Category Blockchain Tech

Privacy arrives, but so does control

Tempo’s ‘Zones’ sparks debate over privacy in crypto infrastructure

Zones: useful privacy, imperfect ideology Tempo’s Zones feature is a pragmatic answer to a real problem: many institutions want stablecoin payments without exposing every transfer to a fully public ledger. That matters because payment data is not just financial data;…

Foundation falls as NFT market narrows

Ethereum NFT platform Foundation shuts down after failed Blackdove sale

A Platform Built on Primary Sales Foundation’s shutdown is not just another NFT marketplace closure. It is a clean signal that the primary-sales model that powered the first wave of Ethereum-native NFT platforms has weakened to the point where even…

Tokenization Opens Doors, Not Liquidity

Tokenization doesn’t ‘magically’ fix illiquid assets: PBW 2026

The Myth of Automatic Liquidity Tokenization has become one of crypto’s most overused promises, and Paris Blockchain Week offered a useful correction. The industry is now far past the stage where every asset-on-chain pitch can be sold as a liquidity…

Programmable money enters the public sector

South Korea to pilot tokenized deposits for government spending

A Pilot With Fiscal Teeth South Korea’s latest blockchain test is more than a technology demo. By piloting tokenized deposits for government spending, policymakers are moving programmable money from theory into public administration. The sandbox is designed to test preset…