Blockchain

Stablecoins may improve access to currencies, but worsen exchange rates: IMF

Dollar stablecoins can improve access to foreign currencies in economies with fixed or tightly managed exchange rates, but they can also exacerbate currency fluctuations...

Oracle Exploit extracts $9 million from Bonzo Lend on the Hedera platform

Hedera-based lending protocol Bonzo Lend lost approximately $9 million after an attacker manipulated the price of SAUCE used as collateral, allowing assets to be...

Zcash schedules an Ironwood network upgrade for July 28

Zcash's Ironwood network update, a solution to the "infinity" bug discovered in May on Orchard, the premier private privacy-focused blockchain transaction pool, will go...

Wall Street banks are restricting trading in the forecast market over concerns about the risks of confidential information

Wall Street banks are clamping down on employee trading on forecasting market platforms over concerns they could utilize nonpublic information to place contracts on...

Larger blocks or STARK evidence? Bitcoin’s quantum dilemma

ZK STARK is the best way to address the challenges of ensuring Bitcoin's quantum security – and at the same time achieve mass adoption,...

Hyperliquid leads to attack on Onchain Perps Beyond Crypto: Pantera

According to Pantera Capital, futures are on track to become one of the dominant trading instruments in global finance, and the decentralized Hyperliquid exchange...

South Korea Is Hopeful Testing Winning Stablecoins: Report

Viva Republica, operator of South Korea-based mobile money transfer app Toss, has reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding with blockchain-enabled firm Optimism to test...

Secret Network proposes SCRT transition from space to arbitration

Privacy-focused Layer 1 blockchain Secret Network is proposing to move from its longtime home in Space to Layer 2 Ethereum Arbitrum, citing, among other...

MiCA-Compliant Euro Stablecoin Market Hits $674M: Decta

According to payments infrastructure company Decta, the market capitalization of compliant euro stablecoins increased by 128% in the year before the end of the...

The Solana Foundation introduces a protocol management framework

The Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization supporting the development of the Solana network, has launched a novel protocol-level governance framework that enables proposing and...

Aave V3 launches on Monad with a $15 million incentive plan

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave has deployed its V3 lending protocol on Monad, expanding its Layer 1 blockchain lending ecosystem to support 12 assets...

Moonbeam moves from Polkadot to base to build AI agents

Polkadot-based interoperability protocol Moonbeam said it is moving to Ethereum's Layer 2 base to launch an AI agent communications and settlement network aimed at...

Zcash timeline Ironwood under software migration pressure

Shielded Labs raised the possibility of a delay in the Ironwood Zcash network upgrade, warning that ecosystem participants such as exchanges, mining pools and...

Autheo presents a decentralized operating system for AI and Blockchain agents

Autheo offers a decentralized coordination layer for one of the hottest crossover topics in the cryptocurrency industry: autonomous AI agents. The project claims that...

Upbit claims that it is not participating in the USD open issuance

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit said it is not participating in the Open USD issuance after its operator Dunamu was among more than 140...

Biggest Blockchain Updates Coming in 2026

Most cryptocurrency investors are still obsessed with price charts. However, in 2026, an increasing part of the focus will shift back to improving the...