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Tech

Circle Upgrades Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol Promising Near-Instant USDC Settlements

CCTP V2 enables nearly instant USDC transfers between blockchains with new feature, reducing blockchain transaction times from minutes to seconds.

A CCTP demo at Circle’s Consensus 2023 booth in Austin, Texas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Babylon Labs Brings New Momentum to Bitcoin ZK Tech Through Bridge to Cosmos Chains

Babylon, developer of the largest BTC staking protocol, is teaming up with Bitcoin developers Fiamma to build a trust-minimized bridge using BitVM2

Bridge (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Tech

Bitcoin Gets a Decentralized Exchange as Cosmos Native Osmosis Activates Bridge

"I've always personally been pretty Bitcoin maxi," Osmosis co-founder Sunny Aggarwal said in an interview.

Osmosis Labs co-founder Sunny Aggarwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stripe's $1.1B Acquisition Target, Bridge, Buys Web3 Wallet Platform Triangle

Bridge acquired Triangle for an undisclosed amount.

Triangle founder Tasti Zakarie. (Triangle)

Opinion

Aggregation Is the Only Way to Unify Web3

Blockchains are stuck in silos, fragmenting liquidity and making for a clunky user experience. It's time to tear down the walls.

(Hans-Peter Gauster/Wikimedia Commons)

Videos

Stripe Bets Big on Stablecoins with Bridge Buy; Ripple's Larsen Leads Harris Crypto Donations

Bitcoin price falling back after failing to breach $70,000 and broker Bernstein explains why Stripe's acquisition of Bridge is a major nod to stablecoin usage. Plus, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen leads crypto donations for Kamala Harris' campaign. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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Markets

Stripe's Acquisition of Bridge Validates the Usage of Stablecoins: Bernstein

Stablecoins have emerged as the main use case for blockchains, especially for cross-border payments, the report said.

The supply of stablecoins USDT and USDC  grew by $10 billion in a month, 10x research noted. (Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)

Finance

Bridge Fundraising for Stablecoin-Based Payments Network Totals $58M: Report

Bridge, founded by Square and Coinbase alumni, recently raised $40 million in a round led by Sequoia and Ribbit.

Bridge (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Tech

Ronin Bridge Paused, Restarted After $12M Drained in Whitehat Hack

“The bridge currently secures over $850M which is safe,” co-founder @Psycheout86 said in an X post.

Bridge (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Finance

Defi Protocol LI.FI Struck by $11M Exploit

The exploit is reported to be related to the LI.FI bridge.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

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