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Banks Fear Blockchain Because It Cuts Their Fees

June 3, 2026

A new panel discussion in Paris revealed that big banks are hesitant to use public blockchains. The main reason, according to a top executive from a $1. 74 trillion asset manager, is that blockchain technology removes the need for banks to act as middlemen in transactions. When a smart contract can

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Orbs Unveils New System to Speed Up Cross‑Chain Crypto Trades

June 2, 2026

The latest upgrade from Orbs, a Layer‑3 blockchain focused on trading, introduces a system called Committee Sync that helps verify trades across different blockchains without moving user funds. The update builds on Orbs’ existing execution layer, which powers various decentralized trading protocols

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Japan Eyes Crypto ETFs and Yen‑Based Stablecoins

June 1, 2026

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is pushing for a new legal framework that would let investors trade cryptocurrency exchange‑traded funds, or ETFs. The party’s blockchain technology panel sent the idea to Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, urging the government to also support digital tokens that

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Crypto Listings May Spark a $1 Trillion Market

May 28, 2026

Jefferies forecasts that the next two years could bring a surge of crypto‑related public offerings, potentially expanding into a $1 trillion market within five years. The bank’s outlook follows its first Digital Assets Investor Conference, where executives from 35 digital‑asset firms met about 15

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SoFi Gives 15 Million Users a Bank‑Backed Digital Dollar

May 28, 2026

SoFi has added its own dollar‑backed stablecoin, SoFiUSD, to the banking app used by almost 15 million people. It is the first U. S. national bank to hand a stablecoin directly to everyday customers on a public blockchain. The new token can be bought, sold, stored and swapped inside the app. It run

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Stablecoin risks: when digital money loses its dollar anchor

May 27, 2026

Stablecoins promise safety by staying tied to real-world money, but last weekend’s hack shows how easily that promise can break. A European issuer called StablR learned this the hard way when a thief walked away with $2. 8 million after creating $13. 5 million of unbacked tokens. The attack started

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How UK money moves could soon never sleep

May 24, 2026

The Bank of England wants the money pipeline to run all week, every week. Right now, big UK payments and collateral swaps take weekends off, just like high-street banks. That gap traps capital, drives up safety buffers, and pushes overnight risk into piles of unmatched trades. The old rhythm worked

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A New Era for MapleStory: Turning Games into a Creator Hub

May 19, 2026

Nexon’s blockchain arm, NEXPACE, celebrated the first year of its global MMORPG MapleStory N by announcing a bold pivot. Instead of keeping the game as a standalone title, the company wants to turn its universe into an open platform where anyone can build new content with the help of AI tools. The

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Crypto Exchange Throws Red Flag After Big Money Vanishes

May 18, 2026

A crypto trading system called THORChain, known for letting people swap coins across different blockchains without wrapping tokens, hit the brakes over the weekend after hackers made off with about $11 million. A vault that holds coins for trading was cracked open, and money flowed out to unknown wa

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Crypto Crackdown: $450M Seized by Three Big Firms

May 15, 2026

A new team made up of a stablecoin company, a blockchain network, and an analytics firm has pulled more than $450 million in illegal crypto from the market since it started less than two years ago. The group, called the T3 Financial Crime Unit, works with police and regulators around the world to st

Banks Fear Blockchain Because It Cuts Their Fees

Orbs Unveils New System to Speed Up Cross‑Chain Crypto Trades

Japan Eyes Crypto ETFs and Yen‑Based Stablecoins

Crypto Listings May Spark a $1 Trillion Market

SoFi Gives 15 Million Users a Bank‑Backed Digital Dollar

Stablecoin risks: when digital money loses its dollar anchor

How UK money moves could soon never sleep

A New Era for MapleStory: Turning Games into a Creator Hub

Crypto Exchange Throws Red Flag After Big Money Vanishes

Crypto Crackdown: $450M Seized by Three Big Firms

SoFi Gives 15 Million Users a Bank‑Backed Digital Dollar