Holding HBAR gives you no vote in how Hedera is governed
Council members hold all the votes On most crypto networks, holding the native token comes with a say in how the protocol evolves. Hedera does not work that way. The Governing Council is resp
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Internet Computer Price Prediction September 2026: Can ICP Break Out
Something is stirring around Internet Computer this week, and it is not just the chart. A fresh government partnership, a new wallet integration, and a stubborn resistance zone are all collid
Hyperliquid Unlock on September 6: How Much HYPE Really Hits the Market
On September 6, 2026, Hyperliquid’s unlock calendar lists a tranche of roughly 9.92 million HYPE for the core contributors. At the August 27 price of $81.42 that is nominally about $808 milli
CZ backs Hong Kong as an RWA and DEX growth hub
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao backed Hong Kong as a potential Web3 and real-world asset hub during an August 27 book meeting in the city. Summary CZ described Hong Kong and Web3 as a st
TON splits its chain in two when traffic rises and merges it back later
A different approach to sharding Most blockchains that support sharding fix the number of shards in advance. The Open Network (@ton_blockchain) takes a different path. TON dynamically splits
A Stellar payment can leave as one asset and arrive as another
How Stellar Path Payments Work A path payment on @StellarOrg lets a sender dispatch one asset and have an entirely different asset arrive at the destination, all within a single on-chain oper
The XRP Ledger auctions discounted trading on its own pools
Turning arbitrage pressure into an auction In most automated market maker designs, a price gap between the pool and external markets is a gift to arbitrage traders. They pocket the difference
Solana Burn Could Jump Tenfold Under New Plan
Resource-Based Fees at the Heart of SIMD-553 Solana could be on the verge of a significant shift in how it handles transaction fees and token supply. A governance proposal known as SIMD-553 w
BlackRock Sees a Bigger Bitcoin Catalyst Than The CLARITY Act
Fiscal Pressures, Not Regulation, Drive Bitcoin's Long-Term Case BlackRock's head of digital assets, Robbie Mitchnick, says the structural case for Bitcoin ($BTC) rests on America's deteriora
Bitcoin Completes First Quantum Resistant Transaction
StarkWare says it has completed the first quantum resistant $BTC transaction on Bitcoin's mainnet, marking a practical step forward in the effort to harden the network against quantum computi
295K Phones and 1,000,000,000 On-Chain Transactions
Rebels, we did it. Acurast has officially crossed 1,000,000,000 on-chain transactions and 295,000 onboarded smartphones. Just eight months ago, we hit 550M. Now, we’ve crossed the billion mar
Crypto to Watch in 2026: Bitcoin and Ethereum Are Known—IceBull Is Building Its Own FOMO
IceBull is in Stage 1 while the early-access window is still open, adding a clear FOMO angle for readers tracking crypto to watch in 2026. The search for crypto to watch in 2026 continues to