Ethereum and Solana are not only separated by questions of scalability, they are increasingly divided by competing visions of what blockchain networks must be built to withstand in the future. Recent remarks from the co-founders of each network revealed two competing definitions of “resilience,” rooted in different assumptions about risk, infrastructure, and the future shape
British lender Lloyds Banking Group is claiming bragging rights for completing the first U.K. gilt purchase using tokenized deposits, or blockchain representations of fiat currency bank deposits. Lloyds, the third-largest bank in the country by market capitalization, said it enlisted the help of crypto trading platform Archax and the privacy-focused Canton Network to buy the
The opBNB network has completed its mainnet hardfork that began on early Tuesday morning on its testnet. The Fourier Mainnet hardfork was then shifted to the mainnet at around 03:00 UTC on Wednesday, which ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed was completed one hour later. According to the opBNB network upgrade’s notes on GitHub, the Fourier
On January 6, 2026, Canza Finance, a frontrunner in the Fintech space in Africa, announced that across more than $131 million cumulative dollars transacted using the Aptos Blockchain. This report indicates a 300% increase from the previous quarter in transaction activity. In addition to the report, Canza presented the Canza Autonomous Payment Protocol (CAPP), an
Nvidia kicked off 2026 with a $65 billion Q4 revenue forecast — a signal that quietly reframed the AI conversation. — As the backbone of global AI infrastructure, Nvidia is signaling that AI demand is accelerating, not plateauing. Productivity is scaling faster than expected, and the long-running “AI bubble” narrative is starting to fade. AI
Pundi AI has partnered with Pilot, an AI-powered Web3 co-pilot that aims to make the interaction between users and blockchain wallets and decentralized apps easier. The collaboration aims at leveraging open onchain data to build smarter and more intuitive AI wallet experiences that make it less complex and establish a user-controlled asset environment. Pundi AI
Key Takeaways CertiK and YZi Labs have introduced a $1 million audit grant to bolster security for early-stage startups in the EASY Residency Incubation Program. The partnership aims to provide comprehensive security solutions, including Skynet Boosting and AI scanning services, to incubated projects. Leading web3 security services provider CertiK and global investment firm YZi Labs
American venture capitalist and entrepreneur Fred Wilson said on Monday that he believes crypto will become more user-friendly in 2026. He argued that the market’s breakthrough this year will only come from making blockchains invincible to their end users. Wilson’s forecast for the crypto market is part of a larger set of predictions for 2026.
Pundi AI has declared a strategic partnership with GAEA Labs, a pioneer of verifiable emotional artificial intelligence, as a major step towards more human aligned AI systems. The collaboration is aimed at uniting the decentralized AI data infrastructure and quantifiable emotional intelligence, which is one of the most complicated problems in the contemporary development of
Soneium, a Next-Generation Web3 ecosystem focused on Culture, entertainment, and creative expression through interactive digital experiences, has announced its groundbreaking partnership with JukeBlox, a music-powered decentralized application (dApp) that converts music into fully onchain digital assets. The primary purpose of this partnership is to turn all music-driven digital collectibles fully onchain with complete ownership and