Blast, an Ethereum layer 2 that once held more than $2 billion, is winding down after its value locked fell about 98% and costs outran revenue. Users have until October 26 to withdraw. It is the latest in a wave of 2026 layer 2 closures as the market thins.
Trezor has switched on Clear Signing across its hardware wallets, using the open ERC-7730 standard. Devices now decode raw Ethereum calldata and display the action, token, amount, and destination in plain language. Coverage includes 1inch, Aave, Lido, Tether, LiFi, and Hyperliquid.
Pi Network began deploying Protocol 27 to Testnet 1 on August 21, with September 15, 2026 as the Mainnet target. The Core Team calls it the final planned upgrade in the current sequence, adding smart-contract authentication and groundwork for RPC servers, DEX functions, and AMM pools.
Crypto India Magazine released NARRATIVE Issue 2, The Institutional Era of Crypto, on August 15, 2026. Marc Liew of Jito Foundation fronts the cover story, with features on custody, market infrastructure, and DeFi, three HER Story profiles, and four contributor essays.
WebX 2026 Tokyo concluded its fourth edition with 13,641 participants from more than 90 countries and over 70 side events. Discussions across three stages covered yen stablecoins, megabank tokenization and rising institutional confidence. WebX returns on 25 to 26 August 2027 at Tokyo Big Sight.
Deal Day, the Bitcoin for Corporations Symposium and Enterprise focus experience give companies, investors, and operators a dedicated business environment at Asia's largest Bitcoin conference — August 27–28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Tokyo Stock Exchange–listed Green Monster will work with Capital Layer to support the development of regional institutional stablecoin settlement infrastructure as the two companies build a regional institutional settlement network — starting with the Japan–Taiwan corridor — alongside co-created digital-asset education for financial institutions.
EBC12 brings together speakers from J.P. Morgan, the Financial Conduct Authority, Invesco, Coinbase, Fidelity International, and more than 300 leaders from the banks, regulators, and asset managers shaping Europe's digital asset market.
The Bitcoin Thailand Conference 2026 comes to Bangkok's Samyan Mitrtown on November 28-29, spotlighting Lightning payments, privacy and financial sovereignty.
Newly confirmed speakers from leading financial institutions, digital asset firms and global payment networks join discussions on stablecoins, AI, regulation and the future of digital finance in Tokyo.
Social trading platform Fomo has raised $75 million in a Series B round led by Index Ventures at a $550 million valuation. Union Square Ventures and Benchmark joined, alongside angels Mark Pincus, Humam Sakhnini, and Kevin Hartz. Fomo reports 625,000 users and $4 billion in trading volume.
Southeast Asia Blockchain Week 2026 returned to Bangkok on May 20 and 21, organized by ShardLab. Stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization, and AI-agent commerce led the agenda as industry leaders mapped Asia's shift from speculation to settlement and institutional adoption.
OKX has made the Pi (PI) token available to compliant US users for the first time, the Pi Core Team said on May 21. The move follows Kraken's March listing and adds a second US access point, even as token unlocks and weak demand keep PI pinned near $0.15.
WebX 2026 returns to Tokyo as Japan enters a new phase of regulated digital asset growth and institutional participation. The conference is expected to draw more than 15000 attendees and feature speakers from leading global organizations across finance, technology, and government.
PBW 2026 reflects the country’s transition from understanding blockchain to actively implementing it. What was once experimental is now being deployed—with growing relevance in transparency, accountability, and economic participation.
LayerZero issued a public apology on Friday for the $292 million Kelp DAO exploit, admitting its single-verifier setup should never have secured high-value cross-chain transactions. The reversal follows three weeks of blame-shifting and comes as Kelp migrates rsETH to Chainlink's CCIP.
Dogecoin was built as a joke. Jordan Jefferson is betting it becomes the most accessible financial platform in crypto. The CEO of DogeOS spoke to us at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 about building real utility on the world's favourite meme coin, and why the punchline was always the point.
The three companies join previously announced node operators, including Google Cloud, Blockdaemon, Shielded Technologies, and AlphaTON Capital, which is running a node on behalf of Telegram.
The additions bring Midnight's network of federated node operators to four as institutions look to privacy-enhancing technology to unlock regulated, real-world markets.
HONG KONG – Feb 13, 2026 – Consensus Hong Kong 2026, held from February 10–12 at the Hong Kong Convention and…
Finternet Labs is co-created by Pramod Varma (Chief Architect of Aadhaar) and Siddharth Shetty (CEO of Finternet Labs). It is backed by the vision and leadership of Nandan Nilekani, one of India’s most influential architects of digital public infrastructure.
Solana Accelerate's debut at Consensus Hong Kong will bring together the full spectrum of the crypto ecosystem - founders, developers, institutions, protocols, policymakers, and innovators - uniting them under one roof to shape the future of digital assets in the Asia-Pacific region.
The lack of specificity drew sharp criticism from users, with some arguing that years of delays, vague timelines, and limited accountability had eroded confidence. One community member described the project as the slowest in history, predicting a steep decline in token value by mid 2026.
Ethereum is heading into 2026 at a rare intersection of deep protocol change and market tension. As zero knowledge proofs and cross chain interoperability move closer to production, traders face short term volatility from a multi billion dollar options expiry.
