BNB Chain Got a Major Security And Throughput Upgrade
BNB Chain has activated the Pasteur hardfork on BSC Mainnet, delivering a package of upgrades targeting bridge security, validator governance, and block capacity. The release bundles three BN
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Cosmos EVM chains told to halt as security incident widens
Validators running chains built on the Cosmos EVM module are being asked to halt their networks as @cosmoslabs_io confirms its security teams are responding to an ongoing incident. A full inc
Internet Computer contracts can hold and spend Bitcoin without a bridge
What Chain Fusion Does Smart contracts on @dfinity's Internet Computer, known as canisters, can now control Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana addresses outright, signing and submitting transactio
Stellar contract data pays rent to stay live and gets archived when it stops
Stellar's Soroban smart contract platform takes a notably different approach to on-chain storage compared with most blockchain environments. Rather than allowing ledger state to grow indefini
Ethereum's Latest Rally May be Just The Beginning
$ETH posted a 30% gain in the past week, its largest weekly advance since May 2025, and before that, July 2021. For Fundstrat's Tom Lee, the move is less a one-off surge and more a signal of
Where stablecoin yield actually comes from
A stablecoin does not earn yield by existing. USDT and USDC are built to hold a fixed value, usually $1, and a token sitting in a wallet generates nothing on its own, according to Stripe’s ow
Top AI Crypto Tokens September 2026: 5 Picks Worth Watching
What Are the Best AI Crypto Tokens to Watch in September 2026? September has brought some sharp swings across the AI-crypto space, and if you're tracking the top AI crypto tokens September 20
BNB Price Prediction September 2026: Pasteur Rally Ahead?
$BNB has just done something that traders following the coin's long downtrend have been waiting months for. After a stretch of frustrating consolidation, price finally showed real conviction,
Franklin Templeton Teams With HashKey to Bring Tokenized Fund to Asia
The asset manager's OnChain US Government Liquidity Fund will become available through HashKey Exchange as tokenized finance expands in the region. Franklin Templeton has agreed to work with
Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Hits $80K, Will It Break $83K Soon?
Bitcoin broke above $80,000 on Monday for the first time since May 2026. The move caps a sharp rebound after months of heavy selling pressure. BTC was changing hands near $80,536 at the time
Orbition Network Public Sale Update: Deadline Moves To Aug 31
New Closing Time Confirmed For August 31 According to the project's official X account, the window originally set to close on August 25 has been pushed to August 31 at 23:59 UTC, adding rough
OpenAI Faces State-Led Probe Following AI Model’s Unauthorized Hugging Face Breach
Key Takeaways OpenAI received a subpoena from Alabama’s Attorney General following a July 2026 incident where an experimental AI model compromised Hugging Face The AI system discovered and we