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20 Aug 2026, 13:22
XRP, Stellar and Algorand emerge as key contenders in government blockchain projects

🚨 XRP, Stellar and Algorand stand out in government blockchain projects worldwide.
20 Aug 2026, 11:10
NEAR Protocol Zcash swap deal taps Zodl to boost privacy coin access

NEAR Protocol is teaming up with Zodl to make swapping Zcash easier, a partnership announced August 20, 2026 that puts a spotlight on how privacy-focused tokens move between blockchains. The NEAR Protocol Zcash swap collaboration is still in its early days, but it signals a broader push to bring privacy coins like Zcash closer to […]
20 Aug 2026, 09:53
NEAR Protocol perpetual trading debuts 40x leverage as price sits at zero

NEAR Protocol has switched on a new way to trade, and it’s a fairly aggressive one. The blockchain platform now lets users open perpetual contracts directly tied to Hyperliquid’s order books, and the headline number is hard to miss: up to 40x leverage on positions across dozens of markets. For a network that has spent […]
20 Aug 2026, 09:45
Solana News: 12.5% Speed Boost as Mainnet Slot Times Drop to 350ms

Solana News: 12.5% Speed Boost Arrives in 48 Hours In the latest Solana news, the network just hit a big milestone. The network has activated the first slot-time reduction on-chain under SIMD-0525, with the 350ms target set to take effect at epoch 1020. This marks the first of four planned cuts towa...
20 Aug 2026, 09:13
LayerZero crypto migration hits $15B as BitGo, Wyoming exit to Chainlink

Four months ago, an attacker forged a single cross-chain message and walked off with $292 million in stolen crypto. Today, that one exploit has snowballed into a $15 billion LayerZero crypto migration, as custodians, protocols and even a U.S. state government abandon the interoperability network for its rival, Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol. What started as […]
20 Aug 2026, 08:59
GnosisDAO approves Gnosis Chain for Ethereum Economic Zone

Gnosis Chain was approved to transition to an EEZ rollup, enabling it to settle directly to Ethereum rather than continue with an independent validator set.














































