What’s going on? Chainlink, originally built to feed smart contracts with real world data, is making major inroads into institutional finance. Recent announcements show the network’s infrastructure being used in real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation, cross chain interoperability, and regulatory-compliant on chain workflows. For example, Chainlink’s Runtime Environment (CRE) launched recently enables cross chain settlement between public and private blockchains in collaboration

How the Layer 1 builder is shifting from speculative altcoin to infrastructure contender What’s going on Avalanche has recently emerged from relative anonymity to a blockchain platform attracting real-world asset (RWA)  tokenisation and institutional participation. The ecosystem’s Q3 2025 report showed broad growth in partnerships, sub chain deployment and capital rotation toward the network. A high-profile example: institutional vehicle AVAX One (backed by Anthony Scaramucc

Solana isn’t just another crypto token it’s becoming a core player in the growing intersection of institutional finance and blockchain infrastructure. Recent developments show the network making serious strides in adoption, usage, and credibility. What’s driving the movement? Institutional interest is rising Big firms and asset managers are increasingly showing up in the Solana ecosystem not just as speculative buyers, but as long term participants with infrastructure and tre

The upgrade path: Pectra and beyond In 2025, Ethereum’s roadmap has focused on throughput, efficiency and user experience  rather than radical structural changes. The Prague/Electra (“Pectra”) upgrade  is designed to optimize the network’s performance, not rewrite the entire system, but that’s exactly what institutional users care about: lower costs, smoother UX, and predictable behavior. Other commentary in the market also references additional 2025 hard forks aimed at scali