Daylight, a decentralized energy startup backed by a16z crypto and Framework Ventures, has launched Tuesday a new protocol on Ethereum that aims to turn electricity into a yield-bearing crypto asset. The protocol, dubbed DayFi, aims to create “capital markets for decentralized energy,” Jason Badeaux, founder of Daylight, told CoinDesk in an interview. The rise of …
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BMW Taps JPMorgan for First Onchain Programmable FX Payment
German carmaker BMW Group has become the first corporation to execute a fully pre-programmed FX transaction using mega-bank JPMorgan’s Kinexys Digital Payments network, the companies said on Tuesday. BMW’s German and U.S. treasury teams pre-defined conditions through JPMorgan’s Programmable Payments application, which enabled an automated, end-to-end FX transaction from EUR to USD. The permissioned blockchain …
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Tassat Wins U.S. Patent for ‘Yield-in-Transit’ Onchain Settlement Tech
Blockchain payments provider Tassat Group has received a U.S. patent for its onchain “yield-in-transit” (YIT) technology, which enables interest to accrue continuously through the moment ownership changes during settlement, the company said in a press release Tuesday. The New York-based firm said the patented approach covers intraday accrual and distribution of on-chain interest in high-velocity, …
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Ethereum’s Co-Founder Proposes Idea For Onchain Gas Futures
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has floated the idea for an onchain futures market for gas, which could give users certainty over transaction fees as the network becomes more widely adopted. In a post on X on Saturday, Buterin argued that the market needs a “good trustless onchain gas futures market,” as people have been questioning …
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WisdomTree Launches Tokenized Options-Income Fund EPXC Onchain
Global asset manager WisdomTree has launched a new digital asset fund that brings a traditional options strategy onchain, a development that underscores the growing convergence between legacy asset management and blockchain-based financial infrastructure. The WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Digital Fund, trading under the token ticker EPXC and the fund ticker WTPIX, is designed to track …
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