Ondo is Making a Major Change to USDY
Ondo Finance is pulling back USDY issuance from two of its supported networks. Ondo will discontinue minting USDY on Aptos and Noble effective September 8, 2026. The update does not affect US
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XRP Ledger Set For Major Fix Upgrade With Five Days Left
Amendment Clears Threshold With Days to Go The XRP Ledger is approaching a significant protocol upgrade. The fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment holds 82.86% validator support, with 29 of 35 validators
Chainlink is taking a keynote slot at Swift's annual banking conference
@chainlink is set to take a prominent role at one of global banking's most established gatherings. Co-founder @SergeyNazarov will deliver a keynote address on building global digital asset ma
NEAR validators verify blocks without keeping a copy of the chain's state
On most blockchains, validators carry a heavy load. To check that a block is valid, they must maintain a full, up-to-date copy of the chain's state, meaning every account, balance, and contra
Prosecutors are still opposed to the CLARITY Act after police groups dropped their objections
Sheriffs Step Back, But Prosecutors Hold Firm The National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) has moved to a neutral position on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, becoming the last major police
Flap Opens Permissionless Token Launches on BNB Chain
Flap Removes Gatekeeping From Token Market Creation Flap (flap.sh) has rolled out a Permissionless Launch feature on BNB Chain, giving project creators the freedom to design and deploy their
Ethena's dollar earns yield by taking the other side of leveraged longs
Ethena's $USDe is not a stablecoin in the conventional sense. According to Ethena's own documentation, it is a synthetic dollar that maintains its peg through a delta-neutral position rather
Near Protocol Moves Closer To Its $70M Reward Snapshot
TVL Crosses $60M With $10M Left to Go NEAR Protocol's (@NEARProtocol) Confidential Intents has crossed $60 million in total value locked, leaving the protocol just $10 million short of the th
A Solana Cat Memecoin Generated $2.8M in Zcash Rewards For Holders
Anonymous Cat ($ZCAT), a cat-themed memecoin on Solana, has handed its holders an unusually large payout. The token has paid its holders nearly $3 million worth of Zcash as a rally in both to
Solana, BNB Chain And Arbitrum Clash Over Robinhood Chain Fee Model
A Fee Model That Divides the Industry Robinhood Chain's gas fee structure has become the flashpoint for a broader argument about blockchain economics, drawing in the founding teams of Solana,
Pi Network Opens New Developer Tools As App Building Expands
Three New Capabilities for Pi App Builders Pi Network's Pi Core Team has rolled out a fresh set of developer tools designed to make building applications on the Pi blockchain more practical.
XRP Healthcare Wallet Hack Brings Old Security Warnings Back
XRP Healthcare, a healthcare-focused project on the XRP Ledger formerly known as XRPayNet, suffered a major breach on September 3, 2026, when attackers emptied around 4,000 user wallets in ap