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A different approach to sharding Most blockchains that support sharding fix the number of shards in advance. The Open Network (@ton_blockchain) takes a different path. TON dynamically splits
How Overledger Routes Your Request Every API call made through @quantnetwork's Overledger passes through a Connector, one per blockchain family. That Connector checks node health and routes t
How Stellar Path Payments Work A path payment on @StellarOrg lets a sender dispatch one asset and have an entirely different asset arrive at the destination, all within a single on-chain oper
Bitcoin has historically sat idle in wallets, earning nothing. @Coredao_Org is trying to change that. Through its self-custodial staking mechanism, $BTC holders can put their coins to work on
Council members hold all the votes On most crypto networks, holding the native token comes with a say in how the protocol evolves. Hedera does not work that way. The Governing Council is resp
@circle has activated Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V2 (CCTP V2) on Aptos, upgrading the burn-and-mint standard that moves native $USDC between blockchains. The deployment, confirmed on Wedne
The Algorand Foundation has publicly launched AC2 (Agentic Communication and Control Protocol), an open-source, blockchain-agnostic standard for secure peer-to-peer communication between user
One Key, Any Response On most blockchains, confirming that a response is genuine requires running a light client: software that continuously tracks the chain's block headers to validate state
SharpLink reported 586 ETH in weekly staking rewards as its Ethereum treasury pushed toward 890,000 ETH, underscoring the scale of the company's staking-driven ETH strategy. TLDR KEYPOINTS Sh
BitcoinWorld Bitwise Market-Neutral Crypto Fund Yields 5.9% as Futures Premiums Expand Bitwise’s market-neutral crypto fund, the USCC, has posted a 5.9% annualized return over the past 30 day
How Overledger Routes Your Request Every API call made through @quantnetwork's Overledger passes through a Connector, one per blockchain family. That Connector checks node health and routes t
A different approach to sharding Most blockchains that support sharding fix the number of shards in advance. The Open Network (@ton_blockchain) takes a different path. TON dynamically splits