Monad hits new transaction record!
@monad has set a new weekly transaction record, processing 34,907,146 transactions between August 17 and August 23, 2026. The figure marks a meaningful step forward for a network that has bee
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Stellar validators choose for themselves which nodes to trust
A different kind of consensus Most blockchains secure agreement through brute force: proof of work uses computing power, proof of stake uses locked capital. @StellarOrg takes a different rout
Overlayer Taps LayerZero to Improve Its Ecosystem
@overlayerfi is integrating @LayerZero_Core's Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard to migrate its Overlaid Assets into an omnichain infrastructure, a move designed to remove the liquidity
Kaspa recalculates mining difficulty with every single block
A different approach to difficulty adjustment Bitcoin recalculates mining difficulty every 2,016 blocks, which works out to roughly once every two weeks. In the gaps between adjustments, swin
Times of India-backed Abound to build its next products on Monad
Abound picks Monad for its next chapter Abound, the super app for Indians in the US backed by Times Internet (Times of India Group), has crossed $500 million in remittance volume, with the US
Core routes part of its gas fees back to the apps that generate them
On most blockchains, the app that brings the users never sees a cent of the gas fees those users generate. @Coredao_Org is trying to change that. How Rev+ Works Rev+ is Core's protocol-level
Chainlink runs a separate network whose only job is checking CCIP's work
Cross-chain bridges have proven to be one of crypto's most dangerous attack surfaces. Major incidents including Ronin ($624 million), Wormhole ($326 million), and Nomad ($190 million) each ex
Nearly every LUNC in circulation was minted in a single week of May 2022
Terra Classic's circulating supply sits near 5.5 trillion tokens today. Almost none of it existed before a single week in May 2022. How the Death Spiral Minted Trillions Terra's protocol allo
Analysts track ongoing exploit draining Avici user accounts as its token drops over 43%
An active exploit targeting Avici (@avici), a Solana-based neobank, is draining user card balances as on-chain researchers race to quantify the damage. One analyst put the running total at $6
Clearstar's XRP yield vault lifts its deposit cap again
Vault grows more than sixfold from launch cap The @ClearstarLabs earnXRP vault on @FlareNetworks has raised its deposit cap for at least the second time, with holdings now standing at 33.73 m
Solana cuts block time to 300ms in second speed upgrade this month
Solana has activated its second mainnet block-time reduction this month, cutting the target slot time from 350ms to 300ms. The change went live today, one week after the network made its firs
Lighter expands Chainlink integration to more than 100 new markets
Perpetuals exchange @Lighter_xyz has extended its use of @chainlink price feeds to more than 100 additional markets, the project announced on August 28. The expansion adds to the 25 markets a