Why Is Ethereum Proposing To Burn Staking Rewards?
On August 4, 2026, six Ethereum researchers and developers formally submitted a draft Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) that would gradually burn validator rewards as the amount of staked E
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How Does Near Protocol Plan To Reach A Fixed Supply With Its New Proposal?
NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin has proposed a new treasury system called the NEAR Sovereign Fund. The plan would pool the protocol's treasury and revenue, invest it to earn yield,
How is Sui Preparing for a Post Quantum Future?
Sui is adding two quantum-resistant signature schemes, ML-DSA-65 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s, both approved by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The move gives Sui use
Inside LUNC's Community-Run Burn Tax: Does Burning Dead Supply Actually Work?
Terra Classic's burn tax removes a percentage of every on-chain LUNC transaction from circulation forever, but with roughly 5.5 trillion tokens still outstanding, the mechanism is reducing su
New Token Launchpad on Robinhood Chain: What Is Uniswap's Pools?
Pools is a new token launchpad built by Uniswap Labs on Robinhood Chain, letting users create, discover, and trade tokens from a single site at pools.trade. It is Uniswap's first move into th
How Does Chain Fusion Let Internet Computer Connect With Bitcoin?
Chain Fusion is the set of protocols that let smart contracts on the Internet Computer (ICP) read, hold, and sign transactions on Bitcoin and other blockchains directly, without routing funds
What Does Pi Network Joining RoboPay Mean For Pi Holders?
Pi Network has joined RoboPay, the robot payment infrastructure built by Fabric Foundation, as a payment partner. This means Pi token holders will eventually be able to use Pi they already ho
What Could Pi Network’s European Regulatory Filing Mean for Its Future?
Pi Network has filed for regulatory registration in the European Union under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), a step that could eventually open the door to legal listings and p
What Did Six Years of Cardano Staking Get Right?
Cardano's Shelley upgrade, launched in July 2020, got one thing right from the start: it let ADA holders earn staking rewards without ever giving up custody of their coins. Six years later, t
How Does XRP’s Escrow System Work?
Ripple locks XRP in time-based smart contracts on the XRP Ledger and releases a maximum of 1 billion XRP on the first day of each month, a supply schedule set up in December 2017 and enforced
Inside the MCP Beta: How Claude and Other AI Agents Can Execute On-Chain Actions on ICP?
The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) now lets AI agents like Claude connect directly to on-chain applications through a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, currently in public preview. T
Inside Zcash’s Ironwood Upgrade and the Rush Into Its New Shielded Pool
Zcash activated its Ironwood upgrade, known formally as NU6.3, on July 28, 2026, at block height 3,428,143. The upgrade replaced Orchard, the network's main privacy pool, with a new pool call