Solana is gaining ground in tokenized assets and automated payments, but its tokenized-stock trading and validator infrastructure remain concentrated among a small number of providers and locations.

Iranian businesses are reportedly using USDT and Bitcoin to keep foreign trade moving as sanctions restrict banking routes, but the transactions create new targets for U.S. enforcement.

Robinhood is taking minority stakes in Crypto.com and OG.com after event contracts overtook cryptocurrency trading as a source of revenue for the brokerage in Q2 2026.

Cronos says $9.19 million remains unrecovered after validators rolled back the Tectonic exploit and reversed most of the borrowed assets still recorded on the network.

The XRP Ledger could activate the fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment around September 11, provided validator support stays above the required threshold for the full voting period.

Ethereum developers have scheduled a new transaction format for Hegotá that could let supported wallets handle transactions for users who do not hold ETH. Called Frame Transactions, the proposal would let one transaction carry programmable rules for authorisation, gas payment and execution.

DBS and Citi completed a weekend USD payment in minutes using tokenized deposits on Swift’s Digital Ledger, showing how cross-border bank payments could be executed outside normal operating hours.

Circle has added Chainlink Proof of Reserve to cirBTC, giving users and blockchain applications an onchain way to monitor the Bitcoin backing Circle’s wrapped token.

Pi Network has introduced local storage, app-specific staking data and native file sharing while reorganizing its documentation around the process of building and launching applications.

Injective now carries records linked to more than $1 billion of Canadian mortgages, although the loans, their legal ownership and borrower payments remain in traditional systems.

Arbitrum is considering permanent program bans for three grant recipients, turning a dispute over past token distributions into a test of how DAO accountability can work.

Robinhood Chain has led DefiLlama’s revenue ranking, but its $4 million day reflects gas, trading and token launches, not proof that stock tokens drove the surge alone.