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Over five months after Google Cloud announced a partnership with CME Group, Rich Widmann, the tech giant’s head of Web3 strategy, confirmed Tuesday that the company's Universal Ledger is indeed a ...

Gaming-focused layer-1 blockchain Worldwide Asset Exchange (WAX), the 10th-largest blockchain by activity, signed a deal to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) and integrate its network into the Amazon ...

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With the GENIUS Act signed, stablecoins are on a tear. According to the management consultancy McKinsey, the total value of issued stablecoins has doubled to $250 billion today from $120 billion 18 ...

In financial markets, startups have long sought to market themselves as "tech firms" hoping investors will value them with tech-company multiples. And often, they do — at least for a while.