Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Base’s 1:1-backed tokenized equities launch ‘imminent,’ Pollak says

The Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 is preparing to expand its financial offerings as it pivots away from its earlier social-first strategy.…
Jul 21, 2026
Infrastructure

Cardano Triggers Hard Fork With First Community-Voted Upgrade

For the first time in Cardano’s history, no company flipped the switch on a major protocol update. Read Full Story…
Jul 20, 2026
Infrastructure

Hyperliquid to Open Prediction Markets to Anyone Who Stakes 500,000 HYPE

The plan would end validator-gated listings, requiring deployers to lock about $30 million in tokens while letting them keep up…
Jul 20, 2026
AI

Hut 8, IREN deals lift AI-focused Bitcoin mining stocks

Bitcoin miners rallied as investors cheered multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure contracts, underscoring the sector’s accelerating shift toward data centers and cloud…
Jul 20, 2026
Infrastructure

Bernstein raises Robinhood price target, cites tokenization and prediction markets

The brokerage’s blockchain strategy, including tokenized equities and its Arbitrum-based Robinhood Chain, could reduce its reliance on traditional crypto trading,…
Jul 20, 2026
Infrastructure

Inside Cardano's 'Van Rossum' hard fork, and what it means for users

The Van Rossem hard fork moved Cardano to version 11 on Saturday. And for the first time, Cardano’s community voted…
Jul 20, 2026
Infrastructure

Hyperliquid challenges Polymarket with $32 million opening for prediction-market builders

Hyperliquid plans to allow external operators to create prediction markets on its blockchain, widening its challenge to Polymarket while requiring…
Jul 20, 2026
Infrastructure

Allbridge Pauses Cross-Chain Protocol After $1.65M Flash Loan Attack

An attacker used a flash loan to distort the bridge’s Solana stablecoin pools before moving the proceeds to Ethereum, security…
Jul 20, 2026
Infrastructure

Michael Saylor Comes Out Against Bitcoin’s BIP-110, Calling the Anti-Spam Soft Fork ‘a Bad Idea’

The Strategy chairman warned that writing a spam ban into Bitcoin’s consensus rules is more dangerous than the spam itself,…
Jul 20, 2026
Industry News

Bank of Korea prepares for live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in September

Major banking heavyweights join a massive blockchain network test that will allow retail consumers to trade tokenized won freely across…
Jul 20, 2026