Key Highlights: Ritual, founded by former Polychain Capital partners, has introduced Ritual Chain, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain optimized for autonomous AI agents. The network features 15 native precompiles that allow smart contracts to interface with language models, run private computations, browse the web, and schedule tasks. Autonomous agents can operate independently for months or ...
Key Highlights: The Starknet community voted to study transitioning from an Ethereum Layer-2 rollup into an independent, post-quantum Layer-1 blockchain, backed by a joint StarkWare and Starknet Foundation working group. StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson argued that Ethereum’s targeted December 2029 post-quantum timeline is too late and susceptible to schedule slips, justifying Starknet’s target for 2027. ...
Key Highlights: StarkWare and the Starknet Foundation are spearheading research to make Starknet quantum-safe by 2027, ahead of Ethereum’s projected 2029 timeline. A draft white paper exploring reduced reliance on Ethereum and the potential path toward an independent Layer 1 architecture is slated for release in November. Current operations remain uninterrupted, with STRK continuing as ...
Key Highlights: $DATA (formerly Story Protocol), an a16z-backed startup with $140 million in funding, is shutting down its proprietary Layer-1 blockchain to build on Sui. The high infrastructure, engineering, security audit, and validator expenses of maintaining a custom Layer 1 led the team to refocus on core product development. As part of the strategic migration, ...
Key Highlights: NEAR Protocol has launched NEAR Business, a dedicated treasury solution designed specifically for crypto teams operating on the blockchain. The initiative aligns with NEAR Protocol’s broader strategic vision to become a leading platform for decentralized applications by providing innovative financial infrastructure. Market activity for NEAR remains subdued in the immediate aftermath of the ...
Key Highlights: Qubic patched a critical vulnerability in its web wallet caused by using JavaScript’s non-cryptographic Math.random() function for seed generation. Network validators, known as Computors, will vote on recovery options for frozen funds once the core team completes its audit of impacted wallets. The incident adds to an ongoing pattern of seed-generation vulnerabilities across ...
Key Highlights: StarkWare is considering transitioning Starknet into a standalone Layer 1 blockchain to accelerate defenses against quantum computing threats. StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson advocates for reaching full quantum resilience by 2027, outpacing Ethereum’s projected 2029 timeline. A formal shift to Layer 1 requires new technical proposals, a detailed roadmap, and governance approvals, with no ...
Key Highlights: Wrapped Pearl [WPRL] jumped 228% over the past month, trading at $1.93 on Uniswap v3 after reaching a high of $2.10. Pearl is a Layer-1 network built on Bitcoin’s codebase that replaces SHA-256 mining puzzles with matrix multiplication used for AI computation. The network faces technical hurdles, including an impending supply dilution of ...
Key Highlights: Aptos has completed the four-year vesting schedule established for its core developers and initial investors following its October 12, 2022 mainnet debut. Official token economics data confirms that the end of this schedule will cut the annualized unlock rate by approximately 60%. The conclusion of these regular distributions eliminates ongoing token release pressure ...
Key Highlights Starknet’s native token, $STRK, surged 322.26% over an approximately 28-day window from Sept. 13 to Oct. 11, significantly outpacing bitcoin and ether. On-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) activity saw massive expansion, jumping from $6.3 million on Sept. 14 to $41.4 million on Oct. 10, while total value locked (TVL) rose 5.1%. StarkWare CEO Eli ...
Key Highlights: StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson revealed that Starknet is evaluating independence from Ethereum to accelerate defenses against potential quantum computing and AI threats. While Starknet’s ZK-STARK system is inherently hash-based, its bridge infrastructure and settlement layer remain tied to Ethereum’s timeline, which targets quantum resistance by December 2029. The strategic deliberations coincide with a ...
Key Highlights: Starknet ($STRK) surged over 55% in a 24-hour window, breaking above the $0.10 mark to tap an intraday high of $0.1022. StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson proposed transitioning Starknet from an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution into an independent Layer-1 blockchain to mitigate quantum computing threats. Establishing an autonomous Layer-1 network would enable Starknet to ...