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Chainlink and Validation Cloud Collaborate to Power Institutional DeFi With Cross-Chain Interoperability and AI

Validation Cloud Team — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:59:59 GMT

Somnia selects Validation Cloud for Mainnet Launch

Validation Cloud Team — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:21:21 GMT

The Future of AI, Blockchain, and Regulation with Morgan McKenney

Validation Cloud Team — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:19:28 GMT

Alex Nwaka sits down with Morgan McKenney, former CEO of Provenance Blockchain Foundation, longtime Citi executive, and tech-led global operator, to discuss the convergence of blockchain and AI and what it means for the future of finance, blockchain infrastructure, and innovation. Morgan also announces her new role as advisor to Validation Cloud, bringing decades of leadership in finance, blockchain, and AI to help power the future of Web3 infrastructure.

Morgan is a global C-suite leader with deep expertise applying emerging technologies, including blockchain and AI, to reshape industries. She is currently a Limited Partner Advisor for Nyca, an early-stage fintech venture capital fund, and is focused next on enabling stablecoin ubiquity as the next form factor of digital money, and applying AI to solve challenging problems we could not solve well before. Morgan was previously CEO of Provenance Blockchain Foundation, focused on collaboratively transforming regulated finance. Prior to Provenance Blockchain Foundation, she spent nearly twenty years at Citi in a range of senior operating roles globally, including Chief Operating Officer for Global Consumer Banking for Jane Fraser, and leading large innovative enterprise payments products globally in Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, partnering with banks, corporates, digital natives and governments to help them operate their business and enable real-time commerce.

Validation Cloud Now Supports Mezo Mainnet

Validation Cloud Team — Wed, 28 May 2025 17:04:08 GMT

We’re excited to announce that Validation Cloud now supports Mezo Mainnet as a genesis validator and RPC provider, bringing our high-performance blockchain infrastructure to the Mezo ecosystem. As a leading provider of institutional-grade Web3 infrastructure, Validation Cloud enables developers and enterprises to seamlessly connect to Mezo with industry-leading reliability, performance, and security.

Crypto is Macro Now: Bitcoin, Stablecoins, and Global Shifts with Noelle Acheson

Validation Cloud Team — Thu, 22 May 2025 13:23:04 GMT

Alex Nwaka sits down with Noelle Acheson, crypto-macro analyst and author of Crypto is Macro Now, for a conversation on the intersection of crypto and macroeconomics. With a career spanning traditional finance, entrepreneurship, and research leadership at CoinDesk and Genesis Trading, Noelle shares her expertise on the crypto-macro environment. Together, they explore institutional adoption, the role of stablecoins, Bitcoin’s place in a fractured global system, and how crypto is shaping macro trends.

Noelle Acheson is the author of Crypto is Macro Now, a leading newsletter on crypto and macro trends. Noelle was previously Head of Research at CoinDesk and Genesis Trading, and began her career in corporate finance and fund management before launching one of Spain’s early e-commerce startups. Today, Noelle is widely regarded as one of the most insightful voices bridging macro and crypto.

How to Start Building on ICP

Validation Cloud Team — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:14:51 GMT

What is ICP?

The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) is a public blockchain network that enables the development of Web3 applications and services 100% on-chain. Even internetcomputer.org is hosted and served by the ICP blockchain!

DTCC: Tokenization, Institutional DeFi, and AI with Dan Doney

Validation Cloud Team — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:43:17 GMT

Alex Nwaka sits with Dan Doney, Managing Director and CTO at DTCC Digital Assets, for an in-depth conversation. With a career spanning the U.S. Navy, the Defense Intelligence Agency, founding the pioneering blockchain company Securrency, and now driving innovation at DTCC, Dan brings a uniquely far-reaching perspective to the future of digital finance. Alex and Dan dive into DTCC’s critical role in modern capital markets, why blockchain is both an opportunity and a necessity for institutional finance, and how global financial systems are converging towards tokenization and institutional DeFi. From commanding nuclear submarines to architecting the next era of market infrastructure, Dan is a one-of-a-kind expert in the blockchain space.

Dan Doney is the Managing Director and CTO of DTCC Digital Assets, the firm’s institutional-grade, digital asset infrastructure and products. Prior to DTCC, Dan founded Securrency and served as the first Chief Innovation Officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency. A former U.S. Navy nuclear submarine officer, Dan brings decades of experience at the intersection of blockchain, security, and financial infrastructure.

SSV API Now Live on Validation Cloud’s Platform: Stake Ethereum via Distributed Validators

Validation Cloud Team — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:01:29 GMT

Validation Cloud is proud to partner with SSV to integrate Distributed Validators (DVs) into Validation Cloud’s staking platform. SSV is a Distributed Validator Network that makes staking Ethereum more resilient and fault-tolerant by distributing validator duties to trusted node operators.

Data x AI: The $100K Mavrik-1 Rewards Program

Validation Cloud Team — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:05:00 GMT

Today, Validation Cloud is launching the Mavrik-1 Rewards Program—a $100,000 credit pool reserved for a limited cohort of users selected from our waitlist. Early participants will get exclusive access to Mavrik-1 with the opportunity to provide feedback, influence development, and earn rewards along the way.

If you’re ready to explore the future of Web3 intelligence, join the waitlist here.

Introducing Mavrik: Revolutionizing Web3 with Data x AI

Validation Cloud Team — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:00:00 GMT

The Web3 x AI Moment

Many believe Web3 has a user experience problem, but the real issue is seamless access to data.

The information is all there, yet buried beneath layers of technical abstraction, fragmented infrastructure, and protocol-specific complexity. What’s missing isn’t design. It’s intelligence—contextual, real-time, and intuitive—the kind that makes interacting with Web3 feel as natural as using the internet.