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@crossriverbank ajoute le RLUSD, le stablecoin de @Ripple, à sa plateforme bancaire centrale, avec des paiements effectués sur le XRP Ledger. Les entreprises de technologie financière clientes de la banque peuvent échanger des dollars contre du RLUSD, et inversement, et effectuer des règlements 24 h/24 grâce à une connexion unique.
Les émetteurs de cartes et les prestataires de services de paiement disposent également d’un nouveau moyen d’effectuer des règlements en cours de journée, ce qui réduit les délais d’attente des paiements. La capitalisation boursière du $RLUSD dépasse désormais légèrement les 2,4 milliards de dollars.
Ce que couvre l’intégration de Cross River
Cross River Bank, basée à Fort Lee, intègre le stablecoin adossé au dollar américain de Ripple à son système d’exploitation bancaire central propriétaire. La banque a indiqué que cette intégration permet aux entreprises de technologie financière et à ses autres clients professionnels de passer des dollars américains au RLUSD, et inversement, via une plateforme bancaire et une connexion API uniques.

La plupart des blockchains ne peuvent pas exécuter un contrat intelligent selon un calendrier. Sur Internet Computer, de @dfinity, le protocole attribue à chaque contrat intelligent, appelé canister, son propre minuteur. Le réseau exécute ainsi la tâche à l’heure prévue.
Pourquoi la plupart des contrats intelligents ont besoin d’un déclencheur externe
Sur la plupart des blockchains, un contrat intelligent reste inactif jusqu’à ce qu’une transaction externe le réveille. Selon Chainlink, les contrats intelligents ne peuvent pas déclencher leurs propres fonctions et ont besoin d’une entité externe pour les appeler au moyen d’une transaction sur la chaîne. Beaucoup s’appuient sur une entité externe, appelée keeper, qui surveille des conditions prédéfinies et déclenche le contrat lorsqu’elles sont remplies.

@Mastercard and @BVNKFinance have launched the Global Money Platform, a product that lets banks, fintechs and businesses offer accounts holding regular currencies and stablecoins side by side. The launch is the first major product integration between the companies since Mastercard acquired BVNK in August 2026. The platform is available now through BVNK.
What the Global Money Platform offers
The platform allows banks, fintechs and enterprises to integrate fiat currencies and stablecoins into their financial products through a single API. It supports multi-currency accounts, real-time conversion, stablecoin-linked cards and local bank payouts.
At the core is a global money account. Financial institutions and technology companies can embed these accounts into their own products, giving customers one place to manage funds, convert currencies and pay out earnings. The design is modular, so customers can adopt individual services and expand without connecting separate providers at each stage of a transaction, Mastercard said.
Payouts run through Mastercard Move. Through that integration, which reaches more than 17 billion endpoints, customers can use stablecoin balances to make local currency payments directly into recipients' bank accounts, according to Mastercard. Coverage is expected to expand to more than 40 currencies across 200-plus countries and territories in 2027. On the card side, users can spend stablecoin balances across Mastercard's acceptance network, with card issuing available across 130-plus countries.
Nuvei and Marqeta will be among the first to integrate the platform, alongside Ontop, Beem and Almond FinTech.
Background: Mastercard's BVNK deal
Mastercard agreed in March 2026 to acquire BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, made up of $1.5 billion upfront and up to $300 million in contingent payments tied to performance targets. The company completed the acquisition on August 3, 2026. Founded in 2021, BVNK provides infrastructure that enables businesses to send and receive payments across major blockchain networks.
At the time of closing, Jorn Lambert, Mastercard's chief product officer, said stablecoins are increasingly addressing real-world needs in areas like cross-border B2B payments, remittances, payouts, settlement and treasury flows.
The new platform puts that strategy into a commercial product. By bundling accounts, conversion, cards and payouts behind one integration, Mastercard is positioning stablecoins as another form of money that sits alongside traditional currencies inside bank and fintech products, rather than a separate system that needs its own set of providers. Future plans include support for agentic commerce and tokenized deposits.
Sources
Investing.com: Mastercard launches platform integrating fiat and stablecoins
Crypto Briefing: Mastercard, BVNK launch Global Money Platform
Mastercard: Completes acquisition of BVNK

@bstocksfinance, the Binance tokens backed 1:1 by US-listed stocks and ETFs, have passed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM) about four months after their June 11 launch. @binance describes bStocks as the fastest tokenized equity product to reach that mark. Binance's announcement cites on-chain data from Dune Research as of October 15.
Growth since the June launch
According to the same release, cumulative trading volume has topped $40 billion since launch, averaging more than $300 million a day. The lineup has grown from five tokens at launch to nearly 100 listings. Users have also converted $6 billion between direct stock positions and bStocks at 1:1 parity.
The launch lineup was small. Blockchain.News reported that the first five names were Circle, Micron, NVIDIA, Sandisk and Tesla. The product has moved quickly since. Binance said on July 29 that bStocks had reached $500 million in AUM and more than 46 listings, per Blockchain.News, meaning AUM doubled in under three months.
How bStocks work
bStocks are tokenized representations of US-listed stocks and ETFs. Crypto Briefing reports that each token is a BEP-20 asset on BNB Chain, issued by BTech Holdings Limited, a Binance affiliate, and backed 1:1 by underlying US shares held with regulated custodians. Binance says each token redeems into the underlying security itself, not just its cash value.
Holders can trade around the clock, move tokens to self-custody wallets and use them in supported DeFi applications. Binance said in its release that borrowing against deposited bStocks collateral rose to 46.2% by September 10, from 5.5% at the end of June.
There are limits. Binance has said bStocks are certificates representing financial instruments, not direct ownership of the underlying shares. They are not offered in the United States or to US persons, and they carry market, liquidity, custody, regulatory and smart-contract risks, according to Blockchain.News.
The milestone comes as tokenized equities grow across the industry. BigGo Finance reported in August that bStocks had become the second-largest tokenized stock issuer by market capitalization, behind Ondo Finance.
Sources
PR Newswire: Binance's bStocks become the fastest tokenized equity product to surpass $1 billion in AUM
Blockchain.News: Binance says bStocks tops $1B AUM
Crypto Briefing: bStocks crosses $1 billion in assets

@SeiNetwork prépare une série de mises à niveau dans le cadre de son programme Giga, avec pour objectif d’atteindre 200 000 transactions par seconde (TPS). La première étape est SIP-3, qui rendra la chaîne exclusivement compatible avec l’EVM en supprimant son ancien code Cosmos. Deux nouveaux moteurs, Eidos et Ares, conçus pour stocker des données et exécuter des transactions en période de forte activité de trading, sont encore en cours de développement. Autobahn, un nouveau mécanisme permettant aux validateurs de s’accorder sur les blocs, viendra ensuite. Sei le considère comme l’élément le plus crucial.
SIP-3 ouvre la voie à Giga
SIP-3 est une proposition de gouvernance soumise par Sei Labs en mai 2025 afin de déprécier CosmWasm et les transactions Cosmos natives au profit d’une architecture exclusivement compatible avec l’EVM, selon l’annonce de Sei. Le texte de la proposition sur GitHub précise que seules les adresses EVM peuvent initier des transactions sur le réseau.

Le jeton $PYTH de Pyth Network a progressé d’environ 21 % en 24 heures, pour atteindre près de 0,096 $, tandis que le volume des transactions a plus que doublé, à 152 millions de dollars. Sur la même période, le $BTC a gagné moins de 1 %, faisant du jeton oracle l’un des actifs les plus performants de la journée dans un marché calme.
Cette hausse fait suite à un rapport de @PythNetwork indiquant que ses flux de données ont fourni les prix pour 2 040 milliards de dollars sur les 2 160 milliards de dollars de volume cumulé des contrats à terme perpétuels (perps) portant sur des actions, des matières premières et des indices au troisième trimestre.
Ce que révèlent les données du troisième trimestre
Les contrats perpétuels sur actifs du monde réel (RWA) suivent des actifs tels que les actions, les matières premières et les devises, sans date d’expiration. Au troisième trimestre, leur volume notionnel a atteint 2 160 milliards de dollars sur 22 plateformes. Pyth a fourni les prix pour 94,4 % de ce total, les autres oracles pour 3,1 % et les systèmes internes des plateformes pour 2,5 %.

@XDCNetwork has selected Concordium as the exclusive identity verification provider for its AI agent payments marketplace. The move lets agents show that a verified person or business stands behind them, without publishing who that owner is. The marketplace now operates under the handle @XDC_SI.
How the verification works
Agent owners must pass a passport check and a live face check. According to Invezz, the liveness check is run by an independent identity provider through the Concordium Wallet. Owners then link their XDC wallet using two signatures that do not transfer funds, and register the agent.
Once verified, the agent receives a publicly verifiable onchain badge. Personal information stays offchain. Daily.dev's summary of the announcement says disclosure of personal data would require a court order and joint action by independent Privacy Guardians.
The partnership also includes revenue sharing tied to verifications, and sponsored network fees mean users do not need to hold CCD tokens, according to the same summary.
Why accountability matters for agent payments
The marketplace launched in July 2026. The Next Web reported that it lets autonomous agents discover services and pay in USDC through non-custodial wallets using the x402 payment standard. The same report notes that existing payment infrastructure lets agents move funds but does not necessarily establish who is responsible for their actions.
That gap is the problem the integration targets. For businesses weighing the use of autonomous agents in financial operations, knowing who is accountable for an agent adds a layer of oversight. CoinJournal describes XDC Network as a Layer-1 blockchain focused on payments, trade finance and real-world assets, and says the check is meant to help institutions establish accountability before an agent is allowed to transact.
Concordium already verifies agents on Ethereum and Solana. The XDC deal is its first full-network integration, and the company said XDC is the first of many networks it expects to integrate with, as quoted by Blockchain Reporter.
Adoption will depend on whether developers and businesses use the badge in practice. The integration is an early test of whether onchain identity can sit alongside machine-to-machine payments without exposing the people behind them.
Sources
The Next Web: XDC Network integrates Concordium identity verification for AI agents
Invezz: XDC Network selects Concordium as identity verification layer for AI agents
CoinJournal: XDC Network selects Concordium for AI agent identity verification

Rep. @RepBryanSteil, one of the original sponsors of the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, is in a tight race for re-election in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District. His opponent is Democrat Mitchell Berman, an emergency room nurse. Fairshake, the crypto-focused super PAC backed by @coinbase, is putting more than $1 million behind the incumbent to help protect his seat and the legislation.
A closer race than usual in Wisconsin
The district has long favoured Republicans. According to the Wisconsin Examiner, southern Wisconsin's 1st District has been represented by a Republican since 1994, but this year presents Democrats with their best chance in decades, and recent polling shows the race neck and neck.
Steil has held the seat since 2018, when he succeeded former House Speaker Paul Ryan. Berman won the Democratic primary in August, and Wisconsin Public Radio reported that the Associated Press called the race shortly after polls closed. The general election takes place on Nov. 3, 2026.
National Democrats have also stepped in. WPR reported that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is sending Berman additional resources through its Red to Blue programme. A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse political scientist told WPR he was not ready to call the contest a true toss-up, though national generic ballot polling leans toward Democrats.
Why the CLARITY Act is at stake
The CLARITY Act is the main US market structure bill for digital assets. Law firm Latham & Watkins' policy tracker notes that it passed the House 294 to 134 on July 17, 2025, and was then sent to the Senate. The Senate Banking Committee advanced its version 15 to 9 on May 14, 2026.
The bill has since stalled. Finextra reported that the Senate voted 49 to 50 against advancing it, short of the 60 votes needed. Analysis from Bit.com says the vote failed over language restricting the president's crypto income, and that no Democrat voted yes.
That leaves November's results central to the bill's prospects. Crypto-aligned groups are backing allies in competitive House races, and Steil's contest is among those drawing industry money. Whether the CLARITY Act is revived will depend in part on the makeup of the next Congress.
Sources
Wisconsin Examiner: 1st Congressional District voter guide
Wisconsin Public Radio: Berman added to Red to Blue initiative
Latham & Watkins: US Crypto Policy Tracker

Avalanche chain revenue has risen sharply since late summer. Daily fees generated by @avax were as low as $1,066 on July 30 and have grown steadily since. The daily figure now sits closer to $10,000 to $20,000, and it reached as high as $64,010 on September 24.
The jump raises a familiar question for $AVAX holders: is a broader recovery in the token finally taking shape?
What is behind the rise in Avalanche fees
Several factors appear to be feeding into higher on-chain activity. Cryptonomist reported in early September that fees on the Avalanche decentralised exchange Pharaoh CL had jumped more than 1,150% over 30 days, pointing to a pickup in DeFi trading.
Real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation is another theme. According to Crypto Briefing, citing The Defiant, AVAX rose 49.7% over four weeks, outpacing Bitcoin and Ether. The report attributed the move to the Helicon upgrade and $266 million in RWA growth on the network.
Current data is broadly consistent with the fee levels described above. CoinGecko shows Avalanche recorded $10,238 in fees over the past 24 hours. Tron Weekly, citing Chainspect, said the network generated $97,348 in revenue over seven days, the first time it crossed the $95,000 weekly mark.
Is AVAX season finally here?
The price has responded, but context matters. CryptoTicker reported AVAX at around $11.09 on October 12, up 7.2% on the day, while Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP were all lower over the week.
Even so, the token remains far below its past highs. AOL noted that on October 10, AVAX traded about 93% below its peak of $144.96. The same piece cautioned that the only mechanical link between institutional fund activity and coin price is transaction fees, which are small relative to billion-dollar market caps.
The scale of revenue is also modest. At $432,400 over 30 days, annualised network earnings would be about $5.2 million, according to Coingabbar, citing Chainspect data. That is small against a market capitalisation of roughly $4.6 billion.
Fee growth from a very low base is a positive sign for usage, but it does not on its own confirm a lasting trend for the token. Traders will be watching whether revenue holds at current levels and whether AVAX can clear resistance near $11.60.
Sources:
Crypto Briefing: Avalanche's AVAX gains 50% in four weeks
Tron Weekly: Avalanche network activity and AVAX price outlook
CoinGecko: Avalanche price and fee data

Le jeton générant du rendement d’Ondo Finance, $USDY (Ondo US Dollar Yield), a atteint une offre record de 2,35 milliards de dollars, selon les données de CoinMarketCap. Le 24 février, son offre s’élevait à environ 705 millions de dollars. Cela représente une hausse d’environ 233 % en moins de huit mois.
$USDY est émis par @Ondo, le projet d’actifs du monde réel tokenisés (RWA) à l’origine du jeton de gouvernance $ONDO. Cette étape s’inscrit dans un mouvement plus large visant à introduire la dette publique américaine sur les blockchains.
Qu’est-ce que $USDY et comment fonctionne-t-il ?
$USDY est un titre tokenisé adossé à des bons du Trésor américain à court terme et à des dépôts bancaires, comme l’explique RWA.xyz. Ce jeton s’adresse aux particuliers et aux institutions non américains. Il ne verse pas directement d’intérêts. L’explication d’Eco indique plutôt qu’il génère un rendement grâce à une valeur de rachat qui augmente : le jeton s’échange donc avec une prime par rapport à 1,00 $, laquelle croît au fil du temps.

Aptos (@Aptos) a mis à disposition sur le mainnet son mempool chiffré natif. Les utilisateurs peuvent désormais y accéder via l’extension de navigateur Petra Wallet (@PetraWallet). Cette fonctionnalité facultative permet de chiffrer les données des transactions, notamment les montants, avant leur soumission. Les détails restent masqués jusqu’à la finalisation du bloc, afin de réduire l’exposition aux attaques visant à extraire une valeur maximale (MEV) sur le réseau $APT.
Fonctionnement du mempool chiffré d’Aptos
Un mempool est une zone d’attente où les transactions sont conservées avant d’être incluses dans un bloc. Lorsque les détails des transactions sont lisibles à ce stade, des attaquants peuvent exploiter ces informations pour passer des ordres avant les autres utilisateurs. Lors d’une attaque sandwich, un bot achète avant une transaction d’achat en attente, puis revend après celle-ci, ce qui entraîne un prix d’exécution moins avantageux pour l’utilisateur.

Injective (@injective) a soumis une proposition de gouvernance visant à rendre les frais de transaction plus prévisibles et à réduire la latence sur son réseau. Cette proposition, connue sous le nom d’IIP-709, permettrait d’appliquer des frais de gas fixes aux messages d’échange essentiels sur le réseau principal.
Cette fonctionnalité est disponible sur le réseau de test d’Injective depuis juillet 2026, mais n’a pas été activée sur le réseau principal. Le vote doit prendre fin le 17 octobre 2026. Selon les dernières données, environ 23 millions de $INJ en pouvoir de vote ont été enregistrés jusqu’à présent, et le quorum a été atteint.

Les fonds négociés en bourse au comptant sur Zcash ($ZEC) ont enregistré leur première entrée nette quotidienne depuis le 22 septembre, signe possible d’un retour de la demande des investisseurs pour cette cryptomonnaie axée sur la confidentialité, après une période difficile.
Le 14 octobre, ces produits ont attiré 3,68 millions de dollars, selon un article de Tokenpost relayé par Pluang. Le même article indiquait que les ETF Zcash étaient à l’origine des entrées les plus importantes ce jour-là, devant les fonds XRP, qui ont attiré 740 400 dollars. Il évaluait également les actifs nets des ETF Zcash à 645 millions de dollars, pour un total cumulé de 179 millions de dollars d’entrées.

Un échange bon enfant entre deux des figures les plus connues du monde des cryptomonnaies a associé l’actrice Sydney Sweeney au $XRP, du moins sur le ton de la plaisanterie.
David Schwartz (@JoelKatz), CTO émérite de Ripple (@Ripple), a récemment partagé un selfie pris à côté d’un panneau publicitaire de Novig mettant en vedette l’actrice Sydney Sweeney (@sydney_sweeney), à Times Square. Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles), fondateur de Cardano (@Cardano) et du $ADA, a répondu par une boutade sur le fait que Sweeney posséderait du XRP.
« Je savais qu’elle détenait du XRP », a répondu Hoskinson.
Rien n’indique que Sweeney détienne du XRP, et son commentaire était une plaisanterie plutôt qu’une affirmation. Son lien financier connu avec le panneau publicitaire concerne Novig elle-même. Novig est une application qui facilite les échanges sportifs, et Sweeney y détient une participation. La campagne affiche le slogan « Just Sports. »

InterLink (@inter_link) Chairman KV (@kv_interlink) says the KYC portal for Transferable $ITLG will open soon. He also outlined how the InterLink Genesis Token is planned to be used across the ecosystem, from governance and staking rewards to dApp payments. No opening date for the portal has been announced.
Planned Uses for ITLG
According to KV, ITLG is intended to play a role in ecosystem governance, staking rewards and dApp payments. The token is also planned for gaming, livestreams and the ecosystem's business token exchange. Launchpad projects building on InterLink are another planned source of token utility.
The ecosystem also plans buyback and burn mechanisms through ITLX, InterLink's decentralized trading platform. InterLink's own community posts describe a similar approach, stating that ITLX revenue and reserves are intended to buy back and burn ITLG. Because these statements come from the project itself, they reflect stated plans rather than independent verification.
Background on the Token
According to the InterLink Labs blog, ITLG (InterLink Genesis Token) is the participation and governance token at the core of the network, designed for verified Human Nodes. The same page states that total supply is 100 billion tokens, with 80% allocated to Human Node miners and 20% reserved for network incentives and rewards.
InterLink's tokenomics documentation describes a two-token design. ITLG is the token verified Human Nodes earn through participation and use across the InterLink App and the ITLX DeFi ecosystem, while ITL serves as the universal settlement and reserve asset of InterLink Chain.
On its official website, InterLink says ITLG is currently in a mining and verification phase, with no confirmed exchange listing. The site also says KYCPort verification raises mining limits and unlocks withdrawals.
Details on timing, eligibility and the final scope of the planned utilities have not been confirmed. Users should rely on official InterLink channels for updates, as the plans described remain intentions rather than live features.
Sources
InterLink Labs: What Is ITLG Token?
InterLink Whitepaper: Tokenomics
InterLink Network official website

Plus de 106 millions de dollars de positions longues sur l’Ethereum $ETH ont été liquidés sur Binance (@binance) en une heure, soit le plus important événement horaire de ce type sur la plateforme en six mois, selon Darkfost, analyste chez CryptoQuant.
Les ventes massives ont suivi la publication d’un rapport sur l’inflation américaine plus élevé que prévu. Reuters a indiqué que l’IPC sous-jacent, qui exclut l’alimentation et l’énergie, avait augmenté de 2,6 % au cours des 12 mois se terminant en septembre, contre 2,4 % en août. L’IPC global a progressé de 3,7 %, après 3,4 % le mois précédent, dépassant les 3,6 % prévus par les économistes interrogés par Reuters.

Le token de Zerebro, $ZEREBRO, a bondi de 50 % en 24 heures, portant ses gains hebdomadaires à 42 %. Sa capitalisation boursière atteint désormais environ 42 millions de dollars, tandis que les traders s’intéressent de nouveau aux memecoins liés à l’IA.
Le projet se démarque grâce à son système d’IA autonome, qui crée et diffuse du contenu sur plusieurs réseaux sociaux au lieu de s’appuyer uniquement sur le récit associé à un token. Son écosystème s’étend à Solana (@solana) $SOL, Polygon (@0xPolygon) $POL et Bitcoin $BTC.
Ce que fait Zerebro
Zerebro est un système d’IA autonome conçu pour créer, analyser et diffuser du contenu sur des plateformes décentralisées et des réseaux sociaux. Le système génère du contenu pour des plateformes comme X, Instagram, Warpcast et Telegram. Selon Mobee, sa principale technologie est la génération augmentée par récupération (RAG), qui s’appuie sur une base de données vectorielle et des modèles d’intégration de texte pour conserver une mémoire dynamique fondée sur les données d’interaction humaine.

Canton Network (@CantonNetwork) recorded the highest fees among blockchains in CertiK's (@CertiK) Q3 2026 comparison, with a total above $155 million. The network's native token, Canton Coin ($CC), is burned to pay for services.
Q3 fee total and daily median
Newisty reported that CertiK Skynet published the figure on Oct. 12 and ranked Canton first among the chains it compared. DefiLlama records show $155.36 million in fees from July 1 through Sept. 29, 2026, a span of 91 days that averages about $1.71 million per day.
CertiK put the daily median at $1.71 million. According to the same report, that suggests a steady baseline of activity rather than a total inflated by a few unusually large days.
The picture is more mixed against earlier data. The Defiant noted that Canton's recorded daily fee pace was below the 30-day snapshot reported by Converge in June. Altcoin Buzz said that earlier figure was $60.2 million over 30 days, or roughly $2.01 million per day, also based on DefiLlama data. The quarterly total therefore does not necessarily point to accelerating spending on network services.
Details of the comparison are limited. Cointrust noted that Skynet did not publish a full list of the chains in the comparison group or the fee totals for the other networks. That makes it hard to gauge the size of Canton's lead over the wider market.
How Canton Coin fees work
Canton uses a burn-mint model for its token. According to Canton Network's documentation, users pay fees denominated in USD by burning CC when they purchase synchronizer traffic, and the burned coins are permanently removed from circulation. Validators, Super Validators and application providers mint new CC in return for their contributions to the network.
Over the long term, the documentation says the CC burned is meant to roughly balance the CC minted, subject to a predetermined maximum minting curve. When usage is high, more coins are burned. When usage is lower, supply increases until balance is restored.
Fee totals are one measure of network usage. As Newisty noted, DefiLlama's accounting for Canton goes beyond traffic purchases and also counts burns tied to transfer preapprovals, renewals and onboarding.
Sources
Newisty: Canton Network Logs $155 Million in Q3 Fees
The Defiant: Canton Records Over $155 Million in Q3 Fees, CertiK Says
Canton Network Docs: Tokenomics of the Global Synchronizer

Vitalik Buterin (@VitalikButerin) says the race to make zkEVMs fast enough for Ethereum is over, and that developers should now put security first.
His comments followed a milestone from ZKsync (@zksync). Its Airbender Prime prover verified 99% of 7,200 Ethereum $ETH mainnet blocks in under 10 seconds each, running on a single NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU. The ZKsync token is $ZK.
"At this point, I consider the battle for speed to be definitively won, and the top priority for zkEVMs should shift fully to security," Buterin said.
What Airbender Prime achieved
Crypto Briefing reported that every block in the test set was proved within 12 seconds, and that the result places Airbender at the top of the ETHproofs(.)org public leaderboard. Ethereum adds a block every 12 seconds, so proofs need to arrive inside that window to keep pace with the chain.
The figures come from ZKsync's own evaluation, according to KuCoin News, so they have not been independently confirmed in the reporting reviewed here.
The target itself is not new. In 2025, the Ethereum Foundation proposed a standard for real-time proving, and The Block reported that it includes 10-second latency for 99% of blocks, 128-bit security (with a 100-bit minimum at launch), proof sizes under 300 KiB, and hardware costing no more than $100,000 and drawing under 10 kW.
Why security is now the priority
Zero-knowledge proofs let validators check a short proof that a block was executed correctly instead of re-running every transaction. Ethereum.org explains that this shift from "everyone re-executes" to "one proves, everyone verifies" could allow the gas limit to rise without raising validator hardware requirements.
That makes the correctness of the proving systems critical. According to PANews, Buterin said three things need to be formally verified: the equivalence between the arithmetization and the Ethereum specification, a strict cap on the ratio of verification cost to block gas, and the security of the proof system itself.
Formal verification means a property is mathematically proven rather than only tested. The Ethereum Foundation has already pointed in this direction. BingX News reported that its 2026 roadmap prioritizes 128-bit provable security, explicit proof-size caps and formal verification of recursion architectures.
The next developments to watch are progress on formal verification of zkEVMs against Ethereum's specification and whether other proving teams match Airbender's results on comparable hardware.
Sources
Crypto Briefing: ZKsync's Airbender hits real-time proving on one GPU
Ethereum.org: zkEVM for L1 block verification
The Block: Ethereum devs plan Layer 1 zkEVM rollout

Matt Hougan (@Matt_Hougan), directeur des investissements chez @Bitwise, voit dans le jeton $NEAR du protocole NEAR (@NEARProtocol) un moyen d’investir dans l’infrastructure blockchain du commerce piloté par l’IA. Le FNB NEAR de la société, coté sous le symbole NRR, combine une exposition au NEAR au comptant et des récompenses de staking. Par ailleurs, Sal Ternullo (@sal_ternullo), directeur général de SVRN, affirme que son entreprise vise à accumuler 10 % de l’offre de jetons de NEAR.
Les deux stratégies reposent sur la même question : l’activité liée à l’IA sur NEAR peut-elle générer des revenus et une demande pour le jeton ?