Pi Network's Test Token ecosystem is taking shape
Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) is building out a comprehensive decentralized finance infrastructure on its testnet, offering its community of Pioneers a live environment to experiment with token sw
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Ethena Targets Banking With a Surprising Stablecoin Push
TLDR Ethena launched Ethena Pay, a consumer finance app combining stablecoin savings, card spending, transfers, and fiat onramps. The app offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% cashback on el
Ontology mainnet remains down from 'malicious attack activity' as Cronos, Injective recover
Ontology’s blockchain will remain down for at least the next 24 hours, per a September 1 update after mainnet was temporarily paused as part of a containment process that started on August 31
Injective Exploit Drains $4.9M as Ontology Halts Mainnet
An attacker built a fake oracle on Injective and drained insurance funds through its refund path. The chain seized under the attack’s own load before validators stopped it. Ontology stopped i
World LibertyFi And UltraYield Launch New USD1 Vault
USD1 Vault Goes Live With Institutional Strategy World Liberty Financial and UltraYield have joined forces to launch a new yield vault built around USD1, World Liberty Financial's dollar-pegg
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
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
World LibertyFi And UltraYield Launch New USD1 Vault
USD1 Vault Goes Live With Institutional Strategy World Liberty Financial and UltraYield have joined forces to launch a new yield vault built around USD1, World Liberty Financial's dollar-pegg
Celestia light nodes verify that a block's data was published without downloading it
A Different Question at the Heart of Celestia Most blockchain light clients rely on full nodes to tell them whether block data has been published. @Celestia takes a different approach. Data a
Tezos upgrades itself by on-chain vote instead of hard forks
A blockchain that upgrades itself Most blockchains upgrade by persuading node operators to install new software. When participants disagree, the result can be a chain split. @tezos takes a di
Every Morpho vault has a curator deciding what the money can touch
The curator is the key decision-maker Depositing into a vault on @Morpho is not just a choice of protocol. It is a choice of curator. A curator configures vault risk parameters and liquidity