Category: Blockchain

Nexus Avail Reimagines Blockchain Interoperability

The Avail Nexus mainnet launched this week, promising to radically rewire how assets move between blockchains. Instead of another bridging tool, Nexus wants to make multichain execution as seamless as tapping a button, sidestepping years of awkward crypto UX and operational headaches. Nexus wants to fix the crosschain user experience Nexus sets out to solve a nagging question in Web3: why do users with onchain assets still get stuck, forced to bridge tokens, swap for gas, and bounce between apps just to use their funds? Avail Nexus mainnet is live…

Tezos Art Movement Shines in Berlin: A New Era for Blockchain Creativity

Peter Zhang Nov 28, 2025 02:22 The Tezos art community showcased its vibrant creativity in Berlin, highlighting the blockchain’s role in art innovation. Discover the impact and future of Tezos in the art world. The Tezos art community recently took center stage in Berlin, Germany, where a four-day event highlighted the innovative intersection of blockchain technology and digital art. The event marked a significant moment for Tezos, a blockchain known for its focus on creative expression and decentralization, according to Tezos. Expanding…

How blockchain upgrades start: From idea to proposal

Blockchains do not stand still. Fee markets shift, validator sets evolve, and new modules arrive to handle everything from privacy to crosschain messaging. Behind each of those changes sits a simple starting point: an idea that someone cared enough to write down. Cointelegraph Decentralization Guardians (CTDG) was created to give those ideas a more reliable home. The initiative runs high-performance validators and participates in governance across networks such as Solana,, Injective, Chiliz, Polkadot, Coreum, Canton and Mantra, contributing to decentralization and security at the protocol layer. The CTDG Dev Hub,…

Klarna Launches Stablecoin on Stripe’s Tempo Blockchain

Payments company Klarna has launched a stablecoin, becoming the first digital bank to issue a token on Tempo, the new layer-1 blockchain developed by Stripe and Paradigm. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the new stablecoin is pegged to the US dollar and is currently live on Tempo’s testnet, with an upcoming mainnet launch set for 2026. Called KlarnaUSD, the stablecoin was built by Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure provider also owned by Stripe. The move expands Klarna’s long-standing payments partnership with Stripe across its 26 global markets. “Crypto is finally at a…

Monad Launches Native Bridge with Wormhole for Enhanced Blockchain Connectivity

James Ding Nov 25, 2025 03:05 Monad unveils its mainnet with Wormhole-powered Native Bridge, enhancing connectivity between its high-speed blockchain and Ethereum, offering seamless asset transfers. The Monad blockchain has officially launched its mainnet, featuring a Native Bridge powered by Wormhole, according to Wormhole. This development connects Monad’s innovative 10,000 transactions per second (TPS) Layer 1 blockchain to Ethereum, enabling efficient asset transfers. Seamless Asset Transfers The Monad Native Bridge utilizes Wormhole’s Native Token Transfers (NTT) standard and Axelar’s General Message Passing,…

USDC and CCTP Now Integrated on Monad Blockchain

Rebeca Moen Nov 25, 2025 02:35 Circle announces the integration of USDC, CCTP, wallets, and contracts on the Monad blockchain, enhancing secure and efficient stablecoin payments and crosschain liquidity. Circle has announced that its USDC stablecoin, Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), wallets, and contracts are now live on the Monad blockchain. This development aims to provide secure and capital-efficient stablecoin payments, crosschain liquidity, and enterprise-grade wallet infrastructure, according to circle.com. Key Features of Monad Integration Monad, a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain, is designed to…

Blockchain is Struggling to Hold onto its Original Purpose: Aztec CEO

Blockchain is being pulled between traditional finance and its decentralized ethos as the industry shifts to serve institutional products. Zac Williamson, CEO of Aztec Labs, said early decentralized governance failures shifted blockchain’s trajectory away from community coordination. “There is a real risk that blockchain just becomes a slightly more efficient settlement layer than Visa or Mastercard,” he told Cointelegraph. “If we lose the social coordination side of this, then the entire point of the technology gets hollowed out.” Williamson entered the blockchain field from an academic background. He left particle…

Exploring the Value of Permissionless Systems in Blockchain

Darius Baruo Nov 21, 2025 06:44 Stellar (XLM) explores how permissionless infrastructure creates exponential value through unique mechanisms, emphasizing flexibility and community control in blockchain technology. Permissionless systems in blockchain technology are increasingly recognized for their potential to generate exponential value, according to Stellar (XLM). The blockchain platform emphasizes that such systems thrive on three key mechanisms: unexpected builders generating breakthrough value, unknown use cases delivering asymmetric returns, and rapid discovery enabled by velocity. The Role of Community in Permissionless Systems One…

Avalanche Revolutionizes Music Royalties with Blockchain Integration

Joerg Hiller Nov 21, 2025 04:24 Record Financial leverages Avalanche blockchain to streamline royalty payments, offering artists real-time transactions and transparency, transforming legacy music industry infrastructure. Record Financial, in collaboration with 11am, is pioneering a transformation in the music industry by integrating real-time royalty payment infrastructure using Avalanche’s blockchain technology. This innovative approach aims to address the long-standing inefficiencies in the music industry’s financial ecosystem, according to Avax.network. A System Overdue for Change Traditionally, royalty payments in the music industry have been…

Cloudflare Suffers Outage: But Blockchain Kept Working—CZ

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure DDoS protection giant Cloudflare just went out, paralyzing major corners of the internet. Yet, blockchain networks like Bitcoin remain resilient. Blockchain Stays Online Even As Cloudflare Experiences Outage Today, Cloudflare suffered a global network issue, causing major services connected to it to slow down or outright stop working. According to the website’s status tracker, it began looking into the issue around noon, UTC. Cloudflare noted it was “experiencing an internal service degradation.” Cloudflare provides a range of…