Cardano-based platform KWARXS secures ₳300,000 ($250K) in Project Catalyst funding to expand its blockchain-powered solar energy marketplace. The grant supports smart contract audits, VARA registration, and KWARXS’ mission to democratize renewable energy investment through fractional “fluid NFTs.”

As Solana ETFs attract $280M in early inflows and forecast $5B over 12 months, Alchemy unveils a full rearchitecture of its Solana stack—delivering 20× faster APIs, 99.95% uptime, and enterprise-grade performance for institutional and consumer-scale adoption.

Seven leading Ethereum protocols — Aave, Aragon, Curve, Lido, Spark, The Graph Foundation, and Uniswap — have formed the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance (EPAA) to defend decentralization, ensure technically grounded regulation, and protect DeFi infrastructure securing over $100 billion in onchain assets.

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Aiming to become the ‘Uniswap’ of prediction markets, Rain utilizes an AI oracle that tackles bottlenecks and is supported by a unique dispute mechanism, making prediction markets faster, more flexible, scalable and accessible. Rain’s public Beta is now available.

Apex Fusion becomes the first ecosystem to enable native USDC liquidity routes for Cardano through Stargate integration. The $2.5M liquidity boost connects VECTOR and NEXUS chains, advancing cross-chain DeFi interoperability.

OKX’s Ethereum Layer-2 network, X Layer, joins Chainlink’s SCALE program and adopts CCIP to deliver secure, low-cost cross-chain DeFi and tokenized asset infrastructure for developers.

Shardeum has launched its EVM mainnet, transitioning from a token-only model to a full smart contract platform with 1:240 SHM redenomination. The upgrade aims to accelerate India’s Web3 innovation through faster, low-cost blockchain infrastructure.