Blockchain
Protocol upgrades, security research, and developments across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the broader blockchain ecosystem.
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Cardano’s x402 Upgrade Lets AI Agents Pay With ADA
What happens when software can shop for itself, one request at a time? Cardano just built the plumbing to find out.
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Aave’s Tokenized Stock Collateral Goes Live on Base
What if your stock portfolio could hand you emergency cash at 11 p.m. on a Saturday, no banker required? Aave just built that button.
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Shielded Bitcoin Could Finally Hide Your Wallet Balance
Every Bitcoin balance sits exposed forever on a public ledger, a fact tied to real armed robberies. A new proposal wants to hide it for less than the price of a candy bar.
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NYSE’s Deal With Blockchain.com Could End the 9-to-5 Stock Market
The SEC opened a legal door on September 17. Eight days later, NYSE walked through it. What does that mean for your portfolio?
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Avalanche Helicon Upgrade Cuts Staking Lockups to 48 Hours
Two weeks used to stand between validators and their staked AVAX. Now it’s two days, and transactions confirm faster too.
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XRP Ledger’s Permission Delegation Fix Keeps Bank Master Keys Locked Up
One coding flaw nearly sank this XRP Ledger security upgrade before it began. Now it’s two weeks from activation, and the fix could make bank hacks rarer.
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Optimism’s Upgrade 20 Could Finally End the Bridge Hack Era
What if sending crypto between two blockchains felt as boring as a bank transfer, and just as safe? Optimism just took the first real step toward finding out.
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PQLN Brings a Post-Quantum Lightning Network to Bitcoin
What happens to Bitcoin’s cheapest, fastest payment rail when quantum computers finally arrive? A university team just answered with code, not speculation.
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Infosys and Chainlink Just Wired Blockchain Into 1.7 Billion Bank Accounts
The software running 1.7 billion bank accounts just added blockchain tools, no new app required. Here’s what has to happen next before your next transfer actually gets faster.
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SoFi’s Stablecoin Settlement Ends the Weekend Wait on $25 Billion in Card Payments
SoFi just became the first U.S. national bank to settle card payments over blockchain rails, and it’s aiming next at slashing fees on money sent overseas.