Crypto is as crypto does. And crypto is, by all appearances, trying to do better. The European Union’s (EU) landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) framework is now live, and Web3 companies are already complying, a fact which industry observers believe could represent the start...
Blockchain builder Algorand has debuted a tool for decentralized authentication and communication called LiquidAuth. As the company said in a news release Wednesday (June 26), LiquidAuth is an open-source solution for “authenticated peer-to-peer communication between wallets and apps/dApps,” designed to end the “overreliance” on centralized...
Digital technology is undoubtedly the spear tip of innovation driving financial services forward. And that spear tip is coming to include blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology. That’s because proponents of blockchain and on-chain solutions believe the tokenization of financial assets could one day reshape the...
There’s a new on-chain token in town, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of. While there exists a variety of “tokens” within the 21st-century payments and financial services landscape, with innovations ranging from cryptocurrency tokens to tokenized payments, it is a third token, tokenized...
Blockchain firm Solana Labs has debuted Bond, a customer engagement platform for brands. “By leveraging blockchain technology, Bond enables global brands to create personalized, transparent, and engaging digital experiences that deepen customer connections and drive long-term loyalty,” the company said in a Wednesday (June 12) news release. The...
Figure Technology Solutions has launched a blockchain-based multi-seller, multi-buyer marketplace for private credit loans. Dubbed “Figure Connect” and called a first-of-its-kind offering, the marketplace brings the company’s capital markets buyers to its loan origination partners, Figure said in a news release Wednesday (June 12). The...
Ripple wants to support innovation of the XRP Ledger in Japan and South Korea. The enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions company announced in a Tuesday (June 11) press release the launch of the XRPL Japan and Korea Fund, designed to “provide support for a range...
Cross-border payments innovations are turning global growth frictions into modern fictions. Or, at least, they are working on it. Ripple and Clear Junction announced Wednesday (June 5) that they partnered to bring together Clear Junction’s cross-border payments solutions and Ripple’s enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions....
Blockchain-based technologies may one day change the worlds of finance and payments. But so far, they haven’t. At least, not in the sweeping and transformative manner that early proponents of Web3 and cryptocurrency at first promised. Still, each week, small advances are successively made across...
