
Why Hedera bought its own consensus algorithm
Dr. Leemon Baird (@LeemonBaird) is the inventor of the hashgraph distributed consensus algorithm and co-founder of @hedera. He held a position as Professor of Computer Science at the US Air F
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Dr. Leemon Baird (@LeemonBaird) is the inventor of the hashgraph distributed consensus algorithm and co-founder of @hedera. He held a position as Professor of Computer Science at the US Air F

The frog-themed Solana token $FWOG (@itsafwog) is bucking a broad memecoin sell-off, posting a 22% gain in the past 24 hours and a 58% surge over the past week, even as the wider market faces

The Audit: How Much Bitcoin Is Linked to Satoshi? Every time an old Bitcoin wallet stirs, the same question resurfaces: has Satoshi Nakamoto finally returned? The latest round of on-chain res

Xaman, the self-custodial wallet built by XRPL Labs for the XRP Ledger and Xahau networks, has grown quickly enough to create a real infrastructure problem. The wallet, formerly known as Xumm

Injective has brought $INJ to Backpack Wallet on Solana, giving users the ability to hold, send, receive, and swap the token directly through the wallet. The move is part of a broader push by

Trump Adds Strategy Shares to Growing Crypto-Linked Portfolio US President Donald Trump has disclosed two separate purchases of Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) shares in his latest financial filing w

Witt Blames Democrats for Politicising Negotiations White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt stepped up his defence of President Trump's cryptocurrency ties this week, days after the Senate fa

Polygon has added stablecoin subscription billing to its Open Money Stack (OMS) platform, giving businesses a way to collect scheduled payments from customers without requiring a fresh approv

Zcash co-founder @EliBenSasson has set an ambitious target: $ZEC at $5,000 before the end of 2026. The call comes as the privacy-focused cryptocurrency trades around $1,500, having staged one

EU Watchdogs Put Quantum Risk on the Radar Europe's three top financial supervisors have placed quantum computing firmly on their risk agenda, warning that advances in the technology could ev