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Lufthansa and SWISS team up with Camino in Web3 hackathon to tackle travel’s toughest challenges

Lufthansa and SWISS are shaking up how travel gets sold—this time through blockchain. In a bold push to rethink flight distribution, the two airlines teamed up with the Camino Network Foundation to host a Web3 Hackathon in Frankfurt. Over 48 […]

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Mavryk secures $3B deal with MAG and Multibank in largest real estate RWA tokenization to date

In a move that reshapes the scale of blockchain-backed investing, Mavryk Dynamics on Thursday announced a partnership with MAG and Multibank Group to tokenize institutional real estate and bring $3 billion worth of assets on-chain. The deal, which will tokenize […]

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Flare launches USD₮0 to boost cross-chain stablecoin liquidity for XRP DeFi

Flare is stepping up its interoperability game with the launch of USD₮0, the omnichain deployment of USDT, the world’s most widely adopted stablecoin. Now that USD₮0 is live, Flare is connecting the world’s largest stablecoin directly to XRP, the second-biggest […]

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Smart Contracts and Startup Employment: Automating HR Functions for Growing Teams

In 2025, startups face intense competition for talent while managing limited resources. With the Bitcoin price stabilizing after years of volatility, one technology has emerged as a powerful solution to these challenges: blockchain-based smart contracts. These digital agreements automatically execute […]

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Pulling timely and relevant data for AI agents using Bright Data

AI agent adoption is skyrocketing in all verticals, as part of the shift towards autonomous AI systems that can complete complex tasks without human involvement. Many organizations are benefiting from the value they can deliver, but there’s a significant obstacle […]

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Blockchain infrastructure startup Arch Labs raises $13M from Pantera to bring native smart contracts to Bitcoin

Bitcoin may be the most valuable asset in crypto, worth over $2 trillion. However, using it for anything beyond payments is still a hassle. Developers looking to build DeFi apps or mint NFTs have to rely on centralized exchanges or […]

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Concordium secures native launch of four stablecoins backed by major currencies, expanding PayFi ecosystem

Stablecoins have become a cornerstone of crypto transactions, but most still rely on smart contracts—code that’s been at the center of countless hacks and exploits. Concordium is rewriting that script. The enterprise-focused Layer 1 blockchain just landed four new stablecoins—each […]

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How Early-Stage Blockchain Startups Can Win Over Cautious Investors

Raising capital for your blockchain startup is not quite as easy as it used to be. Back in 2017, all you needed was a catchy idea, a whitepaper, decent tokenomics, and you’d be halfway towards raising millions through an ICO. […]

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A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall

A new animated kids’ series expected to premiere this year won’t be headed for a TV network. Or a streaming service. Instead, the founders of production studio We Ghosted Media plan to launch on a decentralized web platform that uses blockchain technology. And yes, a crypto wallet will be involved.  We Ghosted Media — founded by […]

Silo V2 Lending Reduces Risk and Ramps Up Rewards on Sonic

Risk-isolated lending protocol Silo has launched V2 of its protocol on Sonic, the high-speed Layer 1 that was once known as Fantom. Risk-isolation has always been synonymous with Silo, whose lending and borrowing protocol has hundreds of millions of dollars […]

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Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants

A founder who has carved out a name for himself building products to help restaurants connect better with would-be diners has raised $50 million for his latest startup: a new take on the idea of customer loyalty.  Blackbird Labs has built a payments-meets-loyalty-meets-blockchain platform for restaurants to grow repeat business while reducing some of the […]

Ambient emerges from stealth with $7.2M from a16z CSX to build the world’s first AI-powered proof-of-work blockchain

Ambient, a new Web3 project founded by a Harvard-educated technologist, has emerged from stealth mode promising to completely transform how AI is accessed and deployed around the world. Backed by $7.2 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz’s Crypto Startup […]

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Lightchain AI Could Make you a Millionaire in Days

Bitcoin’s first millionaires took years – Lightchain AI can do the same in a matter of days. This new crypto positioned itself as a game-changer in the blockchain space, raising incredible amounts during the presale. New, game-changing projects are achieving […]

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Trump administration’s blockchain plan for USAID is a real head-scratcher

According to a memo circulating among State Department staff and reviewed by WIRED, the Trump administration plans to rename the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as US International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA), and to bring it directly under the secretary of state. The document, on which Politico first reported, states that as part of its reorganization, the agency will “leverage blockchain technology” as part of its procurement process.

“All distributions would also be secured and traced via blockchain technology to radically increase security, transparency, and traceability,” the memo reads. “This approach would encourage innovation and efficiency among implementing partners and allow for more flexible and responsive programming focused on tangible impact rather than simply completing activities and inputs.”

The memo does not make clear what specifically this means—if it would encompass doing cash transfers in some kind of cryptocurrency or stablecoin, for example, or simply mean using a blockchain ledger to track aid disbursement.

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Circular Protocol, Arculus and IT Lab Launch the First Blockchain Compliant Ecosystem for Healthcare Providers

The Circular blockchain delivers infrastructure to build the first digital network for on-chain verification and authentication of medical records and transactions Boston, MA –March 20th, 2025 – Circular Protocol today announced a new commercial initiative with two leaders in the […]

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