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How IOTA’s Starfish Upgrade is Targeting a $35 Trillion Opportunity

IOTA welcomed its new consensus protocol, Starfish, this week to make the network resilient for real-world conditions. Starfish is ideal for the $35 trillion global trade industry, where...

Algorand Joins x402 to Bring Atomic Transactions to the Open Payment Standard

Algorand’s x402 integration has expanded from February’s technical support to atomic and sponsored transactions for payments. x402 now supports Algorand through CAIP-2 identifiers, USDC default assets, and cross-chain...

77 Billion XRP is Exposed to Quantum Computing Threats: Report

New research has revealed that 76.82 billion XRP from 5.6 million accounts would be at risk of access by quantum computers. The quantum threat is lower for XRP...

Stellar Ecosystem Enters New Growth Phase Driven by DeFi, Tokenization, and Protocol Upgrades

Stellar is driving growth in DeFi, tokenization, and protocol upgrades that separate it from its competition. Stellar's institutional adoption puts it on track to become one of the...

Zcash Rally Accelerates After Robinhood Listing and DeFi Expansion

Zcash received a big adoption boost in the past week after Robinhood listed ZEC, expanding access to 27 million users. Native ZEC swaps have been enabled on THORChain,...

Monero to Launch FCMP Privacy Upgrade on May 6

Monero will launch the FCMP++ and Carrot beta stressnet on May 6, with a hard fork from testnet at block 2,997,100. FCMP++ expands Monero’s proof system from 1-of-16...

VeChain Positions Blockchain as Trust Layer for Exploding AI Economy

VeChain CTO reflects on past AI predictions that have come true and helped shape VeChain's focus. As a trust layer, blockchain technology has become the enabler for AI...

Huma Finance Selects Chainlink’s CCIP to Power Yield Product

Huma Finance selected Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure for PST and future yield products. Chainlink price held near $9 as traders watched whether LINK could defend...

EU-Wide Bitcoin Tax Moves Closer as Brussels Weighs Crypto Gains Levy

EU lawmakers are considering a crypto capital gains levy to help fund the bloc’s planned €2 trillion 2028–2034 budget. The proposal still needs approval from all EU member...

Solana Partners Korea’s Largest Credit Card Firm on Stablecoin Payments

Solana Foundation and Shinhan Card will test stablecoin payments, online wallets, and merchant transactions. SOL is trading near $83 after losing key support; analysts are now watching $77...