At least eight senior EF researchers and leaders have announced departures this year.

Syndicate Labs, an a16z-backed on-chain development startup, is winding down operations, citing a fundamental shift in the Rollup market and significant market contraction.

MoneyGram has become Tempo's anchor remittance validator in a new strategic blockchain partnership designed to enhance cross-border payment infrastructure.

Pharos Network, a Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for real-world financial applications, today announced a strategic partnership with KUN, a licensed enterprise digital payments specialist operating across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.

AFX has launched its mainnet, bringing a purpose-built Layer 1 to the onchain derivatives market.

BNB Chain introduced a framework enabling autonomous agents to obtain verifiable on-chain identities, receive payments, hire other agents, and build reputation through new token standards and skill integrations.

The initiative, anchored by ERC-7730 and a new attestation framework, aims to make human-readable transactions the default across wallets and protocols.

Co-founder Adeniyi Abiodun unveiled confidential transactions at Sui Live Miami, the same week SUI Group Holdings staked its entire $140M treasury.

The private token sale for Circle's Arc blockchain was led by a16z crypto, and included BlackRock, Apollo, and Intercontinental Exchange.

Future repurchases will follow a preset schedule and be routed through on-chain markets.