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Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on July 8 enabling oil producers to convert associated petroleum gas into off-grid electricity specifically for crypto mining operations. The move addresses gas flaring waste while providing miners access to cheap, stranded energy that

Cipher Digital (CIFR) announced it extended the lease term at its Barber Lake data center from 10 years to 20, increasing total contracted revenue from $3.8 billion to over $9 billion. The additional 10-year commitment comes from an unnamed AI lab and is expected to generate about $5.2 billion in in

PayPal announced on March 17 the expansion of its dollar-pegged stablecoin PYUSD to 70 markets, up from its previous availability in only the United States and United Kingdom. The expansion enables eligible users in dozens of new countries including Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Uganda, and

According to BlockBeats, Arthur Hayes announced on September 25 that Flop Labs will launch a new competition today at 12:00 UTC, where AI agents will predict the Xyz NVDA perpetual contract price on Hyperliquid on October 4, 2026. The top three AI agents by profit will share 1 million FLOP tokens, w

Ethena is adding tokenized U.S. equities and equity perpetual futures on Binance to the basis trade underlying its USDe synthetic dollar backing allocation. According to a statement shared exclusively with The Block, Ethena will use bStocks as tokenized spot collateral and Binance equity

According to The Block, Ethena on September 25 added tokenized U.S. stocks to its USDe basis trading strategy, using Binance bStocks as collateral while employing Binance stock perpetual futures contracts for delta-neutral hedging. The protocol's risk committee had previously approved tokenized

According to Foresight News, Lava Network's chain migration proposal will go live and open voting on September 28 at 20:00.

According to Foresight News, Parcl V4 has integrated PRCL token on Parcl Chain, with cross-chain support for USDC and PRCL. Following the closure of closed-alpha testing, whitelisted users will be able to bridge PRCL tokens into the chain from day one. The platform's development network is

Yuga Labs secured 23,155 NFTs worth over $5.7 million following a security incident attributed to a vulnerability in their Limit Break Payment Processor V2. According to CryptoTwitter commentator @WuBlockchain, the incident initially raised suspicions toward Magic Eden before the actual issue was id

According to Ondo Finance, on September 24-25, 2026, the company launched three blockchain-based portfolio tokens built around BlackRock investment strategies, targeting qualified investors outside the United States. The three products are designed to provide exposure to income-focused,

XRPL developers are exploring a Permissioned AMM proposal in a Sept. 5 XRPL Standards discussion that would extend the ledger's Credentials and Permissioned Domains architecture to native liquidity pools. The proposal addresses a gap in XRPL's institutional DeFi infrastructure: while the existing Pe

XRPL developers on Sept. 5 proposed Permissioned AMMs through an XRPL Standards discussion that would extend the ledger's existing Credentials and Permissioned Domains architecture to native liquidity pools. The concept addresses a specific infrastructure gap: XRPL's Permissioned DEX can restrict

Tezos launched Quantumnet, an experimental blockchain testnet designed to evaluate post-quantum cryptography across its protocol. Developed by teams at Nomadic Labs, Trilitech, and other contributors, the network provides validators, researchers, and developers an environment to test early

According to a Sept. 5 XRPL Standards discussion, developers proposed a Permissioned AMM that would extend XRPL's Credentials and Permissioned Domains framework to native liquidity pools. The proposal, currently an XLS Idea without activation on the XRP Ledger, would attach a DomainID directly to AM

According to official announcement on September 24, Tezos launched Quantumnet, an experimental testnet for post-quantum cryptography testing, expanding quantum-resistant protections beyond wallet security to validator attestations and protocol randomness. Developed by Nomadic Labs, Trilitech, and ot

Ripple's XRPL AI Starter Kit supports x402 payments in either XRP or the dollar-backed RLUSD stablecoin, allowing software agents to purchase APIs, computing power, and AI inference without manual checkout. Both assets settle over the same network, but serve distinct functions: RLUSD addresses the p

According to Yuga Labs blockchain vice president Quit, users should immediately revoke authorization for Ethereum Payment Processor V2 and ApeChain Payment Processor V3 contracts on September 25, using tools like revoke.cash. Quit clarified that 3,832 NFTs valued at approximately $1.5 million

According to Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge and team member Quit, a vulnerability was discovered hours ago on September 25, with Quit conducting a white-hat rescue operation. All affected assets are confirmed safe, with Quit stating on-chain address 0x71cF3f5724bD2B72Ef6464992aCd26216DE7fe33 contains f

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced on X on September 24 that USDT is 'coming home' to Bitcoin, responding to Utexo co-founder Viktor Ihnatiuk who discussed USDT on Bitcoin with Morgan Stanley representatives in Washington. The announcement reflects an effort to bring the world's largest stablecoin b

Ondo Finance launched three tokenized investment portfolios based on strategies developed by BlackRock on September 24, extending the tokenization market from individual stocks and ETFs into professionally constructed multi-asset portfolios. The products—Ondo High Income Powered by BlackRock