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Ripple plans to buy back up to $750 million in shares from investors and employees by the end of next month, insiders have revealed.
The buybacks would value the company at $50 billion, and come six months after a similar plan to buy back $1 billion in shares from employees failed.
Ripple

Binance has announced the listing of Midnight Network’s NIGHT token on the exchange and distributed 240 million NIGHT tokens to its HODLer Airdrops page members.
Charles Hoskinson described the listing as a ‘major accomplishment’ for the Cardano ecosystem, which will introduce NIGHT to 500 mi

The Cardano Foundation has introduced a new proposal to withdraw 50 million ADA from the Treasury as the initial funding for the Orion Venture Fund.
The Treasury is set to contribute $75 million, while outside investors chip in with $5 million for the fund, which will be managed by

Solana expanded cross-chain access after AVAX went live through Sunrise, bringing Avalanche’s native token into its ecosystem.
The AVAX launch on Solana adds a new route for trading, transfers, and broader asset access across blockchain networks.
Solana has opened up cross-chain access on it

Mastercard launched a crypto partner program with 85+ firms, including Polygon, Ripple, Solana, and Aptos, to connect blockchain with payment rails.
The program targets cross-border payments, B2B transfers, and payouts by linking stablecoin and onchain tools to global commerce.
Mastercard ha

Akuna Wallet entered the Bank of Ghana’s VASP sandbox to test Stellar-based cross-border payment tools for creators and freelancers.
The platform targets payment costs in Sub-Saharan Africa, where cross-border transfers average 8.8%, above the UN’s 3% goal.
Akuna Wallet has joined the Bank o

Foundry will launch a Zcash mining pool next month, extending its mining operations beyond Bitcoin.
The pool will offer auditable payouts and scalable infrastructure as Foundry expands into ZEC mining for institutional users.
Foundry Digital plans to launch a Zcash mining pool in

Binance has announced the listing of Midnight Network’s NIGHT token on the exchange and distributed 240 million NIGHT tokens to its HODLer Airdrops page members.
Charles Hoskinson described the listing as a ‘major accomplishment’ for the Cardano ecosystem, which will introduce NIGHT to 500 mi

Aave Labs has proposed a two-part licensing framework for V4 repositories: a business source license and a contributor licensing agreement. The first would restrict commercial use of all core repositories for some time, while the second would allow the Aave DAO to use and modify code from contributors.

Ripple plans to buy back up to $750 million in shares from investors and employees by the end of next month, insiders have revealed.
The buybacks would value the company at $50 billion, and come six months after a similar plan to buy back $1 billion in shares from employees failed.
Ripple

Stellar added x402 support to enable AI agents and apps to pay for APIs and digital services through direct stablecoin transactions.
x402 enables machine-t0-machine payments to settle instantly and at low fees across a blockchain network. 
Stellar has launched x402 support to help power AI a

Kraken plans to list PI as Pi Network advances recent protocol upgrades and moves closer to its March 12 upgrade deadline.
PI is already listed on OKX, Bitget, HTX, and BitMart, while token unlocks beginning March 12 could increase near-term supply.
Kraken has moved toward listing Pi Network

Brave Wallet v1.88 added NEAR Intents, enabling cross-chain swaps across Bitcoin, Solana, Zcash, Cardano, and EVM networks.
NEAR Intents has processed over 19 million swaps and more than $14 billion in volume across 35 chains before this wallet integration.
Brave has added NEAR Intents to it

StarGate cut VeChain’s annual VTHO emissions by 50% as locked VET hit 10.7 billion three months after the Hayabusa fork.
Active StarGate stakers increased by 93.9% as delegated stake surged to 5.9 billion VET.
VeChain’s StarGate staking platform has seen strong growth three months after the

Osmosis has proposed merging its chain into the Cosmos Hub to make its DEX native infrastructure for the Hub.
The merger would swap OSMO tokens for ATOM at a rate of 0.0355:1.998, based on price patterns in the past 30 days.
Osmosis, the largest decentralized application in the Cosmos

Spot XRP ETFs have recorded a net outflow of just 9 days since their launch at the start of November; cumulative net inflows hit $1.4 billion.
At the end of 2025, Goldman Sachs held $154 million worth of the ETFs, topping the list of the 30 largest holders.
Spot XRP exchange-traded funds hav

EMURGO says that Cardano is at an inflection point as it pivots from focusing solely on infrastructure to building around people and experiences.
Charles Hoskinson wants the Treasury to create a new investment index that buys up to 30% of tokens from select projects, as most dApps struggle to