Gnosis Chain Activates Fusaka on April 14: How PeerDAS Reshapes Data Availability for Ethereum's Most Decentralized Sidechain
Gnosis Chain activates the Fusaka hard fork on April 14, bringing PeerDAS data availability sampling to 300,000 validators across 70 countries while unveiling the Ethereum Economic Zone framework to end L2 fragmentation.
Lido V3 Turns Ethereum's Largest Staking Protocol Into a Build-Your-Own-Yield Platform
Lido V3 launched stVaults on Ethereum mainnet, transforming the 19.4 billion dollar staking giant from a single pooled product into a modular platform where institutions, L2s, and DeFi protocols build custom staking strategies while sharing stETH liquidity.
MARA Sells $1.1B in Bitcoin and Cuts 15% of Staff: Inside the Great Mining-to-AI Pivot
MARA Holdings sold 15,133 BTC for $1.1B, cut 15% of staff, and partnered with Starwood to build AI data centers. Here's why America's largest public Bitcoin miner is pivoting — and what it means for the entire mining industry and Bitcoin's security model.
The Mined in America Act Wants to Build a Domestic Bitcoin Mining Supply Chain — Can It Work?
Senators Cassidy and Lummis introduced the Mined in America Act to end U.S. dependence on Chinese mining hardware, create a voluntary certification program, and codify the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. We break down the bill's provisions, the tariff squeeze driving its urgency, and whether domestic ASIC manufacturing can realistically scale.
MoonPay's Open Wallet Standard: Building the SWIFT of Machine Payments
MoonPay open-sourced the Open Wallet Standard with backing from PayPal, Circle, Ethereum Foundation, and 15+ contributors. We break down how OWS gives AI agents a universal, secure wallet layer across eight chain families — and where it fits in the fast-moving agent wallet wars.
Perpification: Why Perpetual Futures May Eat Real-World Asset Tokenization Before Tokenization Eats Finance
a16z's 2026 perpification thesis argues perpetual futures on real-world assets will scale faster than direct tokenization. With the S&P 500 now licensed on Hyperliquid, RWA perps hitting 20 percent of open interest, and Ostium raising 24 million dollars, the data increasingly supports derivatives-first over ownership-first approaches to putting global markets on-chain.
Solana Just Moved $650 Billion in Stablecoins in a Single Month — Here Is Why It Matters
Solana processed a record $650 billion in stablecoin transactions in February 2026, surpassing Ethereum and Tron. We break down the forces driving this surge — from Visa USDC settlement to AI agent payments — and whether purpose-built stablechains can challenge Solana's lead.
Solana's $55M-to-$1.8M Revenue Crash Forced Its Biggest Pivot — Here's the Enterprise Bet That Could Pay Off
Solana's memecoin economy collapsed 97% in Q1 2026. In response, the Solana Foundation launched the Solana Developer Platform (SDP) with Mastercard, Western Union, and Worldpay as launch partners. Here is why this infrastructure pivot could redefine the chain.
Uniblock Raises $5.2M to Become the Twilio of Blockchain — Why Web3 API Aggregation Is the Next Critical Infrastructure Layer
Uniblock raises $5.2M to unify 300+ blockchains under a single API with patented intelligent orchestration. We analyze why Web3 API aggregation — the Twilio model applied to blockchain — is becoming critical infrastructure as multi-chain complexity overwhelms development teams.