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, marking the regulator’s first such…
Europe’s largest asset manager has launched its second on-chain fund, leveraging Chainlink oracles to publish NAV data. Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager with €2.4 trillion in AUM, and tokenized fund platform Spiko have launched the Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO), a tokenized UCITS vehicle with its shareholder register hosted on Ethereum and Stellar, with…
Bitcoin drops below $70,000 as the Fed raises its inflation forecast and oil-driven price pressures cloud the outlook for rate cuts. Crypto markets deepened their losses on Thursday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and raised its 2026 inflation forecast yesterday, compounding a selloff triggered by hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading…