Key Takeaways What happened: IOTA’s Expert Advisory Board met at Aston University to discuss how collaboration with TWIN can support UK businesses and real-world trade digitalization. Why it matters: The update reinforces IOTA’s push to make TWIN a serious piece of digital trade infrastructure, not just a blockchain pilot. Bull case: This kind of expert…
Key Takeaways What happened: HelloOrobo introduced an IOTA-based Digital Product Passport for an EV battery journey from China to the Netherlands. Why it matters: The launch taps into the EU’s upcoming battery passport compliance regime, which becomes mandatory for covered batteries from February 18, 2027. Bull case: Battery passports could become a meaningful enterprise blockchain…
Key Takeaways What happened: VeriPura submitted an IOTA-powered food compliance project to the MasterZ × IOTA Hackathon. Why it matters: It targets a real enterprise pain point: trade documentation errors and audit friction in food imports. Bull case: If it works, VeriPura could become a practical B2B blockchain use case in compliance and supply chain…
A review of the rich list for IOTA shows a clear pattern: a small number of wallets control a large share of the total supply. On its own, this suggests a high level of concentration. However, interpreting these figures requires a deeper understanding of IOTA’s fixed supply model, early distribution, and wallet structure. This article…
As the cryptocurrency market matures, investors are increasingly shifting from speculative trading toward sustainable, yield-generating strategies. Within this landscape, IOTA has re-emerged as a compelling, if still underappreciated, option for passive income. Following a series of protocol upgrades, IOTA now supports staking, smart contract functionality, and early-stage decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. These developments have expanded…
Once positioned as a revolutionary protocol designed to power the machine economy, IOTA now finds itself at a critical inflection point in 2026—caught between technological reinvention and lingering skepticism. As April unfolds, investors are watching closely. Not because IOTA has suddenly reclaimed the spotlight, but because the conditions now surrounding it—macro recovery, protocol upgrades, and…
The Netherlands has officially recognized electronic bills of lading (eBLs), a move that marks a significant milestone in digital trade and aligns closely with the work of IOTA and its TWIN Global initiative. eBLs, which replace traditional paper trade goods receipts, are now legally valid in one of Europe’s busiest ports, streamlining international logistics and…
IOTA appears to be entering a more disciplined phase of treasury strategy, one that reflects a broader maturation taking place across serious blockchain ecosystems. Rather than relying on direct token sales into the open market to fund operations, the IOTA Foundation is increasingly being viewed through the lens of treasury optimization, liquidity engineering, and long-term…
IOTA has entered 2026 with a much clearer strategic direction, and its latest quarterly update shows the project is now fully centered on one primary objective: making TWIN the leading digital infrastructure for global trade. In its Q1 2026 progress report, IOTA said it has aligned its internal resources around operationalizing trade-related blockchain infrastructure, with…
IOTA says 0.5 tons of tantalum have been tokenized and verified on its mainnet, a small but concrete example of how blockchain infrastructure is beginning to move beyond theory and into real trade finance workflows. The asset was highlighted through Salus, a platform building on IOTA for the financing and digitization of critical mineral trade….
