Bitdeer plans to deploy its proprietary Sealminer A1 rigs in Texas and Norway in the second half of 2024, adding 3.4 EH/s net hashrate and aiming to push managed hashrate above 46 EH/s by the end of 2025.
After the KelpDAO exploit, Curve founder Michael Egorov called for shared DeFi safety standards, warning that many “decentralized” systems still rely on centralized points of failure. Some investors argue such failures remain part of the sector’s maturation.
Telegram plans to support TON-based NFT gifts later this year, allowing users to convert limited-edition animated gifts into NFTs for profile display, Stars-based use, and external trading.
Meta rebrands Facebook Pay to Meta Pay, focusing on digital identity and proof of ownership for the metaverse. The wallet aims to enable cross-platform transactions and interoperable digital assets, supported by an open standards group with Microsoft and Epic Games.
AFX has launched its sovereign Layer 1 testnet for decentralized derivatives, highlighting sub-100ms finality, over 50,000 TPS, and a community-first incentive model designed to reward trading activity and technical feedback.
The x402 micropayment protocol's token ecosystem ballooned from 10 tokens worth $178M to 44 tokens worth $832M in three days, driven by surging AI agent economy.
Ethena's synthetic dollar stablecoin USDE has surpassed $3 billion market cap, flipping First Digital's FDUSD to become the fourth-largest stablecoin. Despite highly concentrated holdings, a 33.5% APY has attracted nearly 200,000 users to stake.
XinFin.org unveils its business white paper detailing an Ethereum-forked blockchain that connects IoT devices (e.g., water ATMs) to peer-to-peer financing, targeting a $5 trillion infrastructure deficit. Pre-ICO enters final week.
