Blockchain News

xStocks arrive on STON.fi, allowing users to access equities the DeFi way

December 19, 2025 2 mins read

STON.fi, the leading AMM protocol on The Open Network (TON), announced that xStocks — tokenized equities — can now be accessed via integrated non-custodial swaps within the STON.fi app. With this addition, TON users can obtain blockchain-based tokenized exposure to traditional assets in a DeFi-native way without brokerage accounts or leaving TON ecosystem. xStocks are issued by Backed Finance, a regulated entity that holds the underlying real-world assets in accordance with

DOGE and Ethereum Price Charts Lean Bearish, Vitalik Buterin’s ZK Tech Comments Bring Zero Knowledge Proof Into Focus!

December 18, 2025 5 mins read

Market attention is split between large-cap consolidation and early-stage opportunity right now. Traders tracking the Dogecoin current price are watching whether its short-term rebound can hold as momentum indicators weaken. At the same time, the Ethereum price chart shows a broader corrective structure that continues to cap upside attempts near key moving averages.  But while these established assets work through technical pressure, a different conversation is forming around Zero Knowledge

Lucky Train Unveils Web3 project built on the TON blockchain that uses a staking-like participation model

December 18, 2025 3 mins read

Lucky Train has released its Web3 gaming application on the TON blockchain where a process similar to staking is presented as an exciting train journey.  In Lucky Train, participation looks like a train ride. First, a user purchases a ticket with predefined terms. Next, they “board the train,” locking their tokens for the duration of the ride. Finally, once the ride ends, the user receives a reward. The entire experience is

BNB Chain Brings Crypto Payment Access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Customers via Better Payment Network (BPN)

December 18, 2025 2 mins read

Businesses can now use BPN to settle Amazon Web Services (AWS) bills in BNB, offering faster, low-cost, secure payments. BNB Chain, one of the world’s leading blockchain ecosystems, now enables Amazon Web Services( AWS) customers to access BNB as a payment option through its integration with the Better Payment Network (BPN), a payment infrastructure built natively on BNB Chain. Through BPN, businesses can pay for AWS services using BNB – providing real-time settlement, lower

SaucerSwap Unveils Redesigned Platform and New Brand Identity for Hedera DeFi

December 17, 2025 3 mins read

SaucerSwap Labs, the team behind Hedera’s leading decentralized exchange, today unveiled a fully redesigned platform and refreshed brand identity. The update delivers modernized navigation, integrated analytics, and a new visual design system while preserving the audited smart contracts and non-custodial architecture that users rely on. “Whether you’re discovering Hedera DeFi for the first time or you’re a professional trader, everything has been rebuilt to feel fast, trusted, and intuitive,” said Peter Campbell, CEO and Co-founder

Aster Launches Shield Mode, a Protected High-Performance Trading Mode for On-Chain Traders

December 16, 2025 4 mins read

Aster, an on-chain trading platform focused on performance and privacy and supported by YZi Labs, has announced the launch of Shield Mode. This new feature, integrated into Aster Perpetual, introduces a protected trading option designed to offer high-leverage trading—up to 1001x—within a more secure and flexible on-chain environment. Shield Mode represents a key milestone in Aster’s mission to build the next generation of on-chain trading platforms, designed to serve advanced traders

10 Weeks, $1 Billion in Trading Volume: Byreal Redefines DeFi Growth Model on Solana

December 14, 2025 2 mins read

Byreal, a decentralized exchange (DEX) incubated by Bybit and built for the Solana ecosystem, once again demonstrated real assets and real liquidity can thrive on-chain. The hybrid DEX today announced it has crossed $1 billion in cumulative trading volume, marking a significant milestone achieved in just 10 weeks since its mainnet launch in early October 2025. The achievement represents a major validation of Byreal’s unique approach to combining centralized exchange-grade liquidity with DeFi transparency. Since

CryptoProcessing by CoinsPaid Scales Payments with New Layer 2 Integrations: Arbitrum + Base

December 11, 2025 2 mins read

CryptoProcessing by CoinsPaid, one of the world’s leading crypto payment gateways, has integrated Arbitrum and Base, two of the most advanced Layer 2 blockchains, to bring faster, cheaper, and smoother transactions to its users. The integration adds support for ETH (Ethereum) and USDC (USD Coin) on both networks, giving merchants access to instant payments with dramatically lower fees, all while maintaining Ethereum-level security. “Adding support for Arbitrum and Base marks

CARV Deep Dive: Cashie 2.0 Integrated x402, Turning Social Capital Into On-Chain Value

December 11, 2025 6 mins read

As CARV advances its vision of sovereign AI Beings, it’s become clear that true value creation lies not just in compute or data, but in people. At the heart of CARV’s AI Being roadmap is a new class of agents, AI-powered digital extensions of individuals, anchored in verifiable identity and private context. To bridge the Social and Economic Ledgers that have long operated in silos, CARV introduces Cashie: a programmable on-chain layer turning real social engagement

Polygon Former Core Community Representative and Members Set to Join Max Safe Community, Advancing Cross-Chain Strategy and Global Expansion

December 4, 2025 2 mins read

Cross-chain ecosystem expands from BSC to Polygon; all cooperation details to be finalized by Q1 2026. Max Safe’s recent Binance AMA surpasses 20,000 live viewers, strengthening global visibility. Max Safe Community has officially announced that one of Polygon’s former core community representatives, along with a segment of their community members, will soon join Max Safe Community. Their participation will support Max Safe’s cross-chain strategy, global expansion efforts, and the ongoing

VaultCoin Launches Hybrid Custody System to Improve Security, Recovery, and Digital Asset Inheritance

November 28, 2025 3 mins read

Hybrid Custody is VaultCoin’s innovative solution designed to offer the “best of Self-Custody and the best of Managed-Custody” within a secure ecosystem. It works to ensure users’ crypto is Unstealable, Unlosable, and Recoverable. The Core Problem Hybrid Custody Solves Traditional self-custody forces users to rely solely on their private keys (seed phrases). If these keys are lost or stolen, the assets are permanently lost, a vulnerability that VaultCoin is designed to

THENA Integrates Orbs’ dSLTP to Deliver Stop-Loss and Take-Profit Orders on BNB Chain

November 26, 2025 2 mins read

Orbs, the leading Layer-3 infrastructure provider, has announced that THENA has become the first DEX to integrate its new dSTLP protocol. The move brings Orbs’ first-of-its-kind decentralized solution for setting stop-loss and take-profit orders to BNB Chain, introducing CEX-grade trading. THENA’s integration of dSTLP arrives less than a week after Orbs launched the new trading protocol. The introduction of dSTLP to THENA enables AMM users to set automated stop-loss and