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Polkadot Community Votes on dotUSD Native Stablecoin Backed by DOT

Polkadot holders are voting on OpenGov Referendum 1944 to approve dotUSD, a native dollar-pegged stablecoin intended to ...

Sep 9, 2026, 08:02 AM

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Ethereum Sets 2029 Quantum Resistance Deadline, Reshaping Protocol Roadmap

The Ethereum Foundation has made quantum resistance a top priority with a 2029 deadline, citing concerns that quantum co...

Sep 9, 2026, 03:02 AM

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Polkadot Leads Rotation Into Legacy Layer-1s as Fed Rate Hike Odds Rise

Polkadot rose 16.7% on the day and 42.5% over the past week, leading a broader rally in older layer-1 tokens including C...

Sep 8, 2026, 10:08 PM

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Cronos Executes Controversial Rollback After $111 Million DeFi Exploit

Cronos validators rolled back nearly two hours of blockchain history Tuesday to reverse a DeFi exploit that drained $111...

Sep 8, 2026, 07:01 PM

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Harmony Proposes Sunsetting Layer 1 and Migrating ONE Token to Ethereum

Harmony announced Sunday a plan to retire its seven-year-old layer-1 blockchain and move the ONE token to Ethereum, with...

Sep 8, 2026, 04:24 PM

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Solana Leads RWA Networks With $348M in 30-Day Inflows

Solana attracted $348 million in real-world asset net inflows over the past 30 days, outpacing other blockchains as toke...

Sep 8, 2026, 04:02 AM

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Harmony Proposes Voluntary Shutdown, Citing AI Security Threats

Harmony developers have proposed shutting down the blockchain, citing state actors and AI agents as security risks that ...

Sep 7, 2026, 09:01 PM

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Solana Triples Max Transaction Size to 4,096 Bytes Amid Record Activity

Solana activated Transaction v1 Wednesday, raising the network's maximum transaction size from 1,232 to 4,096 bytes whil...

Sep 7, 2026, 05:01 PM

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Solana and Offchain Labs Founders Clash Over Robinhood Chain Fee Model

Founders of Solana and Offchain Labs engaged in a public debate on X over Robinhood Chain's fee structure, disagreeing o...

Sep 7, 2026, 12:03 PM

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Vitalik Buterin Rejects AI Threat Claims Against Bitcoin Security

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin dismissed predictions that artificial intelligence could trigger a 50% Bitcoin crash...

Sep 7, 2026, 05:11 AM

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BNB Chain Targets 1M TPS and AI Integration as BNB Price Hits 2024 Lows

BNB Chain announced a restructured technical roadmap targeting 1 million transactions per second and sub-150ms finality,...

Sep 6, 2026, 09:01 PM

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Ethereum Foundation Deploys AI Agents to Hunt Smart Contract Vulnerabilities

The Ethereum Foundation is using AI agents to systematically identify bugs in smart contracts before attackers exploit t...

Sep 6, 2026, 04:13 AM

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