Author: Ujunwa Juliet Ihiasota

Article written by Ujunwa Juliet Ihiasota

TravelUp begins supporting crypto payments through CoinGate, giving travelers a faster, borderless way to book flights, hotels

April 27, 2026 3 mins read

PalWallet, a provider of financial infrastructure for digital assets, today announced the launch of its new platform designed to bridge the gap between stablecoin settlement and traditional banking services. The announcement, coinciding with the company’s appearance as a 5-star sponsor at Money20/20 Europe 2026, addresses the industry’s critical need for institutional-grade payment infrastructure. As many industry leaders prepare to gather at this year’s premier fintech summits to discuss the role of

Bitget Announces CandyBomb x ETH Campaign Featuring 22 ETH Reward Pool

March 12, 2026 3 mins read

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has announced the launch of its latest CandyBomb x ETH campaign, offering users the opportunity to share a total reward pool of 22 ETH. Running from March 11 to March 18, 2026, the initiative incentivizes both active spot trading and community growth through referral rewards. The CandyBomb platform is designed to reward Bitget’s global user base for engaging with primary crypto assets. This latest phase

BitMEX Expands Equity Perps Offering With New U.S. Stock Contracts

March 11, 2026 3 mins read

BitMEX today announced the expansion of its Equity Perps product suite with the addition of new perpetual contracts tied to major U.S. publicly traded companies, including Microsoft, Google, Palantir, and Broadcom. The launch introduces 10 new contracts and is accompanied by a global trading campaign offering a 70,000 USDT prize pool. The new listings allow crypto traders to gain exposure to prominent U.S. equities while using cryptocurrency as collateral and trading around

Bitget Launches CandyBomb x ROBO Campaign With over 3M in Token Rewards

March 2, 2026 3 mins read

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has announced the launch of the CandyBomb x ROBO campaign, introducing a total reward pool of 3,002,000 ROBO tokens across two promotional events. Running from March 2, 2026, the initiative combines trading and referral incentives designed to expand participation in the ROBO spot market and reward eligible users. Spot trading for the ROBO/USDT pair opened on February 27. The first CandyBomb campaign takes place from March 2,

HTX’s 2025 Listing Strategy Review, Building a High-Liquidity Ecosystem Through First-Mover Advantage and Longtermism

January 26, 2026 4 mins read

In 2025, persistent macro uncertainty and rapidly shifting crypto narratives turned asset selection into a defining pillar of exchange competitiveness. Over the course of the year, HTX, the global leading cryptocurrency exchange, continuously evolved its asset listing and governance framework, balancing broad sector coverage with market preemption and disciplined selection standards.  A Year in Review: Initial Listings Are Not Accidental, but Strategic According to HTX’s annual report, the exchange added 166

DMD Diamond Announces the First EVM-Compatible Blockchain Powered by Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance

December 26, 2025 4 mins read

HoneyBadger BFT (HBBFT) consensus, which has been successfully pioneered and deployed by DMD Diamond in its v4 mainnet, provides a mathematically elegant solution to common blockchain limitations. This is achieved by fundamentally changing the negotiation paradigm between nodes. DMD Diamond prioritizes maximum decentralization over the speed of Solana and the scalability of Ethereum. This strategic focus has clearly established DMD Diamond in a niche where its unique consensus engine can make it

Irys Arrives – The First Programmable Datachain Purpose-Built for AI Launches Mainnet

November 26, 2025 2 mins read

Irys, the first programmable datachain purpose-built for AI and data-intensive applications, today announced the official launch of its mainnet. After a testnet period that processed over 900 million data transactions and attracted more than 4 million unique wallets, Irys is now live and production-ready. Blockchains today are stuck in two worlds: either compute or storage. Compute chains cannot handle large-scale data, and storage chains cannot execute logic. Irys unifies both.

Oku Integrates Morpho Protocol on Etherlink, Bringing Advanced Lending and Borrowing to Tezos L2

October 29, 2025 3 mins read

The Tezos Layer-2 ecosystem gains powerful new DeFi lending functionality today as non-custodial aggregator Oku announces the successful integration of Morpho on Etherlink. This strategic deployment introduces sophisticated lending markets to the network, empowering users to unlock liquidity through an intuitive, all-in-one platform tailored for traders at every experience level. Developed by GFX Labs, Oku serves as an access point to the deep liquidity of Uniswap v3, which consistently ranks among the top exchanges for

KuCoin Becomes the First Top Exchange to Achieve CCSS Certification, Setting a New Standard for Security and Trust in the Crypto Industry

October 14, 2025 2 mins read

KuCoin, a leading global crypto platform built on trust, today announced that it has achieved the CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) certification — a rigorous, globally recognized framework designed to enhance the security of cryptocurrency systems. KuCoin has become the first top 10 exchange to obtain this certification, underscoring its position at the forefront of industry security practices. This milestone reinforces KuCoin’s unwavering commitment to safeguarding user assets and data in

Tria raises $12M to be the leading self-custodial neobank and payments infrastructure for humans and AI.

October 14, 2025 3 mins read

Tria (tria.so) has raised $12 million in pre-seed and strategic funding to build a global self-custodial neobank—designed for both humans and AI agents. The round includes participation from P2 Ventures, Aptos, Tria’s own community and executives from Polygon, Ethereum Foundation, Wintermute, Sentient, 0G, Concrete, Eigen, and others. Polychain and Polygon served as Pre-seed advisors. Neobanks like Revolut and Monzo simplified fiat finance by masking legacy complexity and are now managing over

SPACE ID and Four.meme: Introducing Verified Token Identity with .four Domain System

September 29, 2025 2 mins read

SPACE ID, the leading Web3 domain name service provider, and Four.meme, the premier meme token creation platform, announced the official launch of the .four domain system – the first universal naming standard that transforms how meme tokens are identified, discovered, and traded across the BNB Chain ecosystem. The .four domain system represents the first universal naming standard specifically designed for meme tokens, allowing users to replace complex contract addresses with

21Shares Launches DYDX ETP, Unlocking Institutional Access to On-Chain Derivatives

September 13, 2025 3 mins read

21Shares today announced the launch of the 21Shares DYDX Exchange-Traded Product (ETP), a regulated, physically backed investment product providing institutional investors with secure and compliant exposure to DYDX (DYDX), the native token powering the dYdX Chain. The launch is supported by the dYdX Treasury subDAO through its operator – kpk. With over $1.4 trillion in cumulative trading volume settled on dYdX, dYdX is the most operationally mature decentralized derivatives protocol, serving 230+ perpetual markets globally.