Ripple’s XRPL AI Starter Kit v1.1 backs both rival AI payment standards
Ripple's XRPL AI Starter Kit v1.1 adds Stripe-Tempo MPP, x402, and Open Wallet Standard support, letting AI agents pay with XRP and RLUSD.
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Ethereum locks in FOCIL and Frame Transactions as 2027 Hegotá headliners
The Ethereum Foundation's Protocol cluster graded all 62 EIPs proposed for the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, locking in FOCIL and Frame Transactions as headliners and declining 28.
Harmony Proposes Sunsetting Its Layer 1 and Moving ONE to Ethereum
Harmony has proposed shutting down its Layer 1, snapshotting ONE balances and airdropping matching ERC-20 tokens on Ethereum, with future emissions redirected to an AI video venture.
Harmony Proposes Shutting Down Layer 1, Migrating ONE to Ethereum
Harmony proposed shutting down its own layer-1 blockchain and migrating its ONE token to Ethereum, weeks after an exploit forced the network to discard more than 109,000 transactions.
Polygon patched DoS and consensus flaws across two hard forks before disclosing them
Polygon Labs disclosed Wednesday that it patched denial-of-service and consensus-hardening flaws across its Bor and Heimdall clients in the Austin and Kyoto hard forks, deployed before the vulnerabilities were publicly revealed.
Solana Vote to Double Disinflation Passes by a Hair in Dramatic Finish
Solana's first binding on-chain governance vote passed a proposal to double the network's disinflation rate by a razor-thin margin after Kraken and Galaxy-linked validators switched sides late.
StarkWare Executes First Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin Transaction as New BIP Emerges
StarkWare says it executed the first quantum-resistant bitcoin transaction via signature grinding routed through MARA's Slipstream, while a same-day BIP from Blockstream proposes a compact post-quantum signature scheme whose security proof is still unfinished.
LayerZero Unveils ATLAS Trading Infrastructure, Backed by Citadel Securities
LayerZero launched ATLAS, exchange infrastructure for crypto and tokenized markets built on its Zero blockchain, with ZRO climbing more than 16% on the news.
Solana Cuts Block Slot Time to 350 Milliseconds in First Speed Upgrade Since Genesis
Solana activated its first slot-time reduction since genesis, dropping the target from 400ms to 350ms as the opening step in a roadmap toward 200ms.
Optimism Governance Vote Redirects 546.9 Million OP From User Airdrops to Ecosystem Fund
A governance vote moved 546.9 million OP tokens from future user airdrops into a Foundation-controlled Strategic Ecosystem Fund for partnerships and institutional growth, leaving no further airdrops planned.