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Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson hinted at a possible collaboration with Ripple during his recent AMA session.

At the end of September, Ripple got a major update related to its Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin. The blockchain payments company minted 800,000 RLUSD, or 99% of the total supply in 24 hours, according to an X post by XRP Ledger validator Vet.

Over the past few days, decentralized exchange ShapeShift has climbed to the top spot in terms of daily trading volume facilitated by THORChain technology. ShapeShift's average transaction size reaches $123,697, significantly outpacing its competitors (DefiSpot, TS Ledger, THORSwap) by nearly double.

Fintech company Imperium Markets has called on the Australian government to accelerate the tokenization of debt instruments to stay competitive in today’s market. The company has long been working with the government on a pilot project employing distributed ledger technology for tokenization.

A developer, known by the pseudonym REKTBuildr, investigated the Ledger Live software, revealing that the app tracks its users and gathers data about them.

In his open letter, Pascal Gauthier reassured users that the hack of Ledger’s Javascript connector library was an ‘isolated incident.’

Securitize, a digital asset trading platform, has started tokenizing equity in Spanish real estate investment trust, Mancipi Partners. The tokens will trade on the Avalanche blockchain from September. This marks the first tokenized equity issuance under the European Union’s pilot scheme for distributed ledger technology, supervised by the European Securities Market Authority. Securitize will also undergo a six-month supervision period by Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). Securitize's CEO, Carlos Domingo, believes the move will significantly benefit European businesses, providing new avenues for capital raises and potential tax benefits.

The Riksbank has published a report detailing the fourth phase of testing for the e-Krona. Throughout the pilot phase, which spanned from 2020 to 2023, the bank tested the e-Krona's fundamental use cases as a retail currency accessible to the general public. This iteration of the e-Krona was developed on the Corda distributed ledger platform by R3, with the central bank serving as a notary node responsible for verifying and finalizing transactions.

Developer REKTBuildr, who detected user tracking by the Ledger Live software, shared his exchange with the company regarding this matter. He spoke highly of the response from the Ledger development team and the technical depth of their conversation.

Ledger, the manufacturer of hardware cryptocurrency wallets, has announced its plan to return stolen crypto assets valued at approximately $600,000. These assets were unlawfully appropriated through an exploit of the Ledger Connect Kit.

Germany's third-largest bank, DZ Bank AG, has unveiled a digital assets custody platform built on distributed ledger technology (DLT).