WLFI holders are voting on whether voting should pay...
World Liberty Financial Opens Live Vote on Staking Rewards @worldlibertyfi has put a governance staking program to a community vote, with results so far showing the $WLFI holder base almost e
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Zcash is distancing itself from a token launch that briefly looked official...
The Zcash Foundation has denied any connection to a new token project called ZRC-20 after a post claimed that Zcash had launched its own token standard. The issue began with a post from the @
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
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
How Do Flare Network’s FAssets Let XRP and Dogecoin Enter DeFi?
Flare Network's FAssets system lets holders of coins that cannot run smart contracts, such as XRP, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin, mint a matching token on Flare that they can trade, lend, or use as c
Chainlink CCIP Explained: Secure Cross-Chain Transfers Made Simple
Why Chainlink CCIP Explained Matters for Blockchain Interoperability Blockchains can't talk to each other on their own. Each one runs its own way, with different rules, different data, and di
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
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
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
Who Is Dfinity Founder Dominic Williams, and What's He Trying to Prove With ICP?
Dominic Williams is a British computer scientist and entrepreneur who founded the DFINITY Foundation and serves as its President and Chief Scientist, building the Internet Computer Protocol (
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