Blockchain

All the latest Cryptovolix news on blockchain protocols, infrastructure, and technology.

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Regulation

ECB's Schnabel Says Central Bank Money Must Move Onto Blockchain

ECB board member Isabel Schnabel says central bank money must move onto blockchain as Project Pontes nears its September 2026 launch.

August 30, 2026

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Blockchain

Trading App FOMO to Back Circle's Arc Chain From Mainnet Day One

Social trading app FOMO says it will support Circle's Arc blockchain from its September 16 mainnet launch, after missing Robinhood Chain's debut.

August 30, 2026

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Blockchain

Coinbase CEO Says Tokenized Assets Will Repeat the iPhone Moment

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong compares tokenized real-world assets to the iPhone, saying blockchains will spawn finance firms nobody can predict yet.

August 30, 2026

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Blockchain

Solana Sets Sept. 9 Transaction V1 Launch, Alpenglow Slated for October

Solana Foundation's Jacob Creech outlined a rapid-fire roadmap: rent cuts next week, Transaction V1 on Sept 9, faster blocks, and Alpenglow in October.

August 30, 2026

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Bitcoin

StarkWare Executes Bitcoin's First Quantum-Safe Transaction on Mainnet

StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy moved real BTC into quantum-resistant storage on mainnet without a soft fork, hedging against future quantum attacks.

August 28, 2026

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Blockchain

MANTRA's Post-Mortem: Aug 20 Exploit Moved 720.9M Tokens, No Keys Compromised

MANTRA Chain's post-mortem ties its Aug 20 halt to a Cosmos EVM underflow bug that moved 720.9M non-circulating tokens, worth about $3.6M, into supply.

August 28, 2026

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Blockchain

Solana Begins Testnet Rollout of SIMD-0437, Targeting a 90% Rent Cut

Solana's core dev team Anza has activated phase one of SIMD-0437 on testnet, the first step toward a 90% cut in on-chain storage rent costs.

August 28, 2026

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Blockchain

Sui Overflow 2026 Draws 747 Projects From 58 Countries, Names 26 Winners

Sui Network's global hackathon grew to 747 submissions across 58 countries, with 26 teams winning across Agentic Web, DeFi, Walrus and DeepBook tracks.

August 27, 2026

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Blockchain

MAMO Price Manipulation Exposes a Recurring Flaw in Base Lending Markets

How an attacker inflated illiquid MAMO collateral to drain $8.7M from Moonwell, and why it's the third oracle-driven hit on the protocol in a year.

August 27, 2026

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Blockchain

Core Lightning Tells Node Operators to Patch or Go Offline After AI-Found Bugs

Blockstream's Core Lightning team is urging node operators to upgrade or shut down after AI-assisted testing surfaced critical vulnerabilities, with a fix still weeks away.

August 27, 2026

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Blockchain

Sui Co-Founder's Havenex Exchange Nears Series A Close

Havenex, a regulated institutional exchange backed by Sui co-founder Kostas Chalkias, is nearing a Series A close and pursuing an Austrian FMA license.

August 26, 2026

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Blockchain

Hyperliquid Tests Manual Borrowing, Opens HyperCore to Smart Contracts

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan confirms manual borrowing is live on testnet, while HyperEVM contracts gain new access to HyperCore's lending layer.

August 26, 2026