I’ve always had a soft spot for DeFi x NFT crossovers, and there’s a particularly intriguing one brewing on Robinhood Chain this week. The project, The standard reservewants to become a new type of sovereign chain banking system. This is of course an experiment, but it has the potential to generate a lot of activity, … Read more
Visa uses Onchain credit for Stablecoin card payment | Without a bank Visa integrates on-chain credit into card settlement as stablecoin programs scale and settlement volume exceeds $20 billion annualized run rate. Visa is integrating on-chain lending into its card settlement system, working with Credit Coop to help stablecoin card issuers cover the money they … Read more
A working paper from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is testing the THE Working Paper No. 1374 essentially asks how statistical agencies can provide users with an independent means of verifying the origin and integrity of published data without modifying their existing dissemination systems. International organizations (including the BIS) rely on the SDMX standard … Read more
Elliptic has released a new report explaining how Bitcoin ATM scams work, and the most useful part isn’t the usual warning that scammers exist. This is the path of transactions. The report describes how fraudsters manipulate victims, often elderly people, into depositing money into physical crypto kiosks. Once the money is converted into crypto, the … Read more
eToro’s expanded participation shows that retail brokers are still considering on-chain derivatives is a useful reminder that crypto hedging is not just about token prices. Sometimes the most important aspect is infrastructure, regulation, security, or the product layer beneath the market noise. The immediate point is simple: eToro has taken a strategic stake in on-chain … Read more