What is Aptos' AIP-146 and Is It Good News for APT?
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
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What Is the Cardano Van Rossem Upgrade?
Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, moving the network to Protocol Version 11. The upgrade brings faster and cheaper smart contracts, stronger node security, and a new prec
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
What Is Dfinity's Caffeine?
Caffeine is an AI platform built by the DFINITY Foundation that turns plain English instructions into working, full-stack web applications, then deploys them directly on the Internet Computer
SHIB's Six Year Anniversary: The Journey So Far
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
How Does NEAR Let You Pay for AI With Staked Tokens?
Staking for NEAR AI is a new payment system on NEAR Protocol that lets users pay for confidential AI inference and always-on agents by staking NEAR tokens instead of using a credit card. Anno
Top Four XRP Ledger Self Custody Wallets in 2026
The four best self-custody wallets for the XRP Ledger in 2026 are Xaman, Tangem, Bifrost Wallet, and Joey Wallet, in that order. Three of the four treat the XRPL as their home chain, which is
What Does Split Delegation Mean for Everyday Core Stakers?
Split delegation is a Core network feature that lets CORE token holders divide their staked tokens across more than one validator at the same time, instead of committing their entire stake to
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
What is a World Liberty Financial Super Node, and How Much Does it Cost?
A WLFI Super Node is the highest tier in World Liberty Financial's staking-based governance system. To reach it, a wallet must stake 50 million WLFI tokens, worth roughly $2.7 million at curr
Beyond 900 Million Transactions: The Growth of Acurast’s Decentralized Mobile Cloud
The paradigm of centralized, data-center-dependent cloud infrastructure is shifting. What began as an initiative to convert everyday smartphone hardware into a global serverless compute netwo
Zebec Cards adds Solstice's USX stablecoin on Solana
@ZebecCards has added support for $USX, the Solana-native stablecoin developed by @solsticefi, giving users a new way to fund their crypto debit cards and spend on-chain yield in everyday lif