Virtuals Protocol Leads the Crypto AI Renaissance with OKX Listing and Coinbase x402 Protocol Integration

Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) has been a major protagonist in the recent resurgence of the artificial intelligence sector in the crypto market. In just one week, the project saw its VIRTUAL token appreciate by almost 100%, driven by two major events: its listing on the OKX exchange and its integration with Coinbase’s x402 protocol. 🔹 OKX … Read more

Ondo Brings Tokenized US Stocks to BNB Chain, Doubling Global RWA Market Reach

Ondo Finance (ONDO) has just taken another strategic step in the real-world asset (RWA) sector by integrating tokenized US stocks and ETFs into the BNB Chain, one of the world’s most popular blockchain networks, particularly strong in Asia and Latin America. This development allows the 3.4 million daily users of the BNB Chain to buy … Read more

Polkadot Runtimes v1.9.3: What’s Changed

The v1.9.3 update to the Polkadot ecosystem runtimes was released on October 21, 2025, and brings important technical improvements, especially for those maintaining nodes, developing pallets, or monitoring parachains. Quick Highlights Visualizations enabled on system chains – facilitates debugging and inspecting state/execution. Standardized builds with rustc 1.88.0 and srtool v0.18.3 – stronger binary reproducibility and … Read more

NEAR Protocol Announces Protocol Upgrade to Version 81

NEAR Protocol Announces Protocol Upgrade to Version 81 Focusing on Efficiency, Decentralization, and Governance By RSR Málaga | October 23, 2025 The NEAR Protocol network has officially announced voting for the protocol upgrade to version 81, which is scheduled to begin on October 28, 2025, at 1:00 UTC. If the proposal is approved, the upgrade … Read more

Kadena Shutdown

The organization behind the Kadena (KDA) blockchain announced on Tuesday the immediate closure of its operations, citing unfavorable market conditions as the primary reason. The announcement marked the end of one of the most promising projects of the 2021 cycle, which once dreamed of uniting traditional institutions and the crypto ecosystem. “We are tremendously grateful … Read more

Bitcoin and financial markets await the first US inflation data following the October 1st government shutdown

The Federal Reserve will hold the Payments Innovation Summit on October 21st, a high-level event focused on the future of the digital financial system. The conference will bring together leading figures from the crypto and fintech sectors, including executives from Chainlink, Paxos, Circle, Coinbase, Google, Stripe, and BlackRock. Panels will discuss topics such as stablecoins, … Read more