BlockDrops Podcast

Drop 1: Converge L1 for Institutional DeFi
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/03/17/tokenization-specialists-securitize-and-ethena-unveil-institutional-defi-blockchain
Drop 2: Australia plans crypto regulations targeting custody, stablecoin issuance
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/australia-plans-crypto-regulations-targeting-custody-stablecoin-issuance/
Drop 3: Sonic Stablecoin
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sonic-blockchain-algorithmic-stablecoin-andre-cronje

Mais:

S6E11 ERRATA: not Telegram Wallet, but Wallet in Telegram⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/wallet-tg/

Robinhood adds predictions market to its app, powered by Kalshi
https://www.pymnts.com/financial-apps/2025/robinhood-adds-prediction-markets-hub-to-retail-trading-app/
Sega will launch Code of Jokers videogame on Sui
https://gamingcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/sega-s-code-of-jokers-to-launch-on-sui
Dubai Land Department Launches Pilot Phase of the ‘Real Estate Tokenisation Project’
https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2025/march/19-03/dubai-land-department-launches-real-estate-tokenisation-project
US Treasury Lifts Sanctions Against Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash. Founders are still under prosecution
https://decrypt.co/311103/us-treasury-lifts-sanctions-tornado-cash
Bakkt turns to stablecoins via strategic partnership with Distributed Technologies Research
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/ices-digital-asset-venture-bakkt-pivots-appoints-co-ceo/
Bayer adopts Northern Trust DLT based carbon platform
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/platform/

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In the 180th BlockTalks we speak with Yan Martins, CEO of Hathor Network, who tells us about the importance of education, interoperability and UX in crypto adoption.

X  // Discord // Github // Reddit  // Telegram  // Youtube // Medium

About Hathor Network's Protocol:

A New Era for Hathor: Reinventing the Protocol for the Future 

The Evolution Continues: A Critical Step Toward Mainnet Excellence

Drop 1: BRL1⁠https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/stablecoin-from-mercado-bitcoin-bitso-foxbit-and-cainvest-debuts-on-the-market⁠⁠https://brl1.io/⁠Drop 2: Circle CCTPv2 ⁠https://www.circle.com/blog/cctp-v2-the-future-of-cross-chain⁠Drop 3: Telegram Wallet ⁠https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/telegram-introduces-trading-and-yield-features-for-its-self-custodial-crypto-wallet/⁠

More: Circle's response to Brazilian Central Bank's RFCs 109 and 111 to regulate VASPs activity⁠https://www.circle.com/blog/circles-response-to-brazilian-central-banks-rfcs-109-and-111-aimed-at-regulating-country-wide-virtual-assets-service-providers-vasps-activity⁠Cantor Fitzgerald partners with digital asset custodians Anchorage Digital and Copper to support Bitcoin financing business⁠https://www.cantor.com/cantor-fitzgerald-partners-with-digital-asset-custodians-anchorage-digital-and-copper-co-to-support-bitcoin-financing-business/⁠Correios querem usar blockchain e inteligência artificial para agilizar suas entregas⁠https://www.moneytimes.com.br/correios-quer-usar-blockchain-e-inteligencia-artificial-para-agilizar-suas-entregas-rens/⁠New Bretton Woods report: Unlocking Stablecoins: Exploring Opportunities and Risks⁠https://www.brettonwoods.org/sites/default/files/documents/UnlockingStablecoinsExploringOpportunitiesandRisks.pdf⁠MoonPay announces strategic acquisition of Iron, an API-first stablecoin infrastructure platform⁠https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-news-moonpay-acquires-iron-moonpay-mcbze/⁠Merkle Science releases new UK regulatory guide⁠https://info.merklescience.com/uk-regulatory-guide-2025⁠

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Drop 1: BRL1
https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/stablecoin-from-mercado-bitcoin-bitso-foxbit-and-cainvest-debuts-on-the-market
https://brl1.io/
Drop 2: Circle CCTPv2
https://www.circle.com/blog/cctp-v2-the-future-of-cross-chain
Drop 3: Telegram Wallet
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/telegram-introduces-trading-and-yield-features-for-its-self-custodial-crypto-wallet/

More:
Circle's response to Brazilian Central Bank's RFCs 109 and 111 to regulate VASPs activity
https://www.circle.com/blog/circles-response-to-brazilian-central-banks-rfcs-109-and-111-aimed-at-regulating-country-wide-virtual-assets-service-providers-vasps-activity
Cantor Fitzgerald partners with digital asset custodians Anchorage Digital and Copper to support Bitcoin financing business
https://www.cantor.com/cantor-fitzgerald-partners-with-digital-asset-custodians-anchorage-digital-and-copper-co-to-support-bitcoin-financing-business/
Correios querem usar blockchain e inteligência artificial para agilizar suas entregas
https://www.moneytimes.com.br/correios-quer-usar-blockchain-e-inteligencia-artificial-para-agilizar-suas-entregas-rens/
New Bretton Woods report: Unlocking Stablecoins: Exploring Opportunities and Risks
https://www.brettonwoods.org/sites/default/files/documents/UnlockingStablecoinsExploringOpportunitiesandRisks.pdf
MoonPay announces strategic acquisition of Iron, an API-first stablecoin infrastructure platform
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-news-moonpay-acquires-iron-moonpay-mcbze/
Merkle Science releases new UK regulatory guide
https://info.merklescience.com/uk-regulatory-guide-2025

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In the 179th BlockTalks we speak with Daniel Fogg, CEO of RootstockLabs, who tells us about the journey of bringing utility to Bitcoin. Link in the newsletter.

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielfogg/

https://x.com/danielfogg?

https://x.com/rootstock_io

https://www.rootstocklabs.com/

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Drop 1: Noble's USDN
https://www.noble.xyz/blog/introducing-usdn
Drop 2: Euro CBDC
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/03/07/a-2025-overview-of-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-digital-euro/
https://blockchain.news/flashnews/european-central-bank-announces-plan-to-launch-cbdc-by-october-2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTo9ceNZrOQ
Drop 3: US Crypto Summit
https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/heres-all-that-transpired-in-the-white-house-crypto-summit-202503080305
https://cointelegraph.com/news/occ-crypto-banking-donald-trump-ends-operation-chokepoint-2-0
https://crypto.news/fifa-shows-interest-in-developing-a-fifa-token-us-market-in-consideration/

More:

SICOOB and Netspaces launch real estate backed tokens for loan collateral
https://valor.globo.com/financas/criptomoedas/noticia/2025/03/05/sicoob-e-netspaces-fazem-parceria-para-credito-em-imoveis-tokenizados.ghtml
Cardano Foundation partners with SERPRO to further blockchain education
https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/cardano-foundation-announcfes-partnership-with-serpro-a-public-company-that-implemented-blockchain-in-the-cpf
Brasileira Méliuz compra 10% do caixa em Bitcoin https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/brazilian-meliuz-buys-10-of-cash-in-bitcoin
Coinbase acquires the team from Iron Fish to bring privacy to Base
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/07/coinbase-acquires-iron-fish-team-to-boost-privacy-to-boost-privacy-on-base
Ronaldinho Gaucho launches his memecoin, only 20% available to fans, and grave security flaw
https://valor.globo.com/financas/criptomoedas/noticia/2025/03/04/ronaldinho-gacho-lana-criptomoeda-pouco-mais-de-1-ano-aps-negar-envolvimento-em-pirmide.ghtml
Women in blockchain survey, by Blocknews
https://www.blocknews.com.br/mulheresemblockchain/participe-da-pesquisa-do-blocknews-sobre-mulheres-em-blockchain/

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Drop 1: Noble's USDN
https://www.noble.xyz/blog/introducing-usdn
Drop 2: Euro CBDC
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/03/07/a-2025-overview-of-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-digital-euro/
https://blockchain.news/flashnews/european-central-bank-announces-plan-to-launch-cbdc-by-october-2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTo9ceNZrOQ
Drop 3: US Crypto Summit
https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/heres-all-that-transpired-in-the-white-house-crypto-summit-202503080305
https://cointelegraph.com/news/occ-crypto-banking-donald-trump-ends-operation-chokepoint-2-0
https://crypto.news/fifa-shows-interest-in-developing-a-fifa-token-us-market-in-consideration/

Mais:

SICOOB and Netspaces launch real estate backed tokens for loan collateral
https://valor.globo.com/financas/criptomoedas/noticia/2025/03/05/sicoob-e-netspaces-fazem-parceria-para-credito-em-imoveis-tokenizados.ghtml
Cardano Foundation partners with SERPRO to further blockchain education
https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/cardano-foundation-announcfes-partnership-with-serpro-a-public-company-that-implemented-blockchain-in-the-cpf
Brasileira Méliuz compra 10% do caixa em Bitcoin https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/brazilian-meliuz-buys-10-of-cash-in-bitcoin
Coinbase acquires the team from Iron Fish to bring privacy to Base
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/07/coinbase-acquires-iron-fish-team-to-boost-privacy-to-boost-privacy-on-base
Ronaldinho Gaucho launches his memecoin, only 20% available to fans, and grave security flaw
https://valor.globo.com/financas/criptomoedas/noticia/2025/03/04/ronaldinho-gacho-lana-criptomoeda-pouco-mais-de-1-ano-aps-negar-envolvimento-em-pirmide.ghtml
Women in blockchain survey, by Blocknews
https://www.blocknews.com.br/mulheresemblockchain/participe-da-pesquisa-do-blocknews-sobre-mulheres-em-blockchain/

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In the 178th BlockTalks we speak with Arthur Azizov, Founder Of B2Broker, who tells us about the entrepreneurial life in crypto.

- Arthur's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artur-azizov-b72830148/

- B2Broker's website: https://b2broker.com/

- B2BINPAY's website: https://b2binpay.com/en

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Drop 1: DREX Report

https://www.blocknews.com.br/regulacao-governos/bc-revisara-diretrizes-do-drex-que-podem-ser-relaxadas-para-aumentar-resultados/

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/drex-privacy/

https://www.bcb.gov.br/content/estabilidadefinanceira/real_digital_docs/piloto/Relatorio_Drex_piloto_fase_1.pdf

Drop 2: Euroclear Tokenized Collateral

https://www.euroclear.com/newsandinsights/en/press/2025/mr-09-digital-asset-and-euroclear.html

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/euroclear-launches-tokenized-collateral-initiative-with-digital-asset/

Drop 3: ETH Denver highlights

Midnight and OpenZeppelin announce partnership to bring secure and private smart contracts to a wider global audience

https://x.com/OpenZeppelin/status/1894825433201549744

Midnight keynote @ ETHDenver

https://x.com/EthereumDenver/status/1895615221307490539

Hosting Cardano SPO Metadata via Arweave Decentralized Storage

https://x.com/stevanlohja/status/1895733312963952917

More:

Wanchain announces XFlows — Native to Native Cross-Chain Swaps

https://medium.com/wanchain-foundation/introducing-new-wanchain-xflows-native-to-native-cross-chain-swaps-12dbda97d738

WalletConnect network white paper

https://github.com/WalletConnectFoundation/wcn-technical-whitepaper/blob/main/technical_whitepaper_v1.pdf

US strategic reserve to include multiple assets: BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA, and other unnamed cryptocurrencies.

https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1896234392516739200

SocGen FORGE to expand EURCV stablecoin to Stellar blockchain

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/socgen-forge-to-expand-stablecoin-to-stellar-blockchain/

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Drop 1: DREX Report

https://www.blocknews.com.br/regulacao-governos/bc-revisara-diretrizes-do-drex-que-podem-ser-relaxadas-para-aumentar-resultados/

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/drex-privacy/

https://www.bcb.gov.br/content/estabilidadefinanceira/real_digital_docs/piloto/Relatorio_Drex_piloto_fase_1.pdf

Drop 2: Euroclear Tokenized Collateral

https://www.euroclear.com/newsandinsights/en/press/2025/mr-09-digital-asset-and-euroclear.html

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/euroclear-launches-tokenized-collateral-initiative-with-digital-asset/

Drop 3: ETH Denver highlights

Midnight and OpenZeppelin announce partnership to bring secure and private smart contracts to a wider global audience

https://x.com/OpenZeppelin/status/1894825433201549744

Midnight keynote @ ETHDenver

https://x.com/EthereumDenver/status/1895615221307490539

Hosting Cardano SPO Metadata via Arweave Decentralized Storage

https://x.com/stevanlohja/status/1895733312963952917

Mais:

Wanchain announces XFlows — Native to Native Cross-Chain Swaps

https://medium.com/wanchain-foundation/introducing-new-wanchain-xflows-native-to-native-cross-chain-swaps-12dbda97d738

WalletConnect network white paper

https://github.com/WalletConnectFoundation/wcn-technical-whitepaper/blob/main/technical_whitepaper_v1.pdf

US strategic reserve to include multiple assets: BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA, and other unnamed cryptocurrencies.

https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1896234392516739200

SocGen FORGE to expand EURCV stablecoin to Stellar blockchain

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/socgen-forge-to-expand-stablecoin-to-stellar-blockchain/

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