Blockchain

NEON Countdown’s 10th Anniversary Features Asia’s First Fully On‑Chain Blindsale with PLVR

July 26, 2025 4 mins read

Bangkok’s signature New Year’s Eve festival unveils limited-edition digital collectible tickets (THB 3,500) and moves to Rajamangala Stadium for its milestone edition. NEON Countdown, Bangkok’s landmark New Year’s Eve music festival, marks its 10th anniversary with a move to Rajamangala Stadium and a new chapter in digital ticketing. Partnering with PLVR, NEON Countdown becomes the first festival in Asia to launch a fully on-chain “Blindsale”, offering limited-edition digital collectible tickets, each minted

Bybit and Tether Launch Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Crypto Adoption in Brazil

July 26, 2025 3 mins read

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced a strategic partnership with Tether, the leading company in the digital asset industry and issuer of USD₮, the most widely used stablecoin. The collaboration aims to boost cryptocurrency adoption across Brazil through institutional partnerships, major event sponsorships, and expansive educational initiatives. A highlight of the partnership is the co-sponsorship of Blockchain Rio, one of Latin America’s most influential blockchain conferences. During

Youmio Selects Avalanche to Launch the First Layer 1 Chain for AI Agents

July 25, 2025 3 mins read

Youmio is a Layer 1 blockchain built to be the world’s leading agent chain, supporting intelligent software agents as core network participants. The chain introduces foundational infrastructure for autonomous agents to operate across apps, games and digital environments. “Agents are the interface layer of AI, but without public infrastructure they’ll be owned, tracked and unverifiable,” said Michael O’Connor, co-founder and CEO of Youmio. “As we outsource decisions to them, we

Bybit and Cactus Custody Announce Strategic Partnership with Cactus Oasis Integration

July 24, 2025 3 mins read

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announces a strategic partnership with Cactus Custody, Asia’s leading compliant and licensed digital asset custodian under Matrixport Group. Together, they are launching an off-exchange settlement solution via Cactus Oasis, designed to enhance asset security, capital efficiency, and operational control for institutional clients. The integration will go live on July 28, 2025. This partnership enables institutional and professional clients to trade directly on Bybit without pre-funding

EDXM International’s New Perpetual Futures Platform Goes Live

July 24, 2025 5 mins read

EDXM International today announced that its new perpetual futures exchange is now live. The exchange is purpose-built for institutional traders pursuing capital-efficient crypto strategies and deep liquidity. EDXM International clients can now trade perpetual futures contracts across 44 trading pairs, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP. Backed by many of the world’s leading financial institutions and venture capital firms, EDXM International equips institutional traders and other market participants with high-performance infrastructure

0G Labs Achieves Breakthrough in Decentralized AI Training With 100 Billion+ Parameters

July 24, 2025 2 mins read

0G Labs has released a research paper in collaboration with China Mobile demonstrating the efficacy of AI model training using decentralized clusters. The paper introduces DiLoCoX, a cutting-edge framework designed to train large language models (LLMs) exceeding 100 billion parameters in decentralized environments with limited network bandwidth. It marks a breakthrough in decentralized model training. “DiLoCoX: A Low-Communication Large-Scale Training Framework for Decentralized Cluster” proposes training on slow networks using

Republic Collaborates With Mawari To Launch the First-ever Node Sale for US Users Through Republic’s Regulated Broker-Dealer

July 23, 2025 6 mins read

Republic, a market-leading private investing platform for alternative assets, is proud to announce a strategic collaboration with Mawari, a leading project in the Extended Reality (XR) and DePIN space, to launch the first-ever license sale for US participants via Reg D. This launch is powered by Republic’s managed infrastructure platform Republic Runtime, which supports compliant infrastructure operations and automated reward distribution. This extended collaboration to launch Mawari’s Decentralized Infrastructure Offering

BNB Chain Recognizes July 21 BNB Hack Winners as Basement, DeFi Copilot, and BIBIM

July 21, 2025 2 mins read

BNB Chain, the community-driven blockchain ecosystem, today announced the winners of its July 21 batch of the BNB Hack, which continues to support innovation across AI, DeSoc, DeSci, DePIN, and the broader Web3 space.  After a rigorous evaluation of over 30 submissions from this batch(23 June-17 July), 3 projects: Basement(DeSoc track), DeFi Copilot (AI track) and Bibim (AI track) were selected as winners, and 2 projects Peridot (AI track), and Agent Einstein (AI track) were selected as Honourable Mentions. The three winners

KuCoin Launches xStocks, Delivering a One-Stop Access Point to Top Global Tokenized Equities

July 19, 2025 4 mins read

On July 18, 2025, the leading global cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin officially announced the listing of xStocks and that they are joining the xStocks alliance. xStocks are tokenized stocks powered by the Swiss-based company Backed. This launch marks a significant step forward in KuCoin’s expansion of multi-asset allocation capabilities. The first batch of supported assets includes SPYx (S&P 500 ETF), CRCLx (Circle), TSLAx (Tesla), MSTRx (MicroStrategy), and NVDAx (NVIDIA)—all tokenized equities backed 1:1 by

BloFin Adds Apple Pay Support, Enhancing a Seamless Crypto Buying Experience for Traders

July 19, 2025 1 min read

Global leading cryptocurrency exchange BloFin is pleased to announce the integration of Apple Pay into its Buy Crypto feature, offering users a faster, simpler, and more secure way to purchase digital assets. BloFin has introduced support for Apple Pay, enabling users to purchase cryptocurrencies directly through Apple devices, including iPhone and iPad. By eliminating the need to manually input card details or switch between apps, Apple Pay streamlines the payment process, allowing for quick and convenient

Token Relations Launches Avalanche Dashboards, Delivering Deep Onchain Insights Across the Ecosystem

July 17, 2025 3 mins read

Token Relations, a leading crypto-native media and ecosystem analytics company, today announced the launch of comprehensive Avalanche-focused dashboards. Built in collaboration with Ava Labs, the dashboards offer real-time metrics across Avalanche’s C-Chain and L1 networks to enhance transparency, accessibility, and understanding of onchain activity. The dashboards provide key insights into total value locked (TVL), token prices, staking activity, transaction volume, decentralized exchange (DEX) volume, active wallet addresses, and more, covering

Mezo Launches Supernormal Foundation to Accelerate BitcoinFi Innovation and Mezo Ecosystem Growth

July 14, 2025 4 mins read

The foundation will also see the introduction of the Mezo Alpha Builder Program and sets the stage for additional comprehensive ecosystem development initiatives. Mezo, the bank-free Bitcoin finance platform built by Thesis*, today announced the launch of the Supernormal Foundation, a dedicated organization designed to build, govern, and grow the MUSD economy and the broader Mezo Network. The Foundation represents a pivotal shift toward community-powered ecosystem governance, moving away from traditional