Starknet has announced a flat fee of 4 $STRK for shielding any amount on its platform, a move aimed at enhancing user access to onchain privacy services. This initiative, shared through a tweet, underscores Starknet’s focus on privacy in the evolving crypto landscape, particularly during a time of mixed market signals. More details are available
Blockchain infrastructure is the combination of hardware, software, and network components that allow a blockchain to record, validate, and store transactions without a central authority. It’s the foundation everything else in crypto sits on top of — from Bitcoin’s payment network to Ethereum’s smart contracts to the supply-chain and banking systems increasingly built on blockchain
Something quietly significant just happened in the world of institutional tokenization. T-RIZE Group has completed the integration of Chainlink’s oracle platform into its Kairos Digital Loan Notes (KDLN) program — and for the first time, verifiable insurance coverage data now lives onchain within a tokenized financial product on the Canton Network. That’s not a minor
Coin98 Super Wallet, an AI-driven, secure financial platform on-chain, has integrated ADI Chain, an Ethereum-based L2 chain. The integration permits Coin98 users to access the ADI Chain network via a self-custodial wallet setting. As per Coin98 Super Wallet’s official press release, users can now manage on-chain assets, engage with RWA applications, and delve into digital
The top altcoin projects in the cryptocurrency market based on weekly active users have been revealed. According to the latest data, $BNB Chain tops the list with 14.4 million weekly active users. $BNB Chain is followed by Tron with 8.9 million users and Solana with 7.9 million users. The data is based on the number
Ink, the Ethereum Layer 2 network incubated by Kraken, is moving its production infrastructure to Optimism’s OP Enterprise Fully Managed service under a multi year agreement. Optimism will take responsibility for operating Ink’s core network infrastructure, while the Ink Foundation focuses on expanding its ecosystem and developing new financial products. The arrangement gives Optimism control
As AI agents become increasingly capable of completing tasks online, a new challenge is emerging: how can businesses tell whether an agent is acting on behalf of a real person or simply part of a bot network? World believes human verification will become a critical part of the answer. The company has announced broader access
Matrixdock, a platform specializing in the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs), has launched its tokenized gold product, XAUm, on the Stellar network. The announcement, made on June 24, marks a significant expansion for the company, which is seeking to bring traditional commodities deeper into the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Expanding into the Stellar Ecosystem The
Polygon gives developers a framework to build and launch their own blockchains that connect back to the Ethereum network. These chains are not forks or copies of Polygon itself. They are independent networks that projects control entirely, built using Polygon’s Chain Development Kit, known as the CDK. As of 2026, Polygon has repositioned CDK from