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April 15, 2026 – Georgetown, Cayman Islands The three-year deal commits $3 billion in ETH to ETHGas’ HPS (high-performance staking) service and marks a major step toward forward pricing infrastructure for Ethereum’s growing institutional settlement layer. ETHGas, a performance infrastructure bringing forward markets and execution guarantees to Ethereum, and Ether.fi, the leading onchain banking alternative and non-custodial staking protocol, today announced a $3 billion commercial deal to advance the development of institutional-grade blockspace markets on Ethereum. The gap in Ethereum’s market infrastructure Ethereum currently allocates blockspace through a real-time spot auction with no mechanism for forward pricing, pre-purchase or execution…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple has struck a new partnership with Kyobo Life Insurance to explore what it says would be Korea’s first tokenized government bond settlement workflow on blockchain, extending the company’s institutional push in Asia into the country’s insurance sector. The partnership is built around Ripple Custody, which will be used to hold, transfer, and settle tokenized government bond transactions within a regulated institutional framework. The firm said the setup is designed to replace fragmented, manual settlement processes with on-chain execution, potentially compressing the standard two-day settlement cycle into…
XRPL Commons and Boundless bring native ZK proof verification to XRP Ledger at Paris Blockchain Week, opening private, compliant DeFi access for institutions. At Paris Blockchain Week on April 14, XRPL Commons and Boundless dropped what could be the most consequential privacy upgrade the XRP Ledger has ever seen. The two organisations announced the first native zero-knowledge proof verifier on XRPL. It is live on testnet right now. For institutions, this changes the equation entirely. Moving capital on a public ledger has always meant exposing strategy, counterparties, and trade timing to anyone watching. That tension kept enterprises out. ZK proofs…
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2058.34, up 0.4% (+9.17) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday.Eighteen of 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: AAVE (+4.3%) and APT (+3.8%).Laggards: CRO (-0.6%) and SOL (-0.5%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally. Digital Currency Market Dynamics:#AAVE #rises #trades #flat
Bitcoin Core merged BIP-361, a post-quantum migration proposal that could freeze legacy ECDSA and Schnorr-based coins before quantum computers crack them open. Bitcoin Core contributors merged BIP-361 into the official proposals repository on April 15. The proposal carries a blunt title: “Post Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Sunset.” Authored by Jameson Lopp and five co-authors, it outlines a phased plan to retire ECDSA and Schnorr signatures before a quantum computer makes them worthless. Over 34% of all bitcoin had already exposed public keys on-chain as of March 1, 2026. That number comes directly from the BIP-361 document itself. Those UTXOs…
Morgan Stanley is signaling a growing focus on tokenization and blockchain-based infrastructure, framing “onchain” finance as a potential next step in how it serves wealth clients.Speaking during the bank’s first-quarter earnings call, executives described a future where assets and liabilities move more freely across digital rails. “How do you think of a tokenized world? How do you think of an onchain world where you can move assets quickly, the same way you’d be able to move those liabilities quickly?” Sharon Yeshaya, the firm’s chief financial officer, said, pointing to a shift beyond traditional account-based systems.The comments carry added weight given…
Bitcoin may be approaching another pivotal point in its long-term market cycle, according to a recent analysis shared by crypto analyst @CryptoTice on X. The analyst argues that a time-based signal that historically appeared at major market bottoms has triggered again, a development he suggests has previously preceded large upward expansions in price. A 14-Month Timing Pattern That Has Marked Bitcoin Bottoms The signal highlighted by CryptoTice centers on a recurring 14-month period that has historically followed Bitcoin’s most significant market downturns. In the chart attached to the analyst’s post, this timeframe appears repeatedly across several market cycles, each instance…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin’s recent recovery above $75,000 is forcing some traders to reassess their next move, and one analyst who previously called the market top is now adjusting his strategy. Crypto analyst Doctor Profit, who publicly called for a short at the $115,000 to $125,000 range, has revised part of his trading plan in a fresh update posted to X. The analyst is still bearish on the medium-term outlook, but the path to his targets has changed in one important way. A Strategic Adjustment Around $76,200 Recent price action…
Crypto firms ramp political funding, signaling rising influence over U.S. elections and digital asset regulation. Growing political spending from crypto-aligned firms is shaping the next U.S. election cycle. Financial institutions and digital asset companies are increasing their influence through targeted donations. Regulatory clarity remains a central issue driving these contributions. Recent filings show another major Wall Street player entering the field with significant backing. Pro-Crypto Momentum Builds as Cantor Fitzgerald Joins Political Funding Wave Cantor Fitzgerald has donated $10 million to a super PAC supporting pro-crypto candidates, as contained in a Federal Election Commission filing. The contribution went to Fellowship…
A public dispute between Tron founder Justin Sun and Trump-linked crypto project WLFI$0.08058 escalated Wednesday after Sun sharply criticized a new governance proposal, calling it “one of the most absurd governance scams” he has seen.In a lengthy post on X, Sun accused the project of designing a vote that punishes dissent, with token holders who vote against the proposal risking having their tokens locked indefinitely.He also claimed he and other large holders had been excluded from the process, alleging that tokens tied to roughly 4% of voting power under his control had been frozen.More broadly, Sun questioned whether the vote…