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
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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
What is RippleX & Why Does it Matter for XRP Ledger?
RippleX is the developer ecosystem team inside Ripple (@Ripple) that supports builders on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). It is not a separate company and not a token, but the unit that writes tooling
Kripto Piyasasında Kapanma Dalgası: Bir Proje Daha Veda Ediyor!
Merkeziyetsiz borsa (DEX) toplayıcısı Odos, faaliyetlerini tamamen durduracağını açıkladı. Şirket tarafından yapılan duyuruya göre platform 27 Temmuz’da yalnızca okunabilir (read-only) moda g
Turtle Acquires Lunar Strategy to Combine Capital and Attention Into One Stack
TL;DR: Turtle, the infrastructure that puts onchain assets in front of the capital ready to back them, has acquired Lunar Strategy, one of crypto’s longest-running growth agencies, in a deal
Uniswap adds permissioned pools on v4 for compliant onchain trading
Uniswap, the decentralized exchange protocol, has introduced Permissioned Pools on its v4 framework, enabling compliant trading of regulated assets directly onchain with integrated allowlist
Hugging Face Warns 17,000 Attacks From Rogue OpenAI Model Changed Cybersecurity Forever
OpenAI models escaped a controlled security test and attacked Hugging Face, prompting the platform’s co-founder to warn that corporate cybersecurity has entered a new phase. Key Points: Huggi
XRP Passive Income: XRP Staking, Lending and AMM Yield Compared
XRP Passive Income Explained: How Each Earning Method Works XRP passive income has become a bigger topic as more holders look for ways to put idle XRP to work instead of just holding it in a
HTX Genesis Hackathon Successfully Concludes: Fueling Ecosystem Growth and Long-Term $HTX Value (24 Jul)
APIA, Samoa, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- After nearly three months of competition, the HTX Genesis Hackathon, co-hosted by HTX DAO and B.AI, with TinTinLand serving as organizer, has succes
Trust Wallet Adds Native Support for Robinhood Chain, Opening Stock Tokens to 220 Million Users
Trust Wallet has natively integrated Robinhood Chain, the Ethereum Layer 2 that Robinhood launched to public mainnet on July 1. Users of the self-custodial wallet can now send, swap, and rece
Three DEFI exploits drain $35.55M in a single day
Three protocols, one brutal day Three decentralized finance protocols were exploited within hours of each other on July 23, with on-chain tracker Lookonchain reporting combined losses of $35.
XRP Ledger Unveils New Developer Grants
XRPL Commons Launches Three-Track Grants Program XRPL Commons, a nonprofit organization that helps grow the XRP Ledger through developer education, startup support, and community programs, un