Ondo Finance launched Wednesday its tokenized equity platform dubbed Ondo Global Markets, offering non-U.S. investors access to more than 100 U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on-chain. The tokenized equities, first announced in February, has gone live on Ethereum and are backed by securities held at U.S.-registered broker-dealers, the firm said. The offering includes crypto … Read more
Crypto exchange Gemini, founded by billionaire twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, told CoinDesk it has teamed up with Ripple to roll out an XRP edition of its credit card in collaboration with Ripple, offering users crypto rewards across spending categories. The card, issued with WebBank similarly to other Gemini cashback cards, allow holders to earn … Read more
Thailand introduced its Tourist Wallet for foreign-currency-to-baht QR payments, but the crypto conversion feature is suspended pending a regulatory review through mid-August. The Bank of Thailand said the Tourist Wallet is meant to solve a practical problem: Cross-border QR links are only live with eight partner countries including Singapore, Malaysia and, soon, China via UnionPay. … Read more
Apple’s iOS Developer Beta 5 update was rolled out to eligible iPhone models on Tuesday. Currently available to developers and beta testers, it contains subtle changes over the previous iteration that was introduced last month. The Dynamic Island now displays a warning when the iPhone battery is running low on iOS 26. Meanwhile, Apple has … Read more
Apple has rolled out a revised version of iOS 26 beta 4 for developers, which comes with a different build number. However, it seems to be a very minor update that could include some bug fixes. A beta release tracker also spotted that the latest developer version of beta 4 updates the build number to … Read more
Earlier this month, Google announced the Android Canary release channel which replaced the existing Android Developer Previews. It is now rolling out only the second update in the release channel, dubbed Android Canary 2507. As per the tech giant, it is specifically meant for developers who want to test the new Android APIs. The latest … Read more
iOS 17.6 Developer Beta 2 update was rolled out by Apple to developers and beta testers on Monday. It builds upon the first developer beta which was rolled out last week, alongside the iOS 18 Developer Beta 2. While it does not offer many new features, the update is said to improve overall performance and enhance … Read more
ChatGPT for macOS was released for last week by OpenAI. Days after the app was launched, a developer has claimed that the app had a security flaw that would make it easier for a bad actor with access to the device to steal information related to user’s queries and the chatbot’s responses, as the ChatGPT … Read more
Spotify, the music and podcast streaming service, is rolling out a redesigned user interface for MacBook and PC users globally. The company made the announcement via its blog post on Tuesday. The app has brought a few additions including redesigned Your Library and Now Playing views to align the desktop experience with the mobile app. … Read more
iOS 16.5.1 is rolling out to users of supported iPhone models, bringing important fixes for zero-day security flaws that could allow an attacker to infect and install spyware on an iPhone via iMessage, according to details shared by a security firm. The latest update also resolves a bug introduced with the previous update that prevented … Read more