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The Ethereum Foundation’s Ecosystem Support Program has published its Q2 2026 allocation update, reporting total awards of $5,502,930.20 across projects connected to Ethereum protocol work, s
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
Pepedo Presale: An Overview of the Project The Pepedo presale is live, and it's selling itself on branding as much as tokenomics. The project calls itself "the frog that fights back," with a
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
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
Sei Network's Giga upgrade is not a single software patch. It is a full architectural overhaul of three core parts of the blockchain: consensus, execution and storage, each rebuilt in paralle
Binance says its security team caught and stopped an attempt to drain $1.2 million from a blockchain project’s treasury through a malicious governance vote. The exchange has not said which pr
Nexo has launched regulated crypto-backed Credit Lines in Australia. The company is now an authorized Credit Representative under Australia’s consumer credit framework. Nexo also introduced N
Shib (@Shibtoken) turns six on August 1, 2026, and its record reads like nothing else in crypto: a token launched with about $3,000 in liquidity that reached a peak market cap north of $37 bi
A WLFI Super Node is the highest tier in World Liberty Financial's staking-based governance system. To reach it, a wallet must stake 50 million WLFI tokens, worth roughly $2.7 million at curr
Chainlink is working to become the operating system for tokenized finance by supplying the data feeds, cross-chain messaging, and settlement tools banks need to move real securities onchain.
The four best self-custody wallets for the XRP Ledger in 2026 are Xaman, Tangem, Bifrost Wallet, and Joey Wallet, in that order. Three of the four treat the XRPL as their home chain, which is