HIFI raises $37M to scale stablecoin payouts and tokenized cash settlement
HIFI raised $37M (Series A, led by Left Lane) to expand stablecoin payouts and tokenized cash settlement. CEO says ~$7B annualized volume. The firm joined DTCC…
DefiLlama snapshot: Solana’s fees top Ethereum’s, but a smaller share is burned
DefiLlama’s Sept. 22 snapshot shows Solana’s 30-day fees at $23.58m vs Ethereum’s $12.04m, but Solana burns a smaller share (~11%) than Ethereum (~23%). Fee co…
ECB seeks liquidity buckets, not bank-deposit mandates, for MiCA stablecoins
ECB and EU central banks propose scrapping MiCA’s 30–60% bank-deposit rule for stablecoins in favor of one- and five-day liquidity buckets, backing repos and s…
Staked ETH and L2 TVL aren’t purchase receipts — and they can rise while ETFs bleed
A Sept. 21 snapshot shows ~$120B staked ETH and ~$40.4B in L2 assets. Farside reports >$140M US spot ETH ETF outflows Sept 15–18. Here’s why those stock measur…
ECB launches Pontes to settle tokenized assets in central bank money, full rollout by 2028
The ECB’s Pontes enables wholesale tokenized asset settlement in central bank money, reducing reliance on private stablecoins. Full rollout expected by 2028; w…
Solana Tightens Target Slot Time to 250ms, Reprioritizing Latency Over Capacity
Solana 250ms slot time increases inclusion cadence while tightening leader handoffs and per-block budgets. Capacity per second stays near 250M compute units.
Solana Cuts Slot Time to 250ms, Preserving Capacity While Speeding Blocks
Solana slot time falls from 300ms to 250ms under SIMD-0525. Blocks arrive nearly 17% faster, but throughput stays unchanged. A move to 200ms depends on block-s…
$5.15M Outflow Hits US Spot XRP ETPs, Concentrated in Two Funds
XRP ETP outflows of $5.15M interrupted a $192M inflow month, concentrated in Canary’s XRPC and 21Shares’ TOXR, per Maketo and issuer data. Rolling week remains…
Oxbridge Re’s SurancePlus Tokenized Reinsurance Placements Revealed as Largely Internally…
Oxbridge Re Holdings provided 95% of SurancePlus’s $781,767 Solana-based tokenized reinsurance fundraising, with limited third-party involvement. The aggregate…
Bank of Italy Finds Stablecoin Remittances Don’t Always Cut Costs
Stablecoin remittances promise lower costs, but Bank of Italy research finds exchange, FX and banking fees erode savings, making transfers no cheaper than lega…
