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8 May 2026, 16:21
NEO is available for trading!
We’re thrilled to announce that NEO is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading NEO trading is live as of May 8, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Trade NEO on Kraken Here’s some more information about this asset : Neo (NEO) Neo (NEO) is an open-source, community-driven blockchain platform built around a dual token model that separates governance from network utility. NEO is the governance token: holders vote for the Neo Committee, which maintains the liveliness of the network and adjusts critical blockchain parameters. NEO holders receive passive distribution of GAS with no staking required, and rewards are increased for participation in governance. GAS is the network utility token, used to pay network fees and smart contract deployments. Please note: Trading via Kraken App and Instant Buy will be available once the liquidity conditions are met (when a sufficient number of buyers and sellers have entered the market for their orders to be efficiently matched). Geographic restrictions may apply Get started with Kraken Will Kraken make more assets available? Yes! But our policy is to never reveal any details until shortly before launch – including which assets we are considering. All of Kraken’s available tokens can be found here , and all future tokens will be announced on our Listings Roadmap and social media profiles . Our client engagement specialists cannot answer any questions about which assets we may be making available in the future. The post NEO is available for trading! appeared first on Kraken Blog .
8 May 2026, 15:44
The XRP Ledger and RLUSD Could Finally End SWIFT’s Biggest Weakness
Why XRP Ledger and RLUSD Are Quietly Solving the Global Payments Problem SWIFT Never Fixed For decades, global money transfers ran on a system few people questioned, until they actually needed to move money abroad. Users usually send funds internationally, get hit with steep fees, and then wait days for the payment to clear. Sometimes it’s delayed without warning. Sometimes it’s frozen for compliance checks while your money vanishes through a maze of intermediary banks. This system is SWIFT, the aging financial network still powering most cross-border payments today. Launched in 1973, SWIFT became the foundation of global banking, but it was built for an era long before instant payments existed. The network doesn’t actually move money, it simply sends payment instructions between banks. The funds themselves still travel through a chain of correspondent institutions, with every intermediary adding extra fees, delays, and friction. A single cross-border payment can pass through several banks before reaching its destination. Each stop increases costs, slows settlement, and creates another potential point of failure. For businesses handling international transactions and families relying on remittances, those inefficiencies can quickly become expensive. According to research by RippleXity, the XRP Ledger and RLUSD are rapidly emerging as one of the first real-world alternatives built to solve the inefficiencies that have slowed cross-border payments for decades. More notably, the advantage comes down to speed, cost, and settlement. How XRP Ledger and RLUSD Are Rewriting the Rules of Global Payments Transactions on the XRP Ledger settle in as little as three to five seconds, with fees often costing less than a fraction of a cent. The network operates 24/7, including weekends and holidays, while every payment is recorded transparently on-chain in real time.This fundamentally changes how money moves across borders. Instead of paying $40 in bank fees and waiting several business days for an international transfer to clear, users can send value globally almost instantly at near-zero cost. Nevertheless, the real game-changer is RLUSD since there is more than meets the eye. For years, crypto payments struggled with one major problem: volatility. Businesses may want instant global transfers, but they cannot risk losing value while a transaction settles. RLUSD solves that by introducing a regulated U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin on the XRP Ledger. Backed 1:1 by cash reserves and U.S. Treasuries, RLUSD allows users to move digital dollars across borders in seconds while avoiding the price swings associated with traditional cryptocurrencies. The impact is massive because a business in Dubai can pay a supplier in the Philippines almost instantly instead of waiting days for banks to process the transfer. Overseas workers can send money home without sacrificing a large portion of their income to remittance fees. For multinational corporations, it also unlocks faster liquidity and reduces billions tied up in outdated settlement systems. Why XRP Ledger and RLUSD Are the Icing on the Cake Combined with the speed and near-zero transaction costs of the XRP Ledger, RLUSD is positioning blockchain not as a speculative tool, but as a practical replacement for slow and expensive cross-border banking infrastructure. According to RippleXity’s research, RLUSD is not designed to replace XRP. Instead, it enhances the XRP Ledger by making blockchain payments far more practical for banks, businesses, and mainstream financial institutions. This momentum is already becoming visible across the ecosystem. RLUSD recently expanded through Wanchain bridge support connecting XRPL, Ethereum, and Cardano, while its market capitalization climbed to nearly $1.5 billion. Furthermore, the XRP Ledger achieved a major milestone with its first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of tokenized U.S. Treasuries through a collaboration involving Ripple, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Kinexys, Ondo Finance, and Mastercard. SWIFT still processes trillions of dollars every year and remains deeply embedded in global banking. But the contrast between decades-old payment infrastructure and real-time blockchain settlement is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Therefore, the XRP Ledger is not attempting to dismantle the financial system overnight. Instead, it is steadily modernizing global payments by reducing costs, accelerating settlement times, and improving efficiency across international transaction corridors.
8 May 2026, 15:26
CoW DAO approves voluntary refunds despite no protocol breach in domain hijack
CoW DAO has approved reimbursements for victims of the cow.fi domain hijack, even though the protocol itself never suffered a smart contract breach.
8 May 2026, 15:05
Polygon faces major blow as Polymarket migration odds climb
Polymarket will cease operating its leading prediction market on the Polygon network before 2026 ends, according to traders placing bets on Predict.fun, who have placed the odds that the tandem sticking together past this year at just 26%. Bettors on the same market put the odds of a Polymarket migrating to its own chain at 67%, climbing from 55% earlier this month. The curtains are about to drop on the days of Polygon hosting 100% of all of Polymarket’s activity based on recent betting action on the YZi Labs-backed prediction platform Predict.fun. Those odds pour fuel to the fire of earlier Cryptopolitan reports that have pointed out possibilities of Polygon losing its leading source of network activity and revenue generation. Polymarket accounted for over $860,000 of the $1.18 million fees that Polygon generated over the last 24 hours. The next closest, Courtyard, logged $181,731 over the same period. Polymarket accounts for an unhealthy chunk of Polygon fees. Source: DeFiLlama. As Cryptopolitan reported , Polygon has also started to build for a future that does not disproportionately rely on Polymarket activity, with plans to raise $100 million to advance its payment business plans. Polymarket has also already teased adopting a “new collateral token” – Polymarket USD. Will Polymarket leave Polygon in 2026? According to Predict.fun bettors , there’s a cumulative 82% chance that Polymarket will migrate from Polygon and name a new primary chain before the end of 2026. The market has already attracted more than $1.7 million in volume since it opened on April 27, with more bettors expected to jump in on the action before it settles at 12 AM, January 1, 2027. Odds on Polymarket leaving Polygon are climbing. Source: Predict.fun. Only 26% of bettors think Polymarket will still be on the Polygon network by New Year’s Day of 2027. The January 1 date is the final cutoff for the market to settle, after which the Polygon-backing contingent will see their $1 stake pay out $3.67. According to Predict.fun, Polymarket’s migration in this instance only becomes formal if the platform or its founder Shane Coplan announces the move on their X (formerly Twitter) profiles or in an official press release. The other condition is that users must have completed “at least one non-test trade from the main Polymarket product” on a new primary blockchain that’s not Polygon. How much are Polymarket bets paying? To avoid a repeat of the Kalshi incident when it had to refund traders after its regime change market was technically settled with the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes, Predict.fun proactively defined the terms for what constitutes different blockchain migration scenarios. A new Polymarket chain is a “ blockchain, rollup, appchain, L2, L3, or similar execution environment “ that is not currently operational or publicly scheduled for future release as of the initiation of this market. If the Polymarket migration comes in the form of a multi-chain expansion, then the market resolution will depend on which network Polymarket names as the primary chain. The network with the highest level of activity automatically becomes the primary chain if Polymarket does not officially name one. If Polymarket goes to an L2, L3, rollup, subchain or appchain that is not currently listed among Predict.fun’s options, the market will settle to the parent chain if its listed. For example, if Polymarket migrates to opBNB (Optimistic Rollup) or zkBNB (Zero-Knowledge Rollup), stakers who placed a $1 bet on BNB Chain will cash out $196 because that’s the parent chain in this case. And finally, if the parent chain is not listed anyhow, traders who took the “other blockchain” position win, cashing out $69.99 on every dollar bet. Are prediction markets accurate? Prediction markets first shot to prominence after Polymarket correctly tipped President Trump to win the 2024 US presidential election after traditional polls and news networks confidently predicted Trump would not return to serve as the 47th president after his first stint as number 45. Since then, people have turned to these venues to check the temperature on real-world events and test opinions against real stakes, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. So, until Polymarket makes a formal announcement, prediction markets are the next best tools for gauging the likelihood of where Polymarket will host its platform in 2027. The smartest crypto minds already read our newsletter. Want in? Join them .
8 May 2026, 14:46
Kelp DAO exploit prompts DeFi protocols to rethink oracle providers
Solv Protocol and other DeFi projects are migrating to Chainlink infrastructure after the $293 million exploit exposed risks in third-party bridge and oracle setups.
8 May 2026, 14:24
Bitcoin And Ethereum At Risk As Quantum ‘Q-Day’ Timeline Moves Closer
The quantum threat to Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto assets is growing more pronounced amid repeated warnings from blockchain security firms.
