Infrastructure
AI

A16z is the latest VC giant to widen bets beyond crypto and into AI and emerging tech

The venture investor behind early bets on Coinbase, Solana and Uniswap said is broadening its focus, joining other crypto investment…
Oct 22, 2026
Infrastructure

Ethereum Scraps Glamsterdam’s Hoodi Fork After ChainSecurity Flags Gas Risks

Developers pulled the Oct. 26 testnet activation days ahead of time. The upgrade’s early-December mainnet candidates had depended on that…
Oct 22, 2026
Infrastructure

Starknet Opens Layer 1 Research After 93.5% Poll Vote, Targets Quantum Safety by 2027

StarkWare and the Starknet Foundation will jointly study leaving Ethereum’s layer 2 model, though the poll commits Starknet to nothing…
Oct 22, 2026
DeFi

Uniswap Turns v4 Into an Aggregator, Sending Fees From Outside Liquidity to UNI Burn

Aggregator Hooks now route swaps on Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain through seven external liquidity sources, and those trades pay…
Oct 22, 2026
Infrastructure

Ethereum Developers Cancel Oct. 26 Glamsterdam Upgrade on Hoodi

Node operators are being told to use software without the scheduled fork, while mainnet activation remains undecided. Read Full Story…
Oct 22, 2026
Infrastructure

Robinhood generates $51 million in blockchain fees while Ethereum settlement costs total just $69,000

Bitwise’s Q3 estimates put most fees with the operator before business expenses, while ARB and ETH offer different economic exposures.…
Oct 22, 2026
Infrastructure

Visa in Talks to Buy Fireblocks for About $2.5 Billion: Axios

The reported negotiations follow Mastercard’s completed acquisition of BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure deal priced at up to $1.8 billion. Read…
Oct 22, 2026
Infrastructure

Starknet Poll Backs Post-Quantum Layer 1 Research With 93.52% Support

The non-binding vote does not approve a network transition. StarkWare hopes to release a draft whitepaper in November. Read Full…
Oct 22, 2026
Infrastructure

Shinhan Card, SBI-Affiliated Crypto Firms Plan Yen Stablecoin Tests for In-Store Payments

The memorandum of understanding between South Korea’s Shinhan Card, SBI VC Trade and SBI XDC Network APAC also covers stablecoin…
Oct 22, 2026
Infrastructure

Mastercard Crypto Credential, KYC, Travel Rule and Screening Compared

Identity checks, transfer-party information and blockchain risk alerts serve different purposes. Providers remain responsible for deciding whether a payment can…
Oct 22, 2026