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Polkadot's OpenGov system approved referenda #1909 and #1910, introducing staking parameter updates that strengthen validator incentives, reduce nominator risks, and optimize network security costs. The changes reflect ongoing fine-tuning of Polkadot's economic model as the netwo

Startale Group partnered with SBI Holdings to unveil Strium, a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for tokenized securities and institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure. The announcement represents one of the most significant attempts to create blockcha

The announcement hit Crypto Twitter with all the subtlety of a confetti cannon. Startale, the blockchain infrastructure company behind the Soneium Layer 2 network, launched its Mini Apps Carnival campaign on May 13, 2026, offering up to $9,000 in rewards for users engaging with m

The United Arab Emirates has spent the last three years building what may be the most comprehensive government-backed blockchain infrastructure in the world. Startale's announcement last week that it will establish its Middle East headquarters in Abu Dhabi is not merely a corpora

A new Animoca Brands 2026 Digital Assets Outlook report, analyzed by Hyperbridge, identifies blockchain interoperability as a fiduciary mandate for institutional adoption. The report highlights the infrastructure gap holding back mainstream digital asset integration, arguing that

Phala Network introduced the Private AI Gateway, enabling organizations to deploy AI inference across fragmented compute environments while maintaining cryptographic privacy guarantees through trusted execution environment (TEE) technology. The solution addresses a growing tensio

The Securities and Exchange Commission published a brief Federal Register order on Monday that does something markets have been anticipating since January: it formally approves Nasdaq's rule change to list and trade shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust under the ticker IBTC. The o

The report landed without fanfare. Parity Technologies, the team behind the Polkadot ecosystem's core infrastructure, published a comprehensive analysis of stablecoins in July 2026. It was not a government white paper. It was not an industry lobbying document. It was engineers ex

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Market Participants Division and Division of Clearing and Risk released a 47-page staff guidance document last week that attempts to answer a question regulators have been dodging for years: what exactly can a registered firm do with cry

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission handed down what appears to be a carefully calibrated signal last week: a no-action letter permitting Kraken Derivatives Exchange to operate certain designated contract market functions while the broader regulatory framework for digital as