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Key Highlights IBM shares surge 1.93% following major quantum infrastructure achievement. Company successfully connects dual cryogenic modules for scalable quantum operations. Innovative cool
Staked supply nearly doubles since FIP.16 announcement Flare Network's total staked supply has hit 20 billion $FLR, according to @FlareNetworks Chief Product Officer Filip Koprivec (@j00sko).
Arbitrum One Crosses 10,000 RWA Holders @Arbitrum One has reached a new milestone, with the total number of real-world asset (RWA) holders on the network surpassing 10,000 for the first time.
Memecoin launchpads once competed mainly on creation speed, fees, and bonding-curve liquidity. In 2026, the contest increasingly centers on intelligence: who can identify a trend early, disti
Record Volume in the First Month @Ponsdotfamily has put up numbers that are difficult to ignore. The platform's total trading volume exceeded $2.5 billion within its first month of operation,
@FalconXGlobal and Ethena have established a $1 billion secured lending facility, putting the reserve assets backing the $USDe synthetic dollar to work in overcollateralized institutional cre
Nethermind moves its verifier operations to Chainlink @Nethermind, the blockchain research and software engineering firm behind one of Ethereum's two most widely used execution clients, is jo
Blockchain project InterLink (@inter_link) is testing ML-DSA-65, a post-quantum digital signature algorithm published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), across both
Today, 19th August, 2026, Berachain renamed its HONEY stablecoin to Bera USD (BUSD), essentially changing the token’s name and symbol but keeping the same token and contract address. This new
The cross-chain liquidity network suspended operations following a bitcoin-focused breach reported by multiple outlets. Maya Protocol, a cross-chain liquidity network built to facilitate nati
Stellar Hits a New Throughput Record Stellar (@StellarOrg) has recorded a significant jump in raw processing capacity. According to blockchain analytics platform Chainspect, Stellar's theoret
Hayes Steps Back Into Protocol Building BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes is returning to an active role in crypto as CEO of Flop Labs. He announced on August 18 that he will lead the company, w