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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
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
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
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
@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
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
@BNBCHAIN has emerged as the dominant network for on-chain AI agent registrations, accounting for roughly 62% of all agents tracked by @8004_scan, the multichain explorer dedicated to the ERC
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
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
The 2026 presale market is moving beyond simple meme branding as investors look for projects with a clearer utility story. MemeToro is targeting that shift with an AI-powered BNB Chain launch
Charles Schwab's trading commentary is framing Bitcoin's recent short squeeze as spent, pointing to a sharp reset in leverage positioning as the mechanism that cooled the move. For Southeast
Avalanche (AVAX) is showing early signs of a potential bullish reversal, with buyers aiming for key resistance levels and institutional participation increasing. Several major asset managemen
