AI
The bill’s restrictions on yield-bearing crypto products may push the industry away from passive “hold-to-earn” models and toward AI-driven, compliant yield infrastructure, according to STBL…
May 23, 2026
Infrastructure
Cardano could lose a core group of scientists if Input Output fails to secure treasury funding for a slate of research and infrastructure proposals that…
May 22, 2026
DeFi
XRPL’s known amendments page lists fixCleanup3_1__3 for activation on May 27, and by design the event is a maintenance upgrade. Version 3.1.3 of rippled bundles…
May 22, 2026
Infrastructure
NEAR Protocol has launched confidential payments on its Intents platform, enabling private cross-chain swaps between NEAR and ETH. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
May 22, 2026
AI
NEAR rallied by 45% this week on a series of upgrades positioning it as a potential settlement layer for AI agents and confidential finance. Read…
May 22, 2026
Infrastructure
Blockchain.com filed a confidential S-1 after 14 years in crypto, joining Kraken, Grayscale, and SpaceX in a crowded but tentative IPO pipeline. The post Blockchain.com…
May 22, 2026
Infrastructure
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has highlighted a suspected security breach involving Polymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market platform. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
May 22, 2026
Infrastructure
The hacker behind the Verus bridge exploit returned 75% of the stolen funds as part of a recovery deal negotiated with the protocol days after…
May 22, 2026
Infrastructure
The euro-denominated stablecoin consortium Qivalis has received backing from 37 banks across 15 countries, and the asset is planned to launch in the second half…
May 22, 2026
Infrastructure
Near Protocol will introduce dynamic resharding in June, allowing the blockchain to automatically add shards as demand grows without human intervention. Read Full Story at…
May 22, 2026