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UK appoints HSBC for blockchain bond pilot
The Treasury appointed banking giant and law firm Ashurst to steer its digital gilt trial this year as Britain plays catch-up to Hong Kong and Luxembourg.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says Midnight won't chase Monero, ZCash users
Midnight will target "billions who don't know they need privacy" rather than privacy maxis as mainnet launch nears in March, he said.
Last week's rout delivered bitcoin's biggest realized loss ever; bottoming signals grow
The Feb. 5 shock booked the largest-ever realized loss — $3.2 billion — in bitcoin history.
Privacy-focused Midnight blockchain to go live next month, says Cardano's Charles Hoskinson
Input Output Global's Founder Charles Hoskinson said Midnight, the long-awaited privacy-focused blockchain, will launch in the final week of March as a partner chain to Cardano.
Charles Hoskinson confirms deal to onboard LayerZero on Cardano
Input Output CEO and founder Charles Hoskinson announced the a deal to get the institutional-focused LayerZero ported over to the Cardano blockchain.
Ethena-backed suiUSDe stablecoin goes live on Sui with $10 million yield vault launch
The synthetic dollar debuts on Sui Mainnet alongside a permissionless vault seeded by SUI Group and integration with DeepBook’s new margin system.
Recapping day 1 of Consensus Hong Kong
Hong Kong is looking to build its digital assets economy, its leaders said on stage.
Franklin Templeton and Swift say the future of banking is 24/7 and onchain
Tokenized funds and deposits are edging toward the mainstream, though regulation, infrastructure and security remain obstacles.
Joe Lubin claims DeFi is as safe as traditional finance, adding that bitcoin is in crisis
During an interview at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Joseph Lubin argued that "blue chip" decentralized finance has reached parity with traditional banking.
Robinhood believes yields should be passed on to the customer, criticizes traditional finance
Robinhood’s Johann Kerbrat took the stage along with Bullish CEO Tom Farley to speak of his platform's views on stablecoin yields and traditional financial systems.
