Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Ethereum Foundation warns some tools may break with Glamsterdam upgrade

Developers have been urged to test on Plataberget before Glamsterdam’s new gas model reaches Ethereum’s other testnets and mainnet. Read…
Aug 18, 2026
Infrastructure

Solana treasury firm cuts shares 700-for-1 but leaves room for nearly 100 billion more

Shareholders approved the vast capacity after the former BIT Mining’s NYSE suspension, but no specific use or exact post-consolidation share…
Aug 17, 2026
Infrastructure

Deel Takes Its DLUSD Stablecoin Wallet to More Than 80 Countries

The payroll platform’s dollar balance, issued through Stripe’s Bridge and settled on Tempo, is now live across Latin America, Africa,…
Aug 17, 2026
Infrastructure

Neynar Seeks a New Owner for Farcaster Seven Months After Buying It

Protocol fees fell from $35.43 million in the first quarter to $376,740 so far in the third, according to DefiLlama.…
Aug 17, 2026
Infrastructure

Solana’s Agave 4.2 activation target arrives with mainnet feature gates still pending

The first slot-time gates were still pending, while the 90% rent cut and 4,096-byte transactions lacked confirmed starts. The post…
Aug 17, 2026
Infrastructure

Solana’s Pump Token Leads Crypto Market Gainers as Chart Paints Golden Cross

The native token of Solana’s Pump.fun is up 8%, and the pattern bulls have been waiting for is starting to…
Aug 17, 2026
Infrastructure

Ethereum Developers Target Privacy Changes in Next Major Upgrade

A proposed package would let privacy pools pay their own transaction fees without relying on intermediaries. Read Full Story at…
Aug 17, 2026
AI

Stripe’s Reported $7 Billion OpenRouter Deal Buys Micropayments Without a Blockchain

OpenRouter meters AI usage against prepaid deposits and charges 5% on crypto top-ups against 5.5% on card purchases made through…
Aug 17, 2026
Infrastructure

Ethereum’s next major upgrade just slipped to late 2026, forcing a two-week scramble to save its 2027 roadmap

EIP-8375 proposes burning one third of selected external gross value while off-bid payments stay invisible. The post Ethereum’s next major…
Aug 17, 2026
DeFi

Compound bets $52 million, new leadership team in switch to institutional focus

The protocol pioneered decentralized finance lending, but assets locked have tumbled from a peak five years ago. Now it’s looking…
Aug 17, 2026