HONG KONG — CoinDesk concluded Consensus Hong Kong on Thursday with north of 11,000 attendees visiting booths and stages. While Day 1 focused on institutional projects and professional investor audiences, Day 2 concentrated on developers. Representatives of the Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana communities all spoke about the challenge of scaling their networks and the tools […]
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The Espresso network has officially transitioned to a permissionless proof-of-stake blockchain with the launch of its ESP token, opening up participation in securing the network and distributing a community airdrop representing 10% of the total supply. The transition coincides with the rollout of the ESP token, which is used for staking, securing the network and
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As the curtain falls on Consensus Hong Kong 2026, the focus has shifted from corporate boardrooms to the show floor. While institutional chatter dominated the main stages, nearly 1,000 developers spent the week in the trenches of the EasyA x Consensus Hackathon, signaling a definitive turning point in the industry: “The Year of the Application
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Solana wants to position itself as the execution layer for “internet capital markets” in Asia, or places where users can issue, trade, borrow, lend and settle assets online, 24/7, without having to use a traditional stock exchange, bank or clearing house. At least that was the position’s participants and panelists at Solana’s Accelerate APAC event
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DePin, a company that has 3.5 million users and is currently traveling to a Series A, won this year’s PitchFest at Consensus Hong Kong. Hong Kong-based zkME Technology won the $20,000 prize after a grueling two-day event where competitors pitched their solutions as key to various problems in the crypto sector. “If DeFi really wants
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Binance did not cause the Oct. 10 crypto market liquidation event, but every exchange — centralized or decentralized — saw massive liquidations that day after China imposed rare earth controls and the U.S. announced new tariffs, Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng said. About 75% of the liquidations took place around 9:00 p.m. ET, along with two
OKX Ventures, the venture capital arm of the global cryptocurrency exchange, has made a strategic investment in STBL, a next-generation stablecoin and yield infrastructure provider. STBL, co-founded by Tether co-founder Reeve Collins and tokenization pioneer Avtar Sehra, also announced a partnership with Hamilton Lane (HLNE), an alternative investment management firm, and Securitize, a regulated digital
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WLFI$0.1063the Trump family-linked crypto project, will soon launch a currency platform called World Swap, its co-founder Zak Folkman said on stage at Consensus Hong Kong. The forex teaser adds to a growing list of products revolving around the project’s USD1 stablecoin as the project positions itself as a full-stack financial ecosystem, with further announcements expected
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Input Output CEO and founder Charles Hoskinson announced a deal to have LayerZero ported to the Cardano blockchain during a keynote address at Consensus Hong Kong on Thursday. LayerZero, a blockchain aimed at powering institutional markets, received investment from Citadel Securities on Wednesday. The announcement comes alongside the rollout of Midnight’s mainnet, which was also
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Britain is positioning itself to become the first G7 nation to issue sovereign debt on the blockchain, appointing banking giant HSBC and law firm Ashurst to manage a digital gilt trial expected this year, according to the Financial Times. The Treasury’s selection of the two firms aims to quell growing criticism that Britain has dragged
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