Guide: Payment Rails 101 (On-Chain Payments)Payment rails are the hidden infrastructure that moves money around the world. Crypto is shifting them from inter-bank messaging systems onto blockchains.Our research team wrote a guide explaining how traditional rails like SWIFT work, why stablecoins are becoming the backbone of on-chain payments, and what this means for the future of global finance. Read our deep dive below: ...

RT Akshay BD (@akshaybd)distribution is valuationblockchains are not new financial products.they are distribution engines for financial products - in the same way youtube was a distribution engine for content. and as with youtube, the medium reshapes what gets created. once distribution changes, the product itself changes.youtube didn’t just rebroadcast television. it created an entirely new category of content native to its incentives: shorter formats, creator-led economics, algorithm-aware production etc. ...

RT voh 🔺 (@vohvohh)The era of creating blockchains just to create blockchains is dyingAll blockchains, regardless of their functional layer, are facing an existential crisis right now: there are too many chains and they’re basically all doing the same thing.Regardless of niche technical capabilities, most chains have zero moat or impactful differentiation. It won’t be long until we see chains reduce spend to baseline operating costs or simply fade into irrelevance with no way to keep the lights on.Creating ...

🔥 HUGE: Chainlink and 24 major financial institutions unveiled a unified standard for asset servicing.Powered by AI and blockchains, it targets $58B+ in annual post-trade inefficiencies. https://t.co/FQBbhYr5i2 ...

RT The Book of Ethereum 📘 (@Bookof_Eth)This is exactly why blockchains must not be treated like content platforms.Immutability is a feature for settlement, proof, and coordination - not for hosting arbitrary legible content. Once data is on-chain, deletion is not a policy choice, it’s a protocol failure.The path forward is architectural clarity:• Minimize on-chain legible content• Use commitments, hashes, proofs - not raw data• Offload expression to layers designed for mutability• Embrace privacy, encryptio ...

Parallel execution explainedHow blockchains speed up by doing work simultaneously.Read more 👇https://t.co/YmGeKsyYNV ...

RT Coinbase 🛡️ (@coinbase)We’ve selected @chainlink CCIP as the exclusive bridge provider to bring Coinbase Wrapped Assets to new blockchains.Together we’ll expand to new ecosystems using battle-hardened infrastructure. https://t.co/JgRjyVVmd3 ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Corporatism vs. socialism: an awful dichotomy, like Odysseus having to choose between having his ships destroyed by rocks if he steered them a bit too far north, and being sucked in by a whirlpool if they went a bit too far south.Innovations at large social scales -- and I daresay I helped a bit with that myself -- have often been a great economic boon for mankind. Innovations in contract law, property law, financial markets, and related areas have, after maturation, often turned ...

Market Trends - Demand is trending towards application-specific blockchains [1] - Avalanche is well-positioned for institutions seeking customization [1] Avalanche Network - Over 75 Layer 1 blockchains are live on Avalanche across key sectors [1] - The number of L1s on Avalanche is set to grow in 2026 [1]

those who thinks blockchains don't have moats have no idea what blockchains are ...