NEAR Tackles Lost Key Problem
Readable Accounts and a Safety Net for Lost Keys NEAR Protocol has rolled out two significant account features: Top Level Accounts and Recovery Keys. Together, they aim to fix two of the most
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Why Was Polkadot Once Called an "Ethereum Killer" and What Changed?
Polkadot was called an "Ethereum killer" because it was built by Ethereum's former chief technology officer to solve the scaling problems Ethereum hadn't fixed yet, using a design of connecte
Solana RWA Projects Explained: Real World Assets on SOL
Solana RWA activity has quietly turned into one of the network's biggest growth stories. Tokenized stocks, treasuries, and private credit now move across Solana at a scale that puts it ahead
Why Was Polkadot Once Called an "Ethereum Killer" and What Changed?
Polkadot was called an "Ethereum killer" because it was built by Ethereum's former chief technology officer to solve the scaling problems Ethereum hadn't fixed yet, using a design of connecte
Institutions can now borrow dollars against their bitcoin without selling it...
@circle has launched Digital Asset-Backed Borrowing, a new service that lets institutional clients access dollar liquidity against their Bitcoin holdings without having to sell them. The prod
Why is LayerZero Labs Building a Separate Layer 1 Blockchain Called “Zero”?
LayerZero Labs is building Zero, a new Layer-1 blockchain, because its existing interoperability protocol cannot offer the throughput, privacy, and control that large financial institutions n
Telegram Trading Comes to Robinhood Chain
Zappin, a Telegram-based trading bot developed by the OnchainLens team, has gone live on Robinhood Chain, giving users a way to execute token swaps without leaving their Telegram app or openi
Crypto Lost $3.6B To Hacks In 2026, Here’s What It Reveals
Crypto platforms lost $3.63 billion to hacks and exploits between January 2025 and July 2026, according to CoinGecko's 2026 State of Crypto Security Report, published August 27, 2026. The rep
Inside FIP.16: How is Flare Network Turning FLR Into A Deflationary Asset?
Flare Network's FIP.16 upgrade, passed by governance vote on April 24, 2026, cut FLR's annual inflation rate from 5% to 3%, raised the network's minimum base transaction fee twentyfold, and r
Stellar has no miners or stakers, so each validator picks whom it trusts
How Stellar Reaches Agreement Without Mining or Staking @StellarOrg runs its native asset on the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP), first introduced in 2015 by David Mazières (@dmazieres). Maz
Why Could Monad's November 2026 Token Unlock Be Its Biggest Test Yet?
Monad's biggest test since its November 2025 mainnet launch arrives on November 24, 2026, when 16.8 billion MON tokens unlock in a single event. That is about 32.8% of the tokens currently in
Tokenized Assets on Robinhood Chain Hit New High
Record Value and Surging Holders Tokenized assets on Robinhood (@RobinhoodApp) Chain reached a record $170 million on September 21, according to data shared by Arbitrum. The figure has since