Year: 2026

KSNet has partnered with the Solana Foundation to test blockchain payments and AI-driven transaction systems for South Korea’s financial market. Summary KSNet and the Solana Foundation signed an agreement to…

Bitcoin Archive renewed a long-running dispute over Bitcoin self-custody on July 31, arguing that poor wallet usability is sometimes defended as cultural gatekeeping rather than treated as a barrier to…

Quantum Solutions and Hyperscale Data each redirected part of their crypto treasuries toward AI data centers on July 30.  Summary 1,000 ETH sale raised $1.9 million for Quantum Solutions’ Japanese…

NEAR Protocol has launched a staking-based payment system for its AI platform, allowing users to access confidential inference and autonomous AI agents by locking NEAR tokens instead of paying with…

Bitcoin miners entered one of their longest periods of contraction by July 31, even as shares of several listed operators climbed on expectations for AI data-center revenue. Summary 19.9% difficulty…

Every twelve seconds, the Ethereum network asks a question that would have seemed absurd before 2022: who gets to write the next page of a $400 billion ledger, and how…

In April 2024, a single on-chain vote moved $165 million from Uniswap’s treasury into a two-year grants program. No CEO signed off. No board convened. A collection of token holders,…

In the summer of 2020, a governance token called COMP turned decentralized finance inside out. Compound, a lending protocol on Ethereum, began distributing COMP tokens to anyone who lent or…

New York has sued Kalshi, seeking to block its prediction markets and recover at least $36 billion in penalties and restitution over alleged violations of the state’s gambling laws. Summary…

Bitcoin and Ether options with a combined notional value of about $10.43 billion expired on July 31, placing the $64,000 Bitcoin level at the center of the monthly settlement. Summary…