Category: Blockchain

Alchemy Brings $4T Infrastructure to Injective (INJ)Blockchain

Caroline Bishop Apr 21, 2026 14:49 Alchemy integrates with Injective, enabling developers to build high-speed, onchain finance apps with $4 trillion-backed infrastructure. Alchemy, the leading blockchain developer platform responsible for over $4 trillion in onchain transactions, has officially launched its RPC infrastructure on Injective, the high-speed, finance-focused layer-1 blockchain. Developers using Alchemy’s platform can now seamlessly build on Injective (INJ)without altering their existing workflows, marking a significant expansion for both ecosystems. For Injective, this integration is a major step in scaling its…

Stablecoin Privacy Emerges as Top Barrier to Institutional Blockchain Adoption

Timothy Morano Apr 20, 2026 16:36 Banks and fintechs won’t adopt stablecoin payments while competitors can see their transaction data. Four privacy approaches are competing to solve this. Traditional payments keep your business confidential by default. Banks don’t broadcast wire transfers. Payment processors don’t publish merchant volumes for competitors to analyze. Blockchain flips this entirely—and that transparency problem is now the primary obstacle blocking institutional stablecoin adoption. Ran Goldi at Fireblocks laid out the issue plainly in new commentary published April 20:…

Flow Capital Moves $150M Private Credit Fund to Blockchain via DigiFT

Ted Hisokawa Apr 17, 2026 12:54 Hong Kong credit manager Flow Capital plans to tokenize its $150M private credit fund through DigiFT, targeting $30M in new capital by year-end. Flow Capital Partners will tokenize its $150 million private credit fund through Singapore-based platform DigiFT by month’s end, Bloomberg reported Friday. The Hong Kong credit manager aims to raise an additional $30 million in tokenized shares by December 2026, according to chief investment officer Jacky Tian. The raise would push the fund toward…

Tempo Zones Feature Sparks Privacy Debate Among Enterprise Blockchain Builders

Terrill Dicki Apr 17, 2026 11:57 Tempo’s new Zones feature promises enterprise privacy on public stablecoin rails, but critics warn it reintroduces centralized trust assumptions. Tempo’s new “Zones” feature is drawing fire from privacy engineers who say the enterprise-focused design trades cryptographic guarantees for old-school trust assumptions—essentially recreating the exchange model on blockchain rails. The payments-focused layer-1, backed by Stripe and Paradigm, announced Thursday that Zones will let companies run transactions in permissioned environments while accessing public blockchain liquidity. The feature targets…

Metals.io Brings Rare Industrial Metals to Blockchain via Tezos

Caroline Bishop Apr 16, 2026 19:39 New platform tokenizes hafnium, rhenium, and other hard-to-access industrial metals alongside gold and uranium, settling trades onchain. The team behind uranium.io is expanding its commodity tokenization model to cover a broader range of industrial metals, launching metals.io as a unified platform for accessing everything from gold to obscure materials like hafnium and neodymium. The April 15 announcement positions the Tezos-based platform as an attempt to modernize how metals markets operate—replacing slow settlement times and high minimums…

Blockchain Is South Korea’s New Fiscal Weapon — A Blow To Privacy?

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure South Korea is kicking off a pilot that will replace government expense credit cards with blockchain‑based deposit tokens. Blockchain Goes TradFi? The Ministry of Finance and Economy announced on an official press release that the pilot project for the execution of national treasury funds using blockchain‑based digital currency has been approved. This new official venture marks the second time in which South Korea’s government uses digital currency and deposit tokens for the execution of national treasury funds,…

a16z Outlines 5 Blockchain Solutions for AI Agent Infrastructure Gap

Timothy Morano Apr 16, 2026 17:48 Andreessen Horowitz researchers identify identity, payments, and governance as critical gaps where crypto rails can enable AI agents as economic actors. AI agents have outpaced the infrastructure meant to support them. A new research piece from Andreessen Horowitz argues that blockchains offer the missing coordination layer these autonomous systems need to function as legitimate economic actors. The six-author team from a16z crypto—including Christian Catalini and Andrew Hall—identifies five specific areas where traditional systems fall short and…

Legal & General Puts £50B in Liquidity Funds on Blockchain via Calastone

Ted Hisokawa Apr 15, 2026 19:23 UK asset manager L&G tokenizes £50 billion in money market funds through Calastone’s network, joining BlackRock and Franklin Templeton in the expanding tokenized treasury market. Legal & General Asset Management has tokenized £50 billion worth of liquidity funds through Calastone’s blockchain distribution network, marking one of the largest traditional asset manager moves into tokenized money markets. The funds went live on April 15, 2026, with initial deployment on Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains. The tokenized share classes…

Switzerland’s Crypto Valley Grabs 47% of Europe’s Blockchain VC in 2025

Darius Baruo Apr 15, 2026 07:26 Crypto Valley raised $728M across 31 deals in 2025, up 37% YoY. TON’s $400M round drove half the total as capital concentrates in fewer, larger bets. Switzerland’s Crypto Valley pulled in $728 million in blockchain venture funding last year, capturing nearly half of all European crypto investment while outpacing global growth rates. The 37% year-over-year jump came despite a sharp drop in deal count—a signal that institutional money is consolidating around bigger bets. The numbers, released…

Crypto Valley Captured 47% of Europe’s Blockchain Funding in 2025

Switzerland’s Crypto Valley captured 47% of European blockchain venture funding in 2025, raising $728 million across 31 deals, according to an annual report released Wednesday by venture firm CV VC. Globally, blockchain venture funding rose 30% to $15.5 billion across 986 deals last year, while Crypto Valley’s total climbed 37% from $531 million in 2024, the report said. One deal did much of the heavy lifting. The Open Network (TON) accounted for $400 million of Crypto Valley’s 2025 funding haul, followed by Sygnum Bank at $58 million, stablecoin platform M0…