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A new approach to onchain privacy Blockchains are transparent by design, which is ideal for auditability but creates a real problem for applications that require confidentiality. @dfinity has
Ethereum developers have tentatively scheduled the Glamsterdam upgrade for activation on the Sepolia testnet on October 6 at 13:53 UTC, according to minutes from the Ethereum ACDC #186 meetin
KAS Breaks $1 Billion as Volume Surges Kaspa's native token $KAS hit $0.03714 on September 10, up roughly 4% on the day and more than 25% over the prior week, pushing the network's market cap
Bots and Spam Dominate XRPL Activity A new report from blockchain analytics firm Bitquery has reignited questions about the true nature of activity on the XRP Ledger ($XRP). Bitquery found th
A revised version of the U.S. Senate’s CLARITY Act would steer regulators toward deciding when certain entities that influence “non-decentralized finance trading protocols” must follow securi
Raydium, the decentralized exchange built on Solana, and its native token RAY is seeing parabolic growth over the past week. At the time of writing, RAY is up around 27% over the past 24 hour
Key Takeaways A substantially revised 630-page Clarity Act was unveiled by Senate Republicans on Thursday before a September 15 procedural vote New provisions target “non-decentralized financ
XRP Healthcare has begun closing its normal operations after a Sept. 3 wallet incident reportedly affected 4,011 accounts and caused losses estimated at approximately $452,000. Summary XRP He
Senate Republicans have released updated CLARITY Act text ahead of the September 15 procedural vote, adding new rules for non-decentralized DeFi protocols and clarifying how credit unions can
The exchange's SocialFi-style rebrand failed to gain lasting traction, prompting a return to its original wallet identity. Coinbase has scrapped the Base App branding for its self-custody wal
Ripple is folding AI agents deeper into its treasury software, announcing on September 10, 2026 an expansion of GSmart, the treasury-native AI built into Ripple Treasury, with orchestrated ag
The European Securities and Markets Authority has warned that closer links between crypto and traditional finance could transmit market shocks as tokenized equities reached €1.9 billion. Summ
