Cardano’s Chang Hard Fork Goes Live, Introducing On-Chain Governance
The highly anticipated upgrade turns Cardano's ADA cryptocurrency into a governance token.
Cardano Blockchain Heads for ‘Chang Hard Fork,’ Biggest Upgrade in Two Years
The main feature of the upgrade is to give Cardano the ability to introduce on-chain governance features.
NEAR Blockchain Gets Major Upgrade to Add ‘Stateless Validation’
The upgrade, known as "Nightshade 2.0," has been on the NEAR roadmap for years, with the first version introduced in 2022.
TradFi Underestimates Bitcoin’s Enormous Scale, Franklin Templeton CEO Says
Bitcoin processed $36.6 trillion in transactions last year, far more than payment network giants Mastercard and Visa combined.
Bitcoin’s Programmability Draws Closer to Reality as Robin Linus Delivers ‘BitVM2’
Last October's publication of the "BitVM" paradigm inspired a wave of projects aiming to build layer-2 networks and protocols secured by the largest and oldest blockchain. The latest version...
Protocol Village: Wormhole Rolls Out ‘Era3’ Roadmap, XION Plans Token
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 15-21.
MetaMask Starts Rollout of Blockchain-Based Debit Card Developed With Mastercard, Baanx
The new offering will allow MetaMask users to purchase directly from their self-custodial crypto wallet.
Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With ‘EVM Object Format’
The EOF proposal is a series of planned changes aiming to update the ubiquitous Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) – the programming environment that executes smart contracts on the blockchain,...
Franklin Templeton’s Tokenized Money Market Fund Expands to Arbitrum
The $420 million OnChain U.S. Government Money Market Fund was already on Stellar and Polygon.
NEAR Pushes ‘Signatures’ on Mainnet, in Growing Trend of Chain Abstraction
The feature was introduced in testnet in March, and allows users with a NEAR account to sign transactions on blockchains it supports, without the need for cross-chain bridges.