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Story Protocol, an a16z-backed Layer 1 network focused on intellectual property (IP) management, has revealed its tokenomics model for its native token. The announcement, made on Friday, comes ahead of the platform’s anticipated mainnet launch, originally scheduled for last year. According to a company statement, the native token will
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The XRP Ledger experienced a temporary outage lasting about 64 minutes late Tuesday, halting transaction processing at ledger height 93,927,173. The incident has ignited discussion among experts and users over the network’s consensus process and potential vulnerabilities. Consensus Mechanism Under Scrutiny Critics have pointed to the hour-long
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Since its launch in June 2019, Algorand has emerged as a promising platform in the blockchain space, offering a fresh approach to financial technology. Designed to improve upon existing systems like Ethereum, Algorand aims to enhance scalability, security, and transaction finality while providing a robust environment for decentralized applications. A
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In a significant development for the Ethereum network, validators have reached a consensus to increase the block gas limit, a key parameter that determines the network's transaction processing capacity. This marks the first time the gas limit has been raised since Ethereum's transition to proof-of-stake, signaling
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The Bitcoin network is experiencing a significant slowdown, with the number of daily transactions dropping to an 11-month low. This decline in activity has led to a near-complete clearing of Bitcoin's mempools – the waiting areas for unconfirmed transactions – and has miners processing blocks that are not fully filled,
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The team behind Geth, the most widely used software client for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain, has released an emergency update dubbed "Schwarzschild" (version 1.14.13). This critical update addresses a vulnerability in Geth's peer-to-peer (p2p) layer that could have allowed attackers to launch denial-of-service
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November 2018 marked the launch of Uniswap, a pioneering decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that has since become a cornerstone of the cryptocurrency trading ecosystem. As one of the earliest DeFi applications to gain substantial traction on the Ethereum blockchain, Uniswap has maintained its prominence despite the emergence of competitors like
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Launched in November 2017, Aave has emerged as a leading decentralized lending protocol within the rapidly expanding world of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). This innovative platform empowers users to lend and borrow cryptocurrencies, earning interest on deposits and accessing loans without traditional intermediaries like banks. Aave leverages smart contracts to automate
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Cardano, a leading proof-of-stake blockchain platform, is poised to transition to full decentralized governance this Wednesday following the implementation of the Plomin hard fork, the Cardano Foundation announced on X. The Plomin hard fork marks a significant milestone for Cardano, enabling ADA holders to exercise genuine voting power over critical
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Paradigm, a leading crypto-focused venture capital firm, is calling on the Ethereum community to accelerate the pace of development for the world's second-largest cryptocurrency. In a recent post co-authored by several top executives, Paradigm argues that Ethereum should prioritize shipping more frequent upgrades and improvements, rather than slowing
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Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator Jupiter made a splash at its "Catstanbul 2025" event, announcing a major platform redesign, the acquisition of memecoin platform Moonshot, and the launch of a $10 million fund for open-source AI development. These announcements, coupled with the introduction of the ambitious "Jupnet&
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The Algorand Foundation has launched a real-time staking rewards program for its Layer-1 blockchain, aiming to make participation more accessible to a wide range of users. Under the new system—introduced this week following a consensus mechanism upgrade—validators now earn “block rewards” of 10 ALGO per block, decreasing by