Joshua Sum is the Chief Product Officer at Solayer, a hardware accelerated network built to move money at the speed of metal. Joshua joins Andy Pickering to explain how dedicated chip-level infrastructure is pushing blockchain throughput into territory no software-only chain can reach — and why that matters as payments, AI agents, and real-world asset…
Changpeng Zhao ranked above Bill Gates on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list, but he says the figures are wrong. Forbes’ newly announced 2026 Billionaires list shows that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) is now richer than tech mogul Bill Gates. CZ came in 17th place in the magazine’s annual ranking of the richest people…
Ripple has launched a share buyback program that values the company near $50 billion, according to Bloomberg. The blockchain payments company plans to repurchase up to $750 million in shares from investors and employees through April. The tender offer comes months after a $500 million funding round and follows new partnerships and acquisitions across its…
Financial technology company Revolut announced on Wednesday that it has launched a bank in the United Kingdom after receiving regulatory approval from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), a banking and financial services regulator. Revolut Bank UK will begin offering deposit accounts for individuals and businesses, with eligible deposits up to 120,000 British pounds ($160,958) protected…
Key Takeaways: Mastercard unites 85 or more crypto firms, payment providers and financial institutions. It is focused on the practical applications of blockchain such as cross-border remittances, settlements, B2B payments, and Global payouts. The purpose is to combine the blockchain technology with the Mastercard global network of cards, to make use of scalable and compliant…
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Iranian networks used cryptocurrency exchange Binance to move funds and evade American sanctions, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The probe focuses on more than $1 billion in crypto transfers that allegedly passed through the platform to entities linked to Iran-backed groups, including Yemen’s Houthi…
Ripple Labs has launched a share buyback program that would value the company at roughly $50 billion, reinforcing its position as one of the most valuable firms in the digital asset industry. According to a Bloomberg report, the company plans to repurchase up to $750 million in shares from early investors and employees through a…
As per the crypto news today, Blockchain analytics platform Arkham flagged Bhutan shifting 175 BTC worth $11.85 million from its main national holding address to a fresh wallet that was created only a month ago and had already received 184 BTC from the government before today’s move. That kind of structural buying at the macro…
Revolut secures a full UK banking license, rolling out FSCS‑protected deposits for 13 million users while keeping crypto trading outside deposit insurance. Summary Revolut wins PRA approval to launch Revolut Bank UK with full banking status. UK customers gain FSCS protection up to £85,000 as accounts migrate in phases. Crypto trading remains in a separate,…
TL;DR Kraken CLI is an open-source, single-binary execution engine built by Kraken that gives AI agents and developers direct, native access to crypto markets — supporting spot trading, futures, staking, subaccount transfers, and WebSocket streaming across 134 commands, all via a zero-dependency Rust binary with clean NDJSON output designed for machine consumption. Kraken CLI includes…