#SeiLabs acquired #BilinearLabs , a blockchain analytics platform for querying any event from any contract on any #EVM chain with simple SQL. Through this acquisition, Bilinear Labs' Rust engineering team and data analytics stack will be integrated into the Sei ecosystem. The team will lead core development for #SeiNetwork and its #SeiGiga scaling initiative, which aims to boost throughput by more than 50x while achieving sub-400ms finality.
#Etherscan has launched #Flow , a new Build with #AI tool designed to simplify onchain transaction tracing across more than 60 EVM-compatible networks. Flow generates structured “Flow Case” files for visual analysis, reducing manual investigation and enabling AI-driven compliance and security workflows without requiring changes to existing data pipelines.
Flow was put to use almost immediately, with security researchers using it to trace the RedSonic Vault exploit on September 5, 2026, when an attacker used a flash loan to drain about 9.25 $ETH, worth roughly $23,000, in a single transaction.
Public companies continue to expand their Bitcoin holdings, solidifying cryptocurrency's role in traditional financial markets. With industry leaders like #Strategy holding substantial amounts, the total $BTC reserved by these firms now surpasses an impressive 1,271,000 $BTC , representing significant confidence in Bitcoin's long-term value. As the market matures, these holdings underscore the evolving relationship between traditional institutions and digital assets.
#Circle has signed an agreement to acquire #Tazapay , a cross-border payments company supporting businesses across over 100 markets. The acquisition will expand Circle’s global payments infrastructure, adding Tazapay’s $25B+ in annualized volume, 60+ banking and fintech partners, and payout rails across 100+ markets, with stablecoins already accounting for roughly 60% of its volume. The transaction is expected to close in 2027, pending customary conditions and regulatory approvals, including clearance from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Harmony to shut down its Layer 1 blockchain and migrate ONE to Ethereum
#Harmony will shut down its mainnet and reissue $ONE as an ERC-20 token on #Ethereum , using a balance snapshot for the airdrop and advising users to withdraw from multisigs, liquidity pools, and onchain apps before validators begin shutting down on September 10. Harmony framed the migration as a security-focused upgrade following an August exploit that minted roughly 4B $ONE , or 26% of supply, and the $99.6M Horizon Bridge hack in 2022.
Former validator emissions will be redirected to an #AI video remix project, where creators share prompts and assets for fans to fork, with #AIagents generating new clips from each branch.
#Canton is a privacy-enabled blockchain infrastructure designed for regulated financial markets, allowing institutions to tokenize, trade, and settle real-world assets while maintaining control over their own data, validators, compliance systems, and infrastructure.
Canton developer #DigitalAsset raised $365M at a $2B valuation from investors including a16z crypto, HSBC, BNP Paribas, Citadel Securities, S&P Global, Apollo, Coinbase Ventures, and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, bringing its total funding to roughly $817M. Separately, a Nasdaq-listed company raised $540M to establish a $CC treasury strategy, backed by DRW, ARK Invest, Kraken, and Tradeweb.
Institutional adoption is already translating into real-world activity: Visa became Canton's first Super Validator among major payment companies, Tradeweb executed the first real-time on-chain U.S. Treasury transaction on the network, and Canton facilitated its first cross-border intraday repo using tokenized gilts in the $2T repo market. JPMorgan is also bringing JPM Coin natively to Canton.
Key Points: 🟠 Institutional adoption: Visa, DTCC, JPMorgan, HSBC, Tradeweb, and other financial institutions are already participating in the ecosystem. 🟠 Tokenization: Canton supports institutional use cases including tokenized U.S. Treasuries, repo markets, payments, and other real-world assets. 🟠 Privacy & control: institutions can operate their own infrastructure while keeping sensitive transaction and client data private. 🟠 Growing $CC access: the token is available across Kraken, Bybit, OKX, Gate, KuCoin, MEXC, and supported by institutional custodians, including BitGo. 🟠 Network Activity: Canton processes around $9T in monthly activity and generated $66.6M in fees in April, while accounting for roughly 42% of industry-wide blockchain fee revenue in Q1.
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