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Pudgy Penguins is expanding its Walmart partnership after reaching $10 million in toy sales, a milestone that pushes the NFT-native brand deeper into mainstream physical retail. What the Walm
The most striking thing about Ethereum’s latest roadmap revision isn’t just what’s new. It’s what’s been quietly dropped. On Monday, Vitalik Buterin outlined a substantial reordering of prior
TLDR: Ethereum roadmap now prioritizes quantum safety, replacing several 2023 plans with newer solutions. Native rollups enter Ethereum’s plans as zero-knowledge proof technology matures rapi
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.
AIP-146 lets anyone who controls enough staked $APT push transactions with up to 100 times the network's normal gas limits, and on balance it reads as good news for the token: it gives the bi
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
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
Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 10th, 2026, Chainwire Deposits Are Open for hBTC, the Vault Token for Hilbert Group's BTC Basis+ Strategy Syntetika, a tokenization hub for regulated
BitcoinWorld US Dollar: Higher Hurdle for Sustained Gains, MUFG Warns MUFG analysts caution that the US dollar faces a higher hurdle to achieve sustained gains, according to a recent note. Th
BitcoinWorld Freedom Holding Corp. Reports 40% Revenue Surge to $732.5 Million in Quarterly Results Freedom Holding Corp. has reported a 40% increase in quarterly revenue, reaching $732.5 mil
BitcoinWorld Copper’s Divergence: Weak China Imports vs. Bullish Market Positioning Copper prices face a tug-of-war as weak Chinese import data contrasts sharply with bullish speculative posi
Robinhood Ecosystem News: Chain Growth, DeFi, RWA and AI Tools in 2026 Robinhood Ecosystem News is dominated by one number today: 250 million transactions. Robinhood Chain hit that mark faste