At Consensus Miami 2026, NEAR Protocol hosted a full-day side event that put one argument front and center: AI agents are not going to care about your brand, your UX, or your lobby app. They will route to the cheapest,…
While Bitcoin Drops 22% and ETH Bleeds 60%, Two Tokens Are Up Big in 2026. Here Is Why HYPE and TAO Are Winning the Bear Market.
The 2026 crypto market has a simple structure. Bitcoin is down approximately 22 percent year-to-date. Ethereum is down over 33 percent. Solana is roughly flat to slightly negative. The altcoin market at large has 38 percent of tokens trading near…
DeFi’s $292M KelpDAO Stress Test: Standard Chartered Says ‘Bent Not Broken,’ JPMorgan Disagrees
At 17:35 UTC on April 18, 2026, an attacker tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group sent a single forged cross-chain message through KelpDAO’s LayerZero bridge. The bridge accepted it, releasing 116,500 rsETH tokens, roughly 18% of the entire restaked-Ethereum supply,…
Vitalik Buterin Unveils Kohaku: The Game-Changing Privacy Framework Revolutionizing Ethereum Wallets in 2025-2026
Buenos Aires, Argentina – In a highly anticipated keynote at Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2 on November 16, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin introduced Kohaku, a bold new privacy framework designed to make private transactions the default experience for Ethereum wallet users.…
