Category: Blockchain

AI Agents Need Intent-Based Blockchain Infrastructure

Opinion by: Adrian Brink, co-founder of Anoma Web3 was founded on decentralization, sovereignty, verifiability and resilience. Now, those values are under threat. The rise of AI agents is beneficial and inevitable. Unless agents are built on sovereign intent-centric infrastructure, they are a threat to the core values of crypto.  The integration of intents is no longer just about improving UX; it’s about enabling agents to reach their full potential without sacrificing the soul of Web3.  AI agents can help make blockchain interactions seamless and intuitive, but agents as they exist…

Cardano (ADA) Price Drops 4.6% as U.S. Government Blockchain Exclusion Triggers Selling Wave

Joerg Hiller Aug 29, 2025 11:18 ADA trades at $0.83 after falling below key $0.90 support, with technical indicators showing mixed signals amid recent government blockchain initiative exclusion. Quick Take • ADA currently trading at $0.83 (-4.63% in 24h) • Cardano’s RSI at 47.16 suggests neutral momentum despite recent decline • U.S. government blockchain initiative exclusion drives latest selling pressure with $6.88M outflows What’s Driving Cardano Price Today? The ADA price faced significant selling pressure over the past 24 hours following news…

Avalanche leads Blockchain Transaction growth, amid US gov’t implementation

Avalanche’s transaction growth surpassed all other blockchain networks this week, signaling more investor mindshare rotating to the smart-contract blockchain’s utility token, as it also saw increasing governmental adoption. Avalanche, a smart-contract blockchain aiming to improve scalability and usability, has emerged as the crypto market’s fastest–growing blockchain network. Transactions on Avalanche rose over 66% during the past week, surpassing 11.9 million transactions across over 181,300 active addresses, wrote crypto intelligence platform Nansen, in a Friday X post. The increased transactions may signal more incoming investor interest in the Avalanche (AVAX) token,…

Bitcoin Prediction Today as US Government Releases Blockchain Data, 21Shares Files for a SEI ETF, and More…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Stay Ahead with Our Immediate Analysis of Today’s Bitcoin & Bitcoin Hyper Insights Check out our Live Bitcoin Hyper Updates for August 29, 2025! In 2010, Bitcoin was worth a few cents. One year later, it hit $20. In six years, it was $17,000, and now it’s sitting at over $100K, after hitting an ATH of $123K in July. Historically, if you’d invested in Bitcoin at launch, you’d have an ROI of 188,643,000%. The likes of Mastercard,…

US Government Releases GDP Blockchain Data with Chainlink, Pumps $HYPER

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The US government further expanded its venture into DeFi by publishing its economic data on-chain via a partnership with Pyth and Chainlink oracles. This signals growing adoption of blockchain technology and another step towards the continued evolution of the crypto market. At the same time, as crypto becomes mainstream and network demands soar, the development of Layer 2 blockchains is picking up to solve congestion issues. Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER), for example, will create a figurative fast lane…

Philippines Explores Blockchain-Based Budgeting System Amid Transparency Push

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Efforts to integrate blockchain technology into government operations may soon advance in the Philippines. Senator Bam Aquino announced plans to introduce a bill that would place the country’s national budget on a blockchain platform, aiming to enhance transparency and accountability in public spending. Speaking at the Manila Tech Summit on Wednesday, Aquino explained that the proposed measure seeks to log all government budget transactions on-chain, where they would be viewable by citizens. “No one is crazy enough…

Next Crypto to Explode as Google Is Building Its Own Blockchain

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Tempo. Arc. And now… GCUL? There’s a battle brewing between blockchains. Surprisingly, it’s not between cutting-edge Layer 2 or Layer 3 chains, or among competing cross-chain models. Instead, three market leaders are going ‘back to the future’ with plans for their own new Layer 1 solutions: Google Cloud plans the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL) Stripe aims to launch Tempo, its own Layer 1 payments solution Circle will add its own $USDC as the native token for…

Philippine Senator Pushes National Budget on Blockchain

Philippine Senator Bam Aquino announced his intention to propose a bill that would lead to the country’s national budget being saved on a blockchain. According to a Facebook post by local news publication BusinessWorld, Aquino plans to file the bill “in the next couple of weeks.” The measures would “integrate the government’s budget and transactions into a blockchain platform for better transparency.” In a dedicated Facebook post, Aquino recounted that he talked about how technology can “strengthen accountability in governance” during the Manila Tech Summit 2025. He also said that…

Litecoin’s Blockchain Maturity Is On The Rise – What This Means For LTC’s Price

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bearish sentiment continues to cloud the broader crypto market, and Litecoin appears to have taken a notable hit, forcing its price to retest key support levels. However, the waning price performance has failed to hinder Litecoin’s blockchain development, which is demonstrating a bullish trend. A Shift In Litecoin’s Blockchain Maturity Even though its price has fallen sharply in the past few days, the Litecoin blockchain is persistently proving its resilience. Joao Wedson, a verified author and Chief…

Google’s Rich Widmann shares LinkedIn update on Universal Ledger blockchain

Google Cloud’s head of Web3 strategy used a LinkedIn post to share new details on the company’s in-development layer-1 blockchain, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL).  Rich Widmann described the blockchain as the result of “years of R&D at Google,” designed to be credibly neutral and compatible with Python-based smart contracts. According to Widmann, GCUL is meant to serve as an open infrastructure layer for financial institutions. “Tether won’t use Circle’s blockchain — and Adyen probably won’t use Stripe’s blockchain,” he said, suggesting that Google’s network reported neutrality could help…