Jamie Dimon just told shareholders blockchain is competitive infrastructure. For platform leads planning agentic AI in finance, that repricing hits budgets in 2026.
Payward is paying up to $550M for Bitnomial, buying three CFTC licenses in one transaction and shortcutting years of regulatory build for Kraken's US derivatives stack.
Starknet's developer activity score hit 213.97, more than double Arbitrum's 93.67 and nearly 4x Optimism's 57.27. The ZK rollup's lead signals a shift in L2 momentum.
Fireblocks opening Aave/Morpho to 2,400 institutions shifts custody economics. Platform teams face a 90-day decision on whether to build yield rails or accept vendor lock-in.
Jeremy Barnum warns stablecoins might "run a bank" without banking oversight, as JPMorgan reports 13% profit jump while pushing its own blockchain payments
The SEC's new DeFi frontend guidance creates a temporary safe harbor from broker-dealer rules, but the five-year expiration date raises serious questions about long-term viability.
Once worth $8B, the Ethereum L2 developer behind Starknet cuts staff as monthly revenue plummets from $5.8M to $100K. What went wrong, and what it means for L2s.