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Rotki founder and Ethereum developer Lefteris Karapetsas has opposed a new proposal that would fund Ethereum ecosystem work through validator rewards. Summary Lefteris said the validator fund
StakeStone has had a turbulent few months, and the chart tells the story bluntly. STO hit an all-time high of $1.75 on April 2, 2026, before collapsing roughly 97% to trade around $0.05 at th
Ethereum researchers have proposed “validator redirected revenue” as a new mechanism to fund ecosystem development and public goods. Validators could redirect between 0% and 10% of staking re
The second quarter of 2026 has already become the most-hacked quarter on record by incident count, with 83 exploits targeting cryptocurrency protocols, according to analysis by market insight
Mostly, yes, with one important gap. Algorand (@Algorand) has more live post-quantum cryptography running on its mainnet than any other major Layer-1, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
Ecosystem validator and XRP Ledger Foundation community director @Vet_X0 has drawn attention to five coordinated infrastructure upgrades taking shape on the $XRP Ledger, framing them collecti
Binance (@binance) bStocks are tokenized securities that track select US stocks on the blockchain. Each one is a BEP-20 token issued by BTech Holdings Limited, a Binance group affiliate, and
@ethena is showing a stark disconnect between surging network usage and a token that refuses to respond. According to @SantimentData, on June 19, Santiment reported 5,057 daily active ENA add
@Ripple's $XRP Ledger is facing a stark contradiction. Its stablecoin supply has exploded to nearly $800M, yet the amount of capital actually put to work inside the network's decentralized fi
Community Staking as a Discovery Engine @PiCoreTeam has rolled out a redesigned Ecosystem Directory Staking feature, giving developers a new way to reach Pi Network's community of more than 6
XRPL Commons, an organisation focused on nurturing a strong and vibrant XRPL ecosystem, has launched "Make Waves on XRPL," a 90-day competition offering 50,000 $XRP to developers who ship liv
Shibarium is a Layer 2 (L2) blockchain built on top of Ethereum that processes transactions off-chain in batches before settling them on the Ethereum mainnet. Launched on August 16, 2023, it
