Infrastructure
DeFi

Polymarket Acquires Brahma to Strengthen DeFi Infrastructure

Polymarket has acquired Brahma to enhance its DeFi infrastructure and trading performance capabilities. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
Apr 8, 2026
AI

Visa Rolls Out AI Agent Shopping Infrastructure Globally

Visa’s Intelligent Commerce platform lets AI agents shop, compare, and transact on behalf of consumers, and the company says the…
Apr 8, 2026
Infrastructure

Circle Launches Stablecoin Settlement Solution for TradFi Institutions

Circle Payments Network (CPN) Managed Payments let financial institutions operate in fiat, while using crypto rails behind the scenes via…
Apr 8, 2026
AI

The Protocol: Bernstein says quantum threat to Bitcoin is real but manageable

Also: North Korea’s 6-month plot with Drift, Solana Foundation’s new ad and Alchemy AI. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Apr 8, 2026
Infrastructure

Iran wants Bitcoin as payment to guarantee ships safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz – FT

Iran’s reported Bitcoin tolls at Hormuz point to a new use case for crypto, sanctions-resistant trade infrastructure Iran is reportedly…
Apr 8, 2026
Infrastructure

After the $285M Drift hack, new Solana scare shows crypto’s next security risk may already be inside

The Drift exploit and Stabble’s precautionary warning point to a difficult crypto security problem: the next major breach may begin…
Apr 8, 2026
Infrastructure

World Liberty Financial Partnered With Firm Linked to Sanctioned Cambodian Crime Network

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the cryptocurrency venture co-founded by the Trump family, partnered with a Southeast Asian blockchain project that…
Apr 8, 2026
DeFi

Cardano targets Bitcoin liquidity with $80 million fund to meet $3 billion DeFi goal by 2030

The Cardano community has officially approved the first tranche of the Orion Fund, a venture-style initiative designed to bridge Bitcoin…
Apr 8, 2026
DeFi

Cardano targets Bitcoin liquidity with $80 million fund to meet $3 billion DeFi goal by 2030

The Cardano community has officially approved the first tranche of the Orion Fund, a venture-style initiative designed to bridge Bitcoin…
Apr 8, 2026
Infrastructure

Attacking bitcoin mining with a quantum computer would require the energy of a star, academics say

One paper finds that attacking the bitcoin blockchain through quantum mining would demand the energy output of a star. Another…
Apr 8, 2026