BLOCKCHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE
a16z Outlines 5 Blockchain Solutions for AI Agent Infrastructure Gap
Andreessen Horowitz researchers identify identity, payments, and governance as critical gaps where crypto rails can enable AI agents as economic actors.
Visa Becomes Anchor Validator on Tempo Blockchain for Stablecoin Payments
Visa launches in-house validator node on Stripe's Tempo blockchain, joining anchor validators for stablecoin settlement as payment giants race to build crypto infrastructure.
The Graph Launches Agent0 Subgraphs to Index AI Agents Across Five Chains
The Graph deploys ERC-8004 indexing infrastructure on Ethereum, Base, Polygon, BNB Chain, and Monad, enabling millisecond agent discovery for the emerging AI economy.
Stellar (XLM) Makes Its Case to Banks - Why Private Blockchains Fall Short
Stellar (XLM) positions itself as institutional settlement infrastructure, arguing private chains sacrifice security and innovation for control that public networks can still provide.
EigenCloud Challenge Reveals 5 AI Agents Using TEEs for Verifiable Trust
EigenCloud's $10K innovation challenge produced AI agents that prove their honesty through Trusted Execution Environments, from whistleblower platforms to automated negotiations.
BNB Chain Adds Dispute Resolution Layer for Autonomous Agent Transactions
BNB Chain introduces decentralized escrow and governance-backed dispute resolution to enable higher-stakes transactions between autonomous AI agents.
IOTA Taps Six Trade Veterans for TWIN Advisory Board
IOTA Foundation forms Expert Advisory Board with customs and logistics leaders to guide TWIN trade infrastructure development, focusing on UK operations.
The Graph GRT Unveils 2026 Roadmap Targeting AI Agents and Institutions
The Graph releases comprehensive 2026 technical roadmap expanding beyond subgraphs to serve AI agents, enterprises, and DeFi with new data services on Horizon protocol.
Fireblocks Hits 150 Blockchain Integrations After Adding 46 Networks in 2025
Fireblocks expands institutional crypto infrastructure to 150 public blockchains, adding Sui, Canton, HyperEVM and 43 other networks throughout 2025.
a16z Says Privacy Will Create Winner-Take-Most Dynamics in Crypto
a16z crypto's Ali Yahya argues blockspace commoditization makes privacy the only defensible moat, with secrets harder to migrate than assets.
Stellar (XLM) Makes Legal Case for Open Blockchains After AWS Outage Hit 1000+ Firms
Stellar (XLM) Foundation argues open blockchain networks offer superior resilience and regulatory access after October 2025 AWS outage disrupted centralized systems for 15 hours.
Sei Unveils Market Infrastructure Grid With $100B+ Transaction Partners
Sei Network launches comprehensive developer tooling system featuring Alchemy, Privy, and Thirdweb integrations, targeting enterprise blockchain adoption.
Conflux (CFX) Releases CFX v3.0.2 Node Upgrade With RPC Fixes and Performance Boosts
Conflux (CFX) Network rolls out v3.0.2 node upgrade fixing critical RPC bugs and adding new developer endpoints. Optional upgrade improves stability.
Solana's 'Internet Capital Market' Pivot: Why Firedancer Just Made Your Trading Bot 10x Faster
In December 2025, the Solana mainnet underwent a "heart transplant." With the official launch of Firedancer, a new validator client built from scratch by Jump Crypto, the network has officially broken the 1 million TPS (transactions per second) barrier in testing. For the average user, it’s a reliability boost; for high-frequency trading (HFT) bots, it is a total regime shift.
Firedancer Mainnet: The Day Solana Actually Solved Scalability (and Why the Price Didn't Pump... Yet)
On December 12, 2025, Solana launched its long-awaited "Firedancer" upgrade. While it officially gave the network the ability to handle a million transactions per second, the price didn't skyrocket. We look at why the tech is a "once in a decade" win even if the charts stayed flat for now.