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Dan Opondo

Visa Surpasses 160 Live Stablecoin Card Programs

On Tuesday September 8, Visa, a global payment giant said that at the end of the second quarter 2026, over 160 stablecoin linked programs ran live on its global infrastructure. On top of everything, the payment volumes in the period surged by nearly 200%. Visa noted that stablecoin-linked card programs have seen immense expansion. Visa ...

Dan Opondo

Blockchain Development: The Complete Guide (2026)

Blockchain development used to be just for people into cryptography, but now it’s a big area of software engineering. It involves creating smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps). Maybe you’re someone deciding which blockchain to use, a developer looking for a career change, or a company wanting to see how blockchain can improve a specific ...

Dan Opondo

New Bitcoin Addresses Each Day

How Many New Bitcoin Addresses Are Created Each Day in 2026?

On September 13, 2026, 248,655 New Bitcoin addresses joined the BTC blockchain for the very first time. As you read this article, there are newer and newer bitcoin addresses joining the bitcoin blockchain, contributing to the daily count.  Since January 2009 when the first ever new address was recorded in the chain this has been ...

Dan Opondo

Bank of Italy Orders Screening of All Crypto Transfers

On Monday September 7, Banca d’Italia directed crypto asset service providers to verify if every transfer that goes through their systems, however small, underwent a sanction screen. In the release, The central bank sent a direct warning to crypto firms to stop setting minimum transaction thresholds in their screening systems. Direct Mandate on Sanctions Compliance ...

What Are the Busiest Hours for Bitcoin Movements?

Crypto markets boast of offering 24/7 access to services for every trader. Bitcoin in its very nature never sleeps. However, despite offering year round access, did you know that Bitcoin has rush hours? Key Takeaways In our analysis, which includes research from sites like Maketo, Kaiko and other market trackers, we discovered a daily trend ...

Sedna Protocol Introduces Rateless Coding to Resolve Blockchain Transaction Dissemination Trilemma

A research collaboration among Sei Labs, Mysten Labs, and academic institutions has published Sedna, a user-facing protocol that replaces whole-transaction replication with verifiable, rateless coding for blockchain networks employing multiple concurrent proposer (MCP) consensus. The protocol directly addresses a practical trilemma among censorship resistance, low latency, and reasonable cost that has constrained transaction dissemination in ...

Cocoon Decentralized GPU Compute Network Generates Revenue via AI Inference on TON Blockchain

Cocoon: Decentralized GPU Compute Network Generates Revenue via AI Inference on TON Blockchain

Cocoon operates as a decentralized AI inference marketplace built on The Open Network (TON) blockchain. The network connects GPU providers (Workers) who supply computational resources with developers and applications requiring private AI inference capabilities. Transactions settle in Toncoin (TON) , with payment records and settlement finalized on the TON blockchain. The network implements a three-layer architecture comprising Clients, Proxies, and Work Nodes. Clients submit inference ...

Isai Alexei

NFT Marketplace Development

NFT Marketplace Development: How to Build, Launch, and Scale a Platform in 2026

The global NFT marketplace market reached $1.675 billion in 2025 and continues its growth trajectory with a compound annual growth rate of 3.40% through the forecast period. The broader NFT market capitalization exceeds $86 billion as of early 2026, with a compound annual growth rate approaching 41.8%. Gaming NFTs generated over $21 billion in the preceding year. These ...