Maka O Kalani

Stablecoin powerhouse Tether has announced a strategic investment in Supreme Liquid Labs, the developer of the Hyperliquid-based mobile frontend, Dreamcash. The deal marks a pivotal shift for Hyperliquid’s decentralized exchange (DEX) ecosystem, introducing native USDT0 collateral for a new suite of Real-World Asset (RWA) perpetual futures, including Tesla, Nvidia, Gold, and Silver. ETHZilla Launches First … Read more

In a display of institutional resistance to the onboarding of digital assets into the U.S. banking system, the American Bankers Association (ABA), the country’s largest and most influential banking lobby, has formally petitioned the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to halt the approval of national bank charters for cryptocurrency and stablecoin firms. … Read more

Canton, a town in North Carolina, has blocked the construction of data centres through a one-year moratorium passed by the town’s Board of Aldermen. The move came in response to data centre firms attempting to acquire the site of an old paper mill that has been closed for years. Residents of the town fear that … Read more

Popular American fintech and brokerage platform Robinhood has made its boldest strategic pivot to date with the launch of the public testnet for the upcoming Robinhood Chain. The company has chosen Chainlink as the official oracle provider and interoperability partner to power what it calls a “financial-grade” Ethereum Layer-2 network. Built using the permissionless Arbitrum … Read more

The world’s leading derivatives marketplace, the CME Group, announced that its new Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), and Stellar (Lumens)  futures trading commenced on Monday, February 9. The first trades for LINK futures and Lumens (XLM) futures were executed between FalconX and Marex, whereas for ADA futures, it was between Cumberland DRW and Wintermute. These firms … Read more

The Ethereum ecosystem has been undergoing a profound transformation lately, with the robust development of institutional-grade infrastructure occurring in tandem with a significant reallocation of Ethereum (ETH) holdings among various investors. This means that despite the ongoing price decline over the past 30 days, the underlying foundations of the network are being reinforced by professional … Read more

Ondo Finance said on Wednesday that its Ondo Global Markets platform has integrated Chainlink (LINK) as its official data oracle, enabling on-chain price feeds for its portfolio of tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds. According to the announcement, the feeds are now live on Euler, an Ethereum-based DeFi lending platform part of Ondo’s Global Markets … Read more