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First came Bitcoin, then came the blockchain; all about the myriad applications of blockchain technology and how decentralization is changing the world.

Building a Successful Crypto Exchange: 8 Critical Steps Most Projects Skip
Launching a cryptocurrency exchange has never been easier and yet never been harder. White-label solutions, open source trading engines and cloud infrastructures have lowered the barriers of entry considerably. Nevertheless, market data suggests that a disproportionate number of crypto exchange projects fail within their first two years. These failures are not caused by technical challenges. They are due to overlooked calculated issues that are only visible when practical, regulatory, and unpredictable factors like market volatility and user demand come together.
By john25 minutes ago in The Chain
Real Cost vs ROI of Enterprise Blockchain Projects in Saudi Arabia: What Businesses Are Really Gaining in 2026
Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation is accelerating at record pace. Under Vision 2030, government-backed technology spending crossed $25 billion annually, with blockchain adoption playing a growing role in logistics, finance, energy, healthcare, and real estate.
By Nia Higginsabout 5 hours ago in The Chain
MiCA and Stablecoins in 2026: How Europe Is Redefining Peg Stability and Reserves
In 2026, MiCA and Stablecoins remain at the forefront of financial regulatory evolution. The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) has fundamentally reshaped how electronic money tokens (EMTs) and stable value instruments operate within the Single Market. With mounting institutional adoption and escalating macroeconomic pressures, MiCA’s explicit norms on reserve composition, collateral buffers, and peg reliability are critical for market integrity. This analysis explores MiCA’s architecture, the mechanics governing reserve adequacy, and the implications for innovation and compliance in the European digital asset ecosystem.
By Siddarth Dabout 5 hours ago in The Chain
What It Really Takes to Build and License a Crypto Exchange Platform in the UK in 2026?
Launching a cryptocurrency exchange in the UK in 2026 is no longer a speculative experiment—it is a regulated, high-trust financial venture. Compared to just a few years ago, compliance expectations have intensified, technical standards are higher, and competition is sharper.
By Nia Higginsabout 6 hours ago in The Chain
How Does Tokenizing Gold Assets on Blockchain Impact Traditional Methods of Preserving Wealth?
Throughout history, gold has occupied a special place in the collective economic imagination. Civilizations have minted gold coins, hoarded bullion in vaults, and structured monetary systems around its weight and luster. Even today, when complex financial instruments and digital currencies proliferate, gold remains a symbol of stability — a hedge against inflation, a store of value in times of crisis, and a trusted anchor asset for central banks and investors alike. Yet as the world undergoes a profound digital transformation, the very nature of how we hold and transfer wealth is changing. At the intersection of traditional finance and cutting-edge technology lies tokenization, the process of converting real-world assets into digital tokens on a blockchain. When applied to gold, tokenization promises to reshape how investors access this age-old store of value.
By Gabrielleabout 6 hours ago in The Chain
The Growing Role of White-Label Crypto Exchanges in Digital Asset Trading
Over the past decade, the exchange of digital assets has evolved from a peer-to-peer exchange of Bitcoin between early adopters of the technology to a global market for trading thousands of cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, derivatives and decentralized financial instruments. This evolution has changed the nature of the technical, regulatory, and operational requirements of trading venues. Launching and maintaining a new exchange today requires institutional-grade security, compliance capabilities, deep liquidity, support for high availability and transactional throughput, as well as experiences optimized for the individual user and their device and region.
By johnabout 24 hours ago in The Chain
Bitcoin Drops to $78,000 as Strategy-Fueled Rally Runs Out of Buyers, Traders Say. AI-Generated.
Profit-Taking and Market Fatigue Trigger Sharp Pullback Bitcoin slid to around $78,000, retreating from recent highs as traders said a strategy-driven rally lost momentum and ran out of new buyers. The decline marks one of the most notable pullbacks in recent weeks, underscoring how quickly sentiment can shift in the volatile cryptocurrency market.
By Asad Ali4 days ago in The Chain
Are Perpetual DEXs Reducing Systemic Risk Across DeFi?
Systemic risk has always been one of the biggest threats faced by the DeFi ecosystem. From cascading liquidations and oracle failures to undisclosed centralization choke points, the rapid growth of DeFi has repeatedly exposed protocol design weaknesses. Building on top of these primitives, Perpetual DEXs are some of the most advanced within DeFi, enabling leveraged futures trading without intermediaries. More broadly, they are no longer simply seen as trading venues, but risk management infrastructure that other DeFi primitives are built on.
By john5 days ago in The Chain
Is White Label Crypto Exchange the Go-To Strategy for New Crypto Ventures?
The crypto project creation process today differs from the past. The early days of crypto are viewed as experimental and frantic in their innovation. The crypto 2.0 era is a mature market, where execution, regulatory knowledge and operational reliability are the key measures. Today's new crypto companies need to build products that balance speed, security, compliance and scale in a world with increasing regulation and savvy users.
By john6 days ago in The Chain
Understanding the CLARITY Act on Stablecoin: A Regulatory Turning Point
The rapid adoption of digital currencies has redefined global financial infrastructure, with stablecoins emerging as a key bridge between traditional finance and blockchain-based ecosystems. Within this context, the CLARITY Act on stablecoin has gained significant traction among policymakers, regulators, and industry stakeholders. This legislative initiative represents a watershed moment in the effort to impose a coherent regulatory framework on stablecoins — digital assets engineered to maintain price stability relative to a reference asset such as a sovereign currency.
By Siddarth D6 days ago in The Chain
Decentralized Stablecoin and the Quiet Reinvention of Digital Money
For years, the promise of cryptocurrency has been financial freedom—borderless, permissionless, and independent of centralized institutions. Yet volatility has remained the biggest barrier to real-world adoption. It is difficult to treat an asset as money when its value fluctuates dramatically within hours. This is where the decentralized stablecoin enters the conversation, not as a loud disruptor, but as a quiet reinvention of how digital money can function.
By Siddarth D6 days ago in The Chain
Why P2P Trading Is Becoming a Gateway to Crypto Adoption
As with other technological adoption cycles, the same patterns hold: early adopters care about the cool new stuff, centralized exchanges serve new users, the ecosystem matures with regulation, and a new entry point for cryptocurrency adoption has emerged: peer-to-peer (P2P) trading. Unlike regular exchanges that act as intermediaries, P2P exchanges ease trade directly between users, redefining access, trust, and financial inclusion in the crypto economy.
By john7 days ago in The Chain