Existing integrations keep working with full-finality defaults, while new token-pool controls require an opt-in contract upgrade.

CoinGlass says it will keep operating independently, with its brand, website, app, API and pricing unchanged.

The Lightning payment specification has been merged into x402’s repository, while a Python implementation still awaits review and real-node testing.

The draft keeps amounts confidential but preserves issuer enforcement powers, tackling requirements behind institutional interest in permissioned networks.

Agentic Detection, live Thursday in Messari Monitoring, lets a listings or compliance desk take a development the moment Blockworks' agents find it, before an analyst has checked it. Every alert carries a tag saying whether an agent or an analyst produced it.

The two draft proposals take different approaches to native smart accounts, potentially shifting cross-chain compatibility work to wallets and apps.

As Tesla stages one of its sharpest single-day moves in months and Nvidia shakes off a volatile session, Zoomex is spotlighting its Stock Perpetuals offering as the venue for traders who want to react to swings like these.

KiiChain is expanding its institutional footprint in Colombia through two new agreements that place its 24/7 foreign exchange and settlement infrastructure underneath regulated Colombian financial institutions, including state-owned Banco Agrario de Colombia.

The Hashgraph Group, Merck KGaA and PwC Germany said they are testing a system that records Merck's physical authentication scans on Hedera to document cocoa origin, timed to an EU deforestation law that applies to large operators on Dec. 30. The announcement names no cocoa farmer, processor or chocolate brand, discloses no volumes and sets no deployment date.

Beldex, a privacy-focused blockchain ecosystem, has raised $8 million in a round led by Sigma Capital to accelerate its privacy infrastructure for Web3 and AI, with investment planned across developer tooling, confidential applications, protocol security and AI research.