Day: April 7, 2025

Binance Adds Apple Pay, Google Pay

Binance has enhanced its fiat onramp through a partnership with Worldpay, giving users the option to buy cryptocurrency using Apple Pay or Google Pay. This marks a significant expansion in the exchange’s payment methods, particularly for regions where credit card usage is limited but mobile adoption is high. Key Highlights “By supporting the most widely […]

Hong Kong Authorizes Staking Services for Crypto Firms and ETFs

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has introduced new guidance that allows licensed Virtual Asset Trading Platforms (VATPs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to provide staking services. Under these updated measures, VATPs offering staking and associated DeFi-like yields must follow strict rules to protect client assets and ensure transparent operations. The move reflects the SFC’s […]

Bank of Canada Explores Flash Loan Policy Implications

The Bank of Canada has published a staff discussion paper that investigates flash loans – a novel form of blockchain-native finance where users borrow crypto without collateral, repaying within a single atomic transaction. This analysis captures how flash loans might influence future tokenized financial infrastructure and potential risks to financial stability. A Closer Look at […]

Ethereum Rolls Out Instant Finality Roadmap

Ethereum has endured a rocky first quarter in 2025, with Ether seeing its worst performance in seven years. Yet, the platform’s developers continue to push forward. Founder Vitalik Buterin recently introduced a roadmap aimed at solving Ethereum’s biggest challenges—chief among them, scalability and finality. While some skeptics praise competing platforms like Solana, Ethereum remains the […]

Blockchain Financial Innovation Is Vital To The Next Industrial Revolution

Xiao Feng, Chairman of HashKey Group, has declared that blockchain finance will be the foundation of the next industrial revolution. Speaking to an early morning crowd at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Xiao described blockchain as a “new generation of financial infrastructure” that redefines how transactions are recorded, settled, and governed. Financial Revolution […]

How Web3 Gaming Lost Its Way—And Why It Needs to Get Fun Again

Traditional gaming is struggling, with high-profile studios and publishers downsizing in 2024. Rising development costs, a stale approach to innovation, and over-reliance on blockbuster budgets have pushed the industry toward a breaking point. Web3 gaming was supposed to be the saving grace—a decentralized model empowering both developers and players while offering new funding and ownership […]