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Digital Asset, which is building Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, has raised $355 million, including $100 million from crypto a16z (Bloomberg Law)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Nick, Dick and Paul Show: All about interest rates Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo and Paul Kedrosky lift…

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Digital Asset, which is building Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, raises ~$300 million seed round led by crypto a16z at a valuation of ~$2 billion (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: How to build a business that endures through all times | Eric Ries, author of Lean…

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Startup Propy deploys $100 million to put real estate transactions on the blockchain

By Stacey D. WallsMay 7, 2026

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new…

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Commonware, which develops open source code for launching blockchains, has raised $25 million led by Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 7, 2025

Ben Weiss / Fortune: Commonware, which develops open source code for launching blockchains, has raised $25 million led by Tempo,…

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Coinbase agrees to acquire Echo, a blockchain platform for crypto companies to quickly raise capital, for approximately $375 million, marking Coinbase’s 8th acquisition in 2025 (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 21, 2025

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Coinbase agrees to acquire Echo, a blockchain platform for crypto companies to quickly raise…

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Sources: Securitize, a blockchain company that symbolizes investments, is in talks to go public via a SPAC launched by Cantor Fitzgerald at a valuation of more than $1 billion (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 11, 2025

Bloomberg: Sources: Securitize, a blockchain company that tokenizes investments, is in talks to go public via a SPAC launched by…

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Swift says that he is building a big book based on blockchain with more than 30 financial institutions and that the first prototype will be built in partnership with Consensys (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 29, 2025

Featured podcasts Decoder with Nilay Patel: Ford Jim Farley CEO on China, prices and the quest for an EV of…

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A profile of the international anti, cross -border payment unit of the ANT group using AI and blockchain for cash management, which managed $ 1.1 t in cash flow in 2024 (Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 27, 2025

Lulu yilun chen / Bloomberg:: A profile of the international ANT, cross -border payment unit of the ANT group using…

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Christian Catalini, co-creator of the Meta Stablecoin Balance Project, reflects on the failure of the balance, which the Stripe tempo blockchain can learn from it, and more (Christian Catalini / Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 6, 2025

Christian Catalini / Forbes:: Christian Catalini, co-creator of the Meta Stablecoin Balance Project, reflects on the failure of the balance,…

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Sources: EU officials accelerate digital plans in euros and envisage Ethereum or Solana on private blockchain after the United States has adopted the law on engineering (Nikou Asgari / Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 22, 2025

Nikou Asgari / Financial time:: Sources: EU officials accelerate digital Euro plans and envisage Ethereum or Solana on private blockchain…

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Quantifind, whose AI products help banks combat financial crimes such as money laundering, raised $200 million led by Summit Partners (Laura Kreutzer/Wall Street Journal)

Filing: Strategy suspended its Bitcoin acquisitions last week, instead increasing its USD reserve to $2.55 billion and announcing a $1 billion digital credit buyback program (James Hunt/The Block)

Heather Adkins, Google’s vice president of security engineering, warns that EU DMA proposals to open up Android and search could lead to a significant increase in fraud within weeks (Matt Burgess/Wired)

AI is forcing consulting firms to move from hourly billing to fixed or results-based pricing, a transition that is proving slow and difficult for the industry (Mark Maurer/Wall Street Journal)

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Browsing: blockchain

Digital Asset, which is building Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, has raised $355 million, including $100 million from crypto a16z (Bloomberg Law)

Digital Asset, which is building Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, raises ~$300 million seed round led by crypto a16z at a valuation of ~$2 billion (Bloomberg)

Startup Propy deploys $100 million to put real estate transactions on the blockchain

Commonware, which develops open source code for launching blockchains, has raised $25 million led by Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

Coinbase agrees to acquire Echo, a blockchain platform for crypto companies to quickly raise capital, for approximately $375 million, marking Coinbase’s 8th acquisition in 2025 (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Securitize, a blockchain company that symbolizes investments, is in talks to go public via a SPAC launched by Cantor Fitzgerald at a valuation of more than $1 billion (Bloomberg)

Swift says that he is building a big book based on blockchain with more than 30 financial institutions and that the first prototype will be built in partnership with Consensys (Bloomberg)

A profile of the international anti, cross -border payment unit of the ANT group using AI and blockchain for cash management, which managed $ 1.1 t in cash flow in 2024 (Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg)

Christian Catalini, co-creator of the Meta Stablecoin Balance Project, reflects on the failure of the balance, which the Stripe tempo blockchain can learn from it, and more (Christian Catalini / Forbes)

Sources: EU officials accelerate digital plans in euros and envisage Ethereum or Solana on private blockchain after the United States has adopted the law on engineering (Nikou Asgari / Financial Times)