Aptos Ecosystem booms upon on-chain integration
Lotte Partnership Drives Aptos Into the Spotlight The @Aptos chain is trending after Daehong Communications, a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Group, expanded its existing blockchain collab
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Cardano is 9 Years Old Today
@Cardano turns nine today. The genesis block was created on September 23, 2017 at 21:44:51 UTC, marking the start of one of the most research-driven blockchains in the industry. Over the nine
Qualcomm (QCOM) Strengthens Physical AI Push with PickNik Robotics Acquisition
Key Highlights Qualcomm shares declined approximately 0.8% during Wednesday’s premarket session, trading around $196.65. The semiconductor company has entered an agreement to purchase robotic
North Korean hackers steal $10.7 million from 7,000 crypto wallets, global agencies confirm
Police and intelligence agencies across Japan, the US, Australia, and Germany reported that a North Korean-linked group stole funds or credentials from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets world
21shares charges 2.5% a year for Europe's first Zcash ETP as ZEC passes $1,600
On Tuesday, 21shares launched Europe’s first Zcash exchange-traded product on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam with a 2.5% annual fee. At the product launch, ZEC exceeded $1,600. Ether.fi’s ETHFI
Ripple Wants AI to Find XRPL Bugs Before Hackers Do
Ripple is pushing the XRP Ledger toward a more aggressive security model, using AI-assisted code reviews, adversarial testing and a dedicated red team to find vulnerabilities before they can
BlackRock Links AI To Crypto Growth, But Agent Autonomy Could Be The Bigger Opportunity
BlackRock says the growing use of artificial intelligence could create new demand for digital assets. The stated reason was that AI systems have become more capable of interacting with money
Hyperliquid HLP Vault Explained: How It Works
What Makes the Hyperliquid HLP Vault Important? Anyone who has traded perpetuals on Hyperliquid has, in some way, traded against the Hyperliquid HLP Vault. It sits on the other side of the or
Winners and losers of the SEC’s new tokenized stocks rules
“Tokenization is coming to America,” said Robinhood chief executive Vlad Tenev after the SEC announced its Innovation Exemption last week — and it seems the markets looked kindly on the devel
Binance Set to Move User Assets From Funding Account to ‘Stocks Account’
Binance will start moving crypto out of user Funding Accounts and into Spot Accounts in phases beginning September 29, 2026, a process the exchange expects to finish by January 2027. Once it’
Terra Classic doesn't rely on outside oracles; it votes on its prices
How the Oracle Vote Works Services like Chainlink aggregate price data from many sources through a decentralized set of independent node operators, and most blockchains rely on them for exact
Kaspa nodes get a security tune-up
What Kaspa v2.1.0 Delivers The Kaspa development team has shipped v2.1.0, a combined feature, security, and maintenance release that all node, mining, and infrastructure operators are urged t