Inside MIP-12: How Did Monad Cut Its Block Time to 300ms?
Monad's MIP-12 upgrade cut the network's block time from 400 milliseconds to 300 milliseconds. It activated on mainnet on July 23, 2026, at round 89,758,000, and lowered Monad's deterministic
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Inside Kaspa's Toccata Hard Fork and Its Bet on Becoming a Smart Contract Platform
Kaspa's Toccata hard fork, activated on June 30, 2026, added native Layer-1 covenants and zero-knowledge proof verification, moving the network from a pure payment chain toward a programmable
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
How Does Ondo’s Custody Model Keep Tokenized Stocks Anchored To Real Shares?
Ondo Finance keeps its tokenized stocks anchored to real shares by never letting the underlying stock leave the traditional U.S. custody system. Instead of creating a synthetic token that jus
How Does Avalanche’s Snowman Consensus Deliver Sub Second Finality?
Avalanche's Snowman consensus delivers sub-second finality by having validators repeatedly query small, randomly chosen groups of their peers instead of contacting the entire network at once,
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
Meet Charles Hoskinson: Crypto's Most Outspoken Academic-Minded Founder
Charles Hoskinson is the founder of the Cardano blockchain and a co-founder of Ethereum. He is known for building Cardano on peer-reviewed research and for speaking bluntly. Who Is Charles Ho
DOGE ETF inflows rise to $1.17 million as price rebounds after failed breakdown
Dogecoin is displaying renewed bullish momentum following a recovery above its monthly bullish pennant, according to recent technical analysis. Despite experiencing a sharp dip, the meme-insp
Cardano Price Prediction September 2026: Mastercard Lifts ADA 29% and Pepeto Steals the Next Move
Traders tracking the cardano price prediction this week watched ADA rip 29% in seven days after the Cardano Foundation landed inside Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program on September 15, and t
Vitalik Buterin Endorses Trueo as Prediction Market Moves to Ethereum
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has welcomed Trueo’s planned migration from Base to Ethereum mainnet, describing it as a new prediction-market contender focused on decentralization and et
Crypto Overview: Washington Plans a 20 Year Bitcoin Hold, ETH and ADA Rise, Buyers Rush Into Pepeto
If you want a quick crypto overview, the news from Washington is good. On September 16, a House committee voted 28 to 21 to move a Bitcoin reserve bill forward, per The Block, and a week late
Major Ethereum Bull Tom Lee: “ETH Could Hit a New ATH This Year”
While the question of whether the rise in Ethereum (ETH) price will continue is debated, Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat and Chairman of the Board of BitMine, made noteworthy statements abou