Blockchain

China has introduced a new blockchain platform, RealDID, to verify the real-name identities of all 1.4 billion citizens, raising privacy concerns.

The Ordinals NFT craze is clogging up networks and causing record gas fees across multiple blockchains including Bitcoin and Ethereum-based chains.

Blockchain lending platforms offer lower average rates than traditional loans, but decentralized lending engagement remains under 1% of the broader private credit market and carries risks.

Web3 attribution platform Spindl is integrating with AppsFlyer to combine Web2 and Web3 data and improve analytics for blockchain games.

Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment into Farcana, a UAE blockchain gaming startup, to support the beta launch and Bitcoin integration of Farcana’s flagship multiplayer arena shooter game.

Bitcoin mining firm Argo Blockchain has appointed former CBOE Digital CEO Thomas Chippas as its new chief executive as the company aims to turn around its fortunes.

Belgium aims to reinvigorate the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure during its 2024 EU presidency to securely manage official documents across borders. Multiple EU states back Belgium’s Europeum blockchain proposal.

MAS outlined plans allowing Paxos and StraitsX subsidiaries to issue regulated stablecoins, but they must settle on private “orchid compatible ledgers”, revealing a tightly controlled future model.

Fnality raised $95M for its blockchain wholesale payments platform, led by Goldman Sachs and other major banks.