The Middle East is emerging as a global leader in tokenized finance, driven by purpose-built regulation and deep pools of capital. The UAE and Saudi Arabia made tokenization a priority with frameworks ...

The escalating volume of transactions on blockchains has made signature verification a critical performance bottleneck. Existing approaches of packing signatures inside SNARK often incur significant ...

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) revolutionized blockchain fundraising but also introduced complex tax obligations. From IRS and CRA rules to cross-border compliance, this article explores how ICOs are ...

The owner of the S&P 500 index is licensing the world’s most tracked stock index for the launch of a derivative contract that trades around the clock on the crypto exchange Hyperliquid. The move is ...

As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues, we look at how the Pentagon is using artificial intelligence in its operations. The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced expansion of its blockchain experimentation for settling central bank reserves, while highlighting that efforts for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) are ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the experiments will examine links between blockchain systems and Japan’s existing settlement infrastructure. The Bank of Japan will conduct technical experiments using ...

For years, institutional interest in crypto was mostly theoretical. Banks, payment companies, and financial institutions tracked the space, met with builders, and studied use cases without committing ...

For decades, Swiss corporate structures have been admired for their stability, governance, and precision. Now, a new shift is emerging across the country’s financial landscape: traditional companies ...