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Ripple has proposed two new standards for a native XRP Ledger lending protocol that would let banks and institutions borrow against tokenized assets without ever selling them. Key Points: Rip
A community takeover, or CTO, is when the holders of an abandoned token band together and run it themselves after the original developer walks away. It is one of the defining rituals of Solan
Charles Hoskinson left Ethereum in June 2014 after a direct conflict with co-founder Vitalik Buterin over one core issue: should Ethereum be a for-profit company or a non-profit foundation? B
Paga, one of Africa’s largest payments companies, has partnered with blockchain platform TBook to enable Africans invest in real-world assets, such as real estate, businesses, and agricultura
Aster (@Aster_DEX) has rewired its tokenomics to push $ASTER toward deflation, sending 99% of daily platform fees into open-market buybacks and burning a matching amount from its reserves. Th
InterLink (@inter_link), the identity-focused crypto project, said it crossed 9 million users on June 18, with its long-promised Private Mainnet due this month. The timing matters. InterLink
Telegram built a crypto infrastructure layer directly inside its messaging app by making The Open Network (TON) blockchain the exclusive engine for payments, mini apps, and digital asset tran
The 2026 Litecoin Summit opened in Amsterdam today (June 22), the sixth edition of the event and its first outside the United States. Over two days, the Litecoin Foundation (@LTCFoundation) i
Polygon gives developers a framework to build and launch their own blockchains that connect back to the Ethereum network. These chains are not forks or copies of Polygon itself. They are inde
Musashi Dojo is the public testnet for Ouroboros Leios, Cardano's (@Cardano) next major scaling upgrade. It went live on June 23, 2026, kicking off a multi-phase program to test the Leios pro
Ethereum and Polkadot are not really competing for the same thing. Ethereum operates as a single, unified smart contract platform that scales through Layer 2 rollups. Polkadot operates as a L
What Is Quant Network and How Does Overledger Work? Quant Network solves a specific problem: blockchains do not talk to each other. Bitcoin cannot send data to Ethereum. Hyperledger Fabric ca
