Baby Steps or Handcuffs? Crypto Pros Assess PayPal’s Bitcoin Play

Fintech giant PayPal confirmed its move into crypto Wednesday. Is its no-withdrawals bitcoin service too restrictive or mainstream-friendly?

Privacy Coin Zcash Makes Its Ethereum ‘Wrapped’ Debut With Tokensoft and Anchorage

WZEC is the first asset to be launched by “Wrapped,” a partnership between Ethereum tokenizers Tokensoft and qualified custodian Anchorage.

PayPal Embraces Crypto, Igniting Market as Mainstream Adoption Inches Closer

PayPal officially confirmed Wednesday it is entering the cryptocurrency market. The payments giant, with 346 million active accounts around the world, pledged to make crypto “a funding source for purchases at its 26 million merchants worldwide.”

Binance-Backed Privacy Mavens Release Tokenomic Lynchpin: ‘Proof-of-Relay’

Rewards gathered on the testnet will be made available when HOPR tokens launch on the live mainnet later this year.

R3 Corda Network Set to Go DeFi With XDC Digital Currency

A group of former bankers building on R3’s public Corda Network is touting the first digital currency for that ecosystem, dubbed XDC.

Block.one Debuts Big-Business Version of EOSIO Blockchain

Block.one has released “EOSIO for Business,” an enterprise-focused version of its software.

Breitling Goes Live With Ethereum-Based System to Put All New Watches on the Blockchain

Breitling is the first luxury watchmaker to offer an Ethereum-based digital passport for all its new timepieces.

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Calls on Power Users to Move to Layer 2 Scaling

Talking at CoinDesk's invest: ethereum economy event, the Ethereum founder called for users of the second-largest blockchain to move over to scaling solutions that are “already here."

Securitize Is Taking Ethereum-Based Securities Into the DeFi Realm

Securitize is teaming with a protocol called Tinlake from Centrifuge, which uses a clever system of NFTs to put real-world assets into DeFi.