Chains
The venues themselves: who runs them, what they can switch off, and what that costs you.
Cardano Gives Token Issuers the Power to Freeze and Seize
A new Cardano standard builds identity checks, sanctions screening and transfer restrictions into the asset itself, aimed at regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds, CoinDesk reported.
Abstract Becomes the Second Ethereum Layer 2 to Announce Its Closure in a Week
The Pudgy Penguins-backed consumer chain will stop on 15 December after Igloo spent tens of millions supporting it. Blast said days earlier that running its own network was no longer worth it.
Blast Shuts Down Its Layer 2 With $63.5m Still Sitting in the Bridge
The Ethereum layer 2 once held more than $2bn in assets. It is now winding down because running it costs more than it earns, and users have until 26 October to withdraw through the app.
Circle Ships a Chain Where BlackRock and the DTCC Produce the Blocks
Arc went live as a layer-1 network that charges gas in USDC and runs proof-of-authority across eleven named institutions plus Circle. More than 100 applications launched with it.
Thirty-Nine State Banking Groups Have Agreed to Build a Chain, and Not Yet What It Runs On
The BankChain Alliance would carry tokenized deposits, stablecoins and automated settlement for community banks, with a launch targeted for 2027 and no technology partner selected.
Solana's Real-World Asset Pile Passes $4bn as Holder Count Clears 350,000
Tokenized real-world assets on Solana have reached a reported $4bn, with more than 350,000 holders, per Crypto Briefing. The holder number is the harder one to manufacture.
MANTRA's RWA Chain Has Been Frozen Since Thursday, With a Module Blamed and Questions Open
The Dubai-licensed real-world asset Layer 1 halted its chain and pointed at the Cosmos EVM module. It says two of its own wallets were touched and no user funds were taken, without saying what left them.