Vitalik’s “abandonment test” arrives

Vitalik raised the “abandonment test”: Ethereum must function without its core members. Last February, the former CEO of the EF, Tomasz Stańczak resigned from his position. Developers Pablo Voorvaart and Julian Ma announced their resignations from the Ethereum Foundation (EF), where they both worked for four years and their departures add to a series of … Read more

Cardano powers the first hard fork with its decentralized governance

The next hard fork of the Cardano network, known as Van Rossem and which introduces improvements in the execution of smart contracts and the security of node operators, would have its governance vote on May 29. This was stated on May 18 from Cardanians, an on-chain analysis account of the Cardano ecosystem, although they also … Read more

¿Qué es Layer 2 y por qué es clave para la escalabilidad de las redes P2P? 

A medida que crece la adopción de las criptomonedas, también aumentan las exigencias sobre su infraestructura para atender el aumento de la demanda. Redes como Ethereum y Bitcoin han demostrado ser seguras y descentralizadas, pero enfrentan limitaciones en lo que respecta a la escalabilidad. La capacidad de procesamiento de Bitcoin es de unas 7 transacciones … Read more

“Quantum risk for Bitcoin is minimal,” said MARA CEO

Thiel also considered that “we need to implement procedural changes to be ready.” MARA Holdings launched the MARA Foundation to fund the maintenance of the Bitcoin code. Fred Thiel, CEO of the company Mara Holdings (MARA), stated that the risk of quantum computing for Bitcoin is “minimal” in terms of the network’s transaction history, and … Read more

BNB Chain launches tool to create AI agents with automated payments

The SDK seeks to standardize identity, commerce, and execution across AI agents. The system allows agents to accumulate reputation based on on-chain history. BNB Chain announced on May 18, 2026 the mainnet launch of the BNBAgent SDK, a development kit in Python for the creation of artificial intelligence agents that can operate within cryptocurrency networks … Read more

Iran would implement a bitcoin-based insurance market in Hormuz, report says

The information comes from reports from media linked to the government, not from an official statement. The premiums would be 1-2% of the value of the cargo, but the platform is still not operational. Reports from Iranian state media report the launch of “Hormuz Safe”, an alleged platform that would seek to offer maritime insurance … Read more

BNB chain now allows you to pay Claude, Grok and GPT with stablecoins

The BNB Chain network announced today, May 16, the incorporation of Bankr into its ecosystem, an artificial intelligence (AI) agent capable of executing cryptocurrency transactions autonomously, which allows paying for access to more than 30 AI models with stablecoins from BNB Chain wallets. The transaction fees They are subsidized by Bankraccording to the BNB Chain … Read more

The probability of a quantum threat by 2032 grew by 50%: Justin Drake

For Drake, the cryptocurrency ecosystem would be the first target of a successful quantum attack. The Ethereum Foundation set 2029 as a target to complete its post-quantum migration. Justin Drake, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, raised his estimate of the probability that a quantum computer will be able to compromise current cryptography by 2032 … Read more

Despite on-chain data, the “customer war” in Bitcoin does not subside

Murch, Bitcoin Core developer and editor of the official network improvement proposals (BIP) repository, published on-chain data showing that OP_RETURN outputs larger than 83 bytes represent just 0.0032% of Bitcoin’s total block space. In his publication, he described that percentage as “shocking” (in an ironic tone) directed towards those who warned that Bitcoin Core v.30 … Read more

Ethereum seeks to reduce the completion of its transactions to 13 seconds

The purpose is the guarantee that a transaction can no longer be reversed or altered. Currently, in Ethereum the finality of the blocks is reached between 12 and 16 minutes. The Ethereum ecosystem received a plan to reduce the irreversible confirmation time of its transactions from around 16 minutes currently to around 13 seconds. The … Read more