Safenet aims to prevent common security lapses, attack vectors, and transaction errors, like phishing schemes or malicious code deployments.
Kieran Dennis, co-founder of Z and an initial contributor to Core, claims Z is the first attempt to bring native EVM capabilities to Zcash.
Midnight maintains its own ledger, consensus mechanism, smart contract environment, and dual-token system.
The firm’s application was approved on March 23, three days after it was submitted, appointing Visa the highest Super Validator weight.
Ethereum block builder Eureka Labs is introducing "programmable blocks," which add logic during block construction.
The platform offers three API modules to help issue RWAs, support payments, and enable onchain swaps supported by 20 launch partners.
The Glamsterdam upgrade will boost Ethereum's censorship-resistance, but a proposed mechanism called ePBS could cause centralization.
The goal is to reduce Solana’s growing geographic concentration in Europe and introduce multicast functionality.
The acquisition comes amid growing institutional interest in staking, particularly on Ethereum, where the amount of ETH sits at an all-time high.
Pacific Backbone initiative will develop a high-speed, low-latency network connecting Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
FOCIL was officially “scheduled for inclusion” as the consensus-layer (CL) headliner for the upcoming Hegota upgrade, targeted for late 2026.
stVaults, introduced in February 2025 as part of the Lido V3 upgrade, are finally rolling out in a mainnet.
Despite Solana's validator contraction, non-vote transactions have remained relatively stable at around 100 million per day.
Phylax's Credible Layer allows developers to preprogram rules — or “assertions” — into smart contracts to mitigate exploits.
When Solana maintainers told validators to move quickly on Agave v3.0.14, the message arrived with more urgency than detail. The Solana Status account called the release “urgent” and said it contained a “critical set of patches” for Mainnet Beta validators. Within a day, the public conversation drifted toward a harder question: if a proof-of-stake network […]
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The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders.
SOL Strategies has launched STKESOL, staking over 500,000 SOL to expand its Solana-focused infrastructure operations.
More than 36 million ETH is now staked in Ethereum's proof-of-stake system, close to 30% of the circulating supply and worth over $118 billion at recent prices. That headline number sounds like a clean vote of confidence: holders are locking up their ETH to secure the network, collect yield, and signal they’re in no rush […]
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Market onlookers have long speculated that Anchorage, the first federally chartered digital asset bank, was considering going public.
Sui core developers said the high-throughput Layer 1 is “currently experiencing a network stall,” in a post on X.
Coinbase is one of the largest Solana stakers, with nearly 10% of the network’s total staked SOL, according to its Validator Performance Report.
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JupUSD is an Ethena whitelabel stablecoin backed primarily by BlackRock's tokenized USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund.
The project previously raised an unannounced pre-seed round of about $5 million in mid-2024, founder Kevin Lepsoe told The Block.
Firedancer could boost client diversity on Solana, which historically has been dominated by forks of Solana Labs' original codebase.
Solmate previously announced plans for an aggressive M&A strategy to bolster its treasury and staking operations.
Consensys said Ethereum researchers are now looking to “roll out hard forks on an accelerated twice-a-year cadence."
Aztec says Ignition Chain, which enables programmable privacy, is the first fully decentralized Layer 2 network on Ethereum.
As institutional comfort with Ethereum grows, more participants appear willing to commit capital for extended periods to earn yield.
The tie-up will bring data for major global indices like the Russell 1000, Russell 2000, Russell 3000, and other FTSE products onchain.