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Web3 marketing spent the last cycle paying for attention: posts, yaps, impressions, and follower counts. In 2026 that model is being repriced. After platform rule changes in early 2026 restri
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finalized new Travel Rule regulations that extend compliance obligations for digital asset operators to transfers involving self-custod
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
Flare Network's FAssets system lets holders of coins that cannot run smart contracts, such as XRP, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin, mint a matching token on Flare that they can trade, lend, or use as c
Polkadot's treasury lets any DOT holder propose a funding request, put it to an on-chain vote, and get paid directly from a shared pool of network revenue, without needing approval from a com
Crypto platforms lost $3.63 billion to hacks and exploits between January 2025 and July 2026, according to CoinGecko's 2026 State of Crypto Security Report, published August 27, 2026. The rep
How to Spot Crypto Exit Scam Signs Users Should Know Crypto can feel like the Wild West sometimes. One day a project looks like the next big thing, and a few weeks later, the founders are gon
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
A Wall Street veteran with a Musk connection @coinbase has appointed Anthony Armstrong to its board of directors and audit committee, the company announced on September 2. Armstrong, describe
Confidential APT is a protocol-level privacy feature on the Aptos blockchain that encrypts how much APT a wallet holds and how much it sends, while keeping the sender's and receiver's wallet
Single Integration, Global Reach @crossmint has launched a stablecoin wallet onramp covering more than 160 countries, giving fintechs a way to let users fund wallets without leaving their app
World Opens ProveKit to Outside Developers World, the digital identity project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has open-sourced ProveKit, a zero-knowledge proof toolkit designed for priv