19+ min ago   (137+ words) Whale: Borrows $153M WETH for $0.36 Profit blockchain.news Whale: Borrows $153M WETH for $0.36 Profit Dormant whale borrows 81.64K WETH worth $153.6M from Morpho and Spark, netting $0.36 after fees on arbitrage as ETH trades at $1879.81. Whale reactivated after two years to borrow 81.64K WETH (~$153.6M) from Morpho…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (786+ words) Ethereum developers are narrowing the scope of Hegotá, the network upgrade planned for 2027, as client teams weigh competing proposals covering censorship resistance, account abstraction, privacy, gas pricing and validator economics. Ethereum researcher Toni Wahrstätter said on Aug. 16 that 66 proposals were…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (533+ words) As we peel back the layers of this integration, the significance of cross-chain trading becomes glaringly apparent. In the past, assets tethered to a single blockchain floated aimlessly, unable to traverse into rival ecosystems. Enter Solana’s entry into the XRP…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (655+ words) USDT remains the dominant stablecoin by business transaction volume on NOWPayments, but new platform data shows USDC gaining momentum fast. In H1 2026, USDC transaction count increased 209.02% year over year and transaction volume rose 101.63%, while USDT transaction activity declined over the same…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (320+ words) Algorand v5.0.0 has reached 90% node support, clearing the upgrade for activation after its cooldown period. The protocol change marks Algorand’s largest upgrade since staking rewards launched in January 2025. It introduces native post-quantum accounts alongside expanded smart contract capabilities and a flexible…...

17+ hour, 31+ min ago   (415+ words) Its architecture is optimized for high-throughput activity with low transaction costs and fast finality. That creates an obvious advantage for systems that could generate enormous numbers of transactions every day. The network can function more like a high-speed expressway. Yet…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1257+ words) Crypto suffered over $37M in confirmed losses in one week, including a $25.6M whale drain, $7.9M Coinsbuy hack and 200K XRP theft. A repeat phishing attack on the same wallet that lost $24.2 million in 2023 drained another $25.6 million on August 12, this time with no return…...

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4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (419+ words) The growing use of Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin has raised a central question among XRP supporters: if a dollar-backed digital asset can facilitate payments and settlement, what role does XRP still serve? Digital Asset Investor addressed that question in a tweet,…...

6+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1086+ words) Real world assets are becoming one of the most important gateways into decentralized finance, and new data from the first half of 2026 suggests that the trend is already reshaping user behavior on Hyperliquid. According to figures attributed to DefiLlama Research…...