Aztec Network has launched its Alpha Network, delivering what it says is the first Ethereum Layer 2 with a complete execution environment for private smart contracts. The upgrade, which followed a unanimous community governance vote, builds on the Ignition Chain that went live in November 2025 as the coordination layer for decentralized sequencing and block
Former a16z crypto investor Sam Broner has raised $10 million to launch The Better Money Company, a startup aiming to become a clearinghouse for U.S. dollar stablecoins in the wake of America’s new federal GENIUS Act regime. Broner co-founded the company in November with college friend Adam Zuckerman, a former Latham & Watkins attorney who
Bitcoin is getting close to a point in history where fear and opportunity are separated. The $54,000 area sticks out as a key threshold, where Bitcoin becomes statistically cheap in relation to the average on-chain cost basis of market participants, according to CryptoQuant’s realized price model. Descending market dynamic The price is currently trading in
Google recently released new research on quantum risk for blockchains. In its release, Google warned that quantum advances could break crypto security sooner than expected, highlighting “appropriate urgency.” The various quantum risk profiles for popular blockchains were divided into four categories. One category consists of protocols that make long-term exposure of quantum-vulnerable public keys inevitable.
In a recent post on X, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson shared a surprising issue that revolves around identity, which may apply to everyone: he had trouble proving he was really himself on social media. The Cardano founder had participated in a conversation on a Telegram group dedicated to Midnight. This led participants in the group
In brief Uniblock has raised $5.2 million in new funding, bringing total capital to $7.5 million, with investors including SBI, AllianceDAO, Blockchain Founders Fund, NGC Ventures, Alchemy, and MoonPay. The platform manages infrastructure across more than 300 blockchains through 55 data partners with patented auto-routing technology. 3,000 projects and 4,000 developers use the service, including
On Monday, two research pieces about quantum cryptography dramatically slashed the hardware requirements for cracking private keys to vast sums of digital assets, including over a million bitcoin ($BTC) owned by Satoshi Nakamoto. By some estimates, the deadline to fork Bitcoin to post-quantum cryptography has accelerated by two orders of magnitude. In other words, both
Bitcoin ($BTC) price has dipped below the ‘Fire Sale!’ zone on the Rainbow Chart, its first drop into this area since the FTX-induced capitulation in late 2022. The flagship coin fell below the ‘Fire Sale!’ territory of the popular visual tool for tracking long-term price trends and sentiment by March 31, signaling it is extremely
In brief Tether’s USAT stablecoin has launched on the Celo blockchain, its first expansion beyond Ethereum. Google Cloud provides infrastructure support for the stablecoin’s distribution system. A privacy-preserving faucet allows verified users to access USAT tokens through proof-of-humanity verification. Tether announced Tuesday that the USAT stablecoin has expanded to the Celo blockchain, an Ethereum layer-2
In brief Benchmark analysts assigned a $16 price target to Securitize, expressing bullishness on the firm’s ability to establish a competitive moat through blue-chip partnerships. The BlackRock-backed firm has a great deal of visibility into future revenue streams as Wall Street warms to tokenization, Benchmark’s Mark Palmer told Decrypt. Benchmark analysts expect the company to