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Schnabel đưa ra lập luận cho tiền ngân hàng trung ương trên chuỗi
Thành viên Ban điều hành Ngân hàng Trung ương Châu Âu (ECB) Isabel Schnabel đã sử dụng bài phát biểu của mình tại hội thảo kinh tế Jackson Hole vào ngày thứ Sáu để đưa ra lập luận trực tiếp về việc đưa tiền của ngân hàng trung ương lên mạng theo dạng on-chain. Schnabel tham gia một phiên thảo luận tại Hội nghị Chính sách Kinh tế năm 2026 của Ngân hàng Dự trữ Liên bang Kansas City, chủ đề "Đổi mới tài chính: Hệ quả đối với thanh toán và chính sách."
Phát biểu tại một phiên thảo luận tập trung vào thanh toán và đổi mới tài chính, Schnabel cho rằng các ngân hàng trung ương nên phát hành dự trữ một cách bản địa trên các sổ cái phân tán, với hợp đồng thông minh thực hiện các hoạt động chính sách một cách tự động. Bài trình bày của bà nhấn mạnh rằng token hoá cho phép việc thanh toán được thực hiện tùy thuộc vào một tập hợp các quy tắc được kích hoạt tự động, và rằng các bên trong một giao dịch có thể cùng nhau thanh toán hoặc không thanh toán gì cả—một tính chất được gọi là tính nguyên tử (atomicity).

Solana has activated its second mainnet block-time reduction this month, cutting the target slot time from 350ms to 300ms. The change went live today, one week after the network made its first-ever slot time cut, from 400ms to 350ms, on August 21.
A Staged Path to 200ms
Developer firm Anza (@anza_xyz) confirmed the activation. The 300ms step is the second of four sequential reductions laid out under SIMD-0525, a Solana improvement proposal that introduces four progressively shorter slot configurations at 350ms, 300ms, 250ms, and 200ms. The proposal was approved and merged on May 14.
Anza deliberately avoided halving slot times in one move. Instead, SIMD-0525 defines four separate 50ms decrements, with each step sitting behind its own feature gate and requiring fresh validator approval. Each step turns on one at a time, in a later epoch than the one before it, so the network can pause between steps if block skip rates climb. No activation dates have been set for the remaining two cuts to 250ms and 200ms. Live network data currently shows blocks averaging 325ms, slightly above the new 300ms target, which is consistent with how the prior reduction behaved. The gap between a target and actual performance is expected because slot time is a target for block production rather than a guarantee that every block will arrive at exactly the same interval.
Lower Latency, Not More Raw Throughput
If SIMD-0525 reaches its final stage, Solana's target slot time will fall 50% from 400ms to 200ms. Blocks would arrive twice as frequently, but the upgrade is designed to keep theoretical compute capacity per second broadly constant, making lower latency rather than raw compute expansion the central goal.
For DeFi users, faster slot production compresses the interval between transaction submission and inclusion, tightening confirmation flow across AMMs, lending markets, and orderbook venues built on Solana. A denser block cadence means the network reaches the next leader's block sooner, which matters for time-sensitive actions such as liquidations and arbitrage.
The change also doubles as a censorship-resistance measure, since it narrows the time a leader has a monopoly over block building, improving fairness for validators and users by limiting individual leader control windows.
Looking further ahead, Anza is also developing Alpenglow, a consensus redesign intended to bring confirmation times to roughly 150ms while removing Proof of History and on-chain vote transactions from Solana's core consensus process. Anza has called the planned upgrade the largest consensus change in Solana's history.
Sources:
Solana Foundation: Reduced Slot Times upgrade page
FinanceFeeds: Solana Cuts Slot Time to 350ms, Targets 200ms Next
Crypto.news: Solana cuts slot time to 350ms for first time since network launch

@monad đã thiết lập kỷ lục giao dịch theo tuần mới, xử lý 34.907.146 giao dịch trong khoảng từ ngày 17 tháng 8 đến ngày 23 tháng 8 năm 2026. Con số này đánh dấu một bước tiến quan trọng cho một mạng lưới đã lặng lẽ tích lũy đà tăng trưởng kể từ khi mainnet ra mắt vào cuối năm 2025.
Một mạng lưới đang giành được chỗ đứng
Mốc giao dịch đến cùng với sự gia tăng mạnh về tổng giá trị tài sản được khóa trong mạng lưới. TVL của Monad đạt 947 triệu USD vào cuối tháng Tám, được thúc đẩy bởi các nhà cung cấp thanh khoản và các quan hệ đối tác. Con số này tăng vọt so với đầu năm, khi TVL ở mức khoảng 355 triệu USD—đã tăng hơn 55% kể từ tháng Hai—khiến Monad trở thành Layer 1 nhanh nhất để đạt mốc 300 triệu USD TVL trong số các dự án mới ra mắt gần đây.

@overlayerfi is integrating @LayerZero_Core's Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard to migrate its Overlaid Assets into an omnichain infrastructure, a move designed to remove the liquidity bottlenecks and supply constraints that come with operating across Layer 2 silos.
What the OFT Standard Does
The OFT standard works through a burn-and-mint mechanism. It debits tokens on the source chain by burning or locking them, then credits an equivalent amount on the destination chain by minting or unlocking, preserving a single unified global supply across all connected networks. This removes the need for wrapped assets or chain-specific liquidity pools, which are common sources of fragmentation in traditional bridging setups.
For Overlayer, the practical effect is straightforward: market participants will be able to issue an asset on @Ethereum and move it to 160+ other supported networks without hitting chain-specific supply limits or managing separate liquidity pools on each chain.
LayerZero's Position in Cross-Chain Infrastructure
The choice of LayerZero reflects its growing dominance in the interoperability space. The protocol's OFT standard now accounts for 87% of all cross-chain transfer volume. It has supported more than $290 billion in cross-chain volume across more than 160 blockchains, including stablecoins and tokenized stocks.
The standard has attracted a broad range of adopters. Over 733 OFTs exist, including Tether's USDt0 and PayPal's PYUSD, and the standard has processed $166.9 billion in transfers. For Overlayer, building on an infrastructure of that scale reduces execution risk and opens access to a large existing network of chains and users from day one.
The migration also sidesteps a structural problem that affects many DeFi protocols operating across multiple Layer 2 networks: liquidity fragmentation. When assets are siloed by chain, depth is split across venues, making it harder to execute trades efficiently or maintain consistent pricing. By unifying supply under the OFT model, Overlayer avoids having to manage that complexity independently.
LayerZero cannot take custody of an OFT, make security decisions that would alter how a transfer is verified, or disable support for a chain. The non-custodial nature of the OFT standard ensures tokens remain under the project's control, eliminating counterparty risks prevalent in other cross-chain solutions.
Sources:
LayerZero's OFT Standard Accounts for 87% of Cross-Chain Transfer Volume (Crypto Briefing)
OFT Standard Documentation (LayerZero)
LayerZero OFT Standard Surpasses $290 Billion in Cross-Chain Volume (The Block)

Price Pulls Back, But the Bigger Picture Holds
Terra Luna Classic ($LUNC) has shed around 5% over the past seven days following a short-term rally, a move that looks less alarming when placed alongside its 30-day performance. Over the past month, the token is still up roughly 7%, suggesting the recent dip is a consolidation rather than a reversal of the broader trend.
According to CoinMarketCap, $LUNC is currently ranked around #104 by market cap, with a circulating supply of approximately 5.53 trillion tokens. Terra Luna Classic carries a market cap of roughly $294 million. The token remains a deeply speculative asset trading far below its former highs, but it continues to attract consistent trader attention.
Volume Crosses $11 Million, Up 10% in 24 Hours
Price alone does not tell the full story for $LUNC. The 24-hour trading volume on CoinMarketCap has crossed past the $11 million mark, with that figure rising 10% in the last 24 hours. That uptick in volume points to growing participation from traders, even as the price retraces from its recent peak.
$LUNC tokens can be traded on centralized crypto exchanges, with Binance being the most popular venue, where the LUNC/USDT pair is the most active trading pair. The primary tool driving the token's long-term investment thesis is a deflationary burn tax applied to every on-chain transaction, recently increased to 1.5%, which permanently destroys a portion of LUNC tokens with the aim of reducing the massive circulating supply over time.
As of August 1, 2026, Binance had cumulatively burned 87.43 billion LUNC, with over 452 billion tokens removed from supply since May 2022. However, the circulating supply remains at approximately 5.523 trillion, meaning the daily burn rate remains a marginal fraction of the total. For the burn mechanism to shift the supply-demand balance materially, sustained high trading volumes of the kind seen today will be critical.
For now, the combination of a resilient 30-day gain and a meaningful pick-up in daily volume gives $LUNC holders a reason to watch closely, even if the short-term price action has disappointed.
Sources:
Terra Classic (LUNC) Price and Market Data, CoinMarketCap
Terra Classic LUNC Price Prediction and Burn Data, CoinMarketCap
Terra Luna Classic Live Price and Volume, CoinGecko

North Korea's Lazarus Group has transferred 244.148 $BTC, worth roughly $19.42 million, in a transaction that security researchers believe is part of an ongoing effort to consolidate and obscure funds stolen through previous exploits.
A Pattern of Consolidation and Cover
The scale of the transfer is consistent with behaviour analysts have come to expect from the group. Moving funds in a single batch to a newly created address is a common technique the group uses to obscure the trail of stolen assets. While there is no immediate confirmation that the Bitcoin has been moved to exchanges or mixing services, investigators are expected to track the funds for signs of laundering or cash-out attempts.
Lazarus typically relies on a layered laundering operation that includes THORChain, Russian crypto exchanges, and Chinese OTC desks. That infrastructure has proven difficult for authorities to dismantle, and North Korea's state-sponsored cryptocurrency theft program has become one of the most operationally significant financial crime threats facing the industry, described by compliance experts not as a periodic problem but as a sustained campaign that has made cryptocurrency theft a structural component of the regime's revenue model.
A Year of Record Theft
The latest movement comes against a backdrop of unprecedented crypto losses. The Lazarus Group accounted for nearly 55% of total crypto theft losses in 2026, stealing approximately $609 million. In April alone, cryptocurrency protocols suffered losses totalling $635 million, primarily due to large-scale attacks by the group, which carried out 12 separate attacks on crypto protocols during that month.
The group began focusing on cryptocurrency hacks around 2017, and since then has successfully stolen over $6 billion in cryptocurrency assets. Its most audacious strike came in February 2025, when the group pulled off its first billion-dollar hack by compromising a Bybit multisig tool. The group's main objectives revolve around funding North Korean nuclear weapons research and evading international sanctions.
Cybersecurity reports found that compromised private keys caused 74% of all stolen crypto funds in 2026, underlining that wallet security remains the single biggest vulnerability across the industry.
Sources:
Arkham Intelligence: Lazarus Group On-Chain Footprint
Sanctions.io: Lazarus Group and DPRK Crypto Theft in 2026
Coinpedia: Lazarus Group Moves Bitcoin, Renewing Laundering Concerns

Kaspa's native token, $KAS, is showing renewed momentum. In the past 24 hours, KAS recorded a trading volume of $10.62 million, with its market cap climbing to $801.22 million. That puts the asset's daily volume firmly in double-figure territory for the first time in recent weeks, and marks a roughly 25% increase on the day, according to CoinMarketCap data.
Volume Surge and Market Cap Milestone
KAS was up around 6.5% in the 24-hour period, with a live market cap of approximately $795 million at the time of reporting on CoinMarketCap. The $800 million market cap threshold is a notable level for the asset, which has spent much of 2026 trading well below its peak valuation.
Kaspa is a fast, scalable Layer-1 cryptocurrency built on proof-of-work and powered by the GHOSTDAG protocol, a consensus mechanism that allows parallel blocks to coexist and be ordered within a Directed Acyclic Graph structure, rather than discarding competing blocks as traditional blockchains do. The project was fair-launched in November 2021 with no pre-mine, zero pre-sale, and no coin allocations, and is 100 percent community-managed.
Can KAS Reclaim 2024 Highs?
Kaspa reached its all-time high of $0.2078 on July 31, 2024. At current prices near $0.029, the token sits roughly 86% below that peak, meaning a return to 2024 levels would require a significant re-rating from here.
One development that may support the thesis is the Toccata hard fork, which introduced smart contract functionality and KRC-20 token support. The upgrade completed on June 30, with KAS rallying over 20% in the days leading up to the event. However, within ten hours of trading post-fork, KAS shed 7.8%, a reminder that protocol upgrades do not always translate into sustained buying pressure.
Whether the current volume uptick marks a genuine shift in sentiment or a short-term spike remains to be seen. Traders will be watching closely to see if $KAS can hold the $800 million market cap level and build on this momentum in the weeks ahead.
Sources:
Kaspa (KAS) price and market data, CoinMarketCap
Kaspa live price and market cap, Bybit
Kaspa (KAS) price chart and stats, CoinGecko

Retail Access to U.S. Markets via Blockchain
Ondo Finance has partnered with @KUBChain's KUB Wallet to extend retail access to tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs across Thailand, the latest move in a broader push to connect traditional capital markets with on-chain investors in Southeast Asia.
Through the deal, KUB Wallet holders will be able to hold on-chain representations of some of the world's most liquid equities through custodial wallets, removing the need for international brokerage accounts or complex cross-border settlement processes. For non-U.S. investors, this creates a pathway to U.S. equity exposure without the typical barriers of international brokerage accounts, currency conversion, or settlement delays.
KUBChain, originally known as Bitkub Chain, emerged as Thailand's first blockchain infrastructure in 2021. In March 2025, it underwent a major rebranding, officially transitioning to KUB Chain to improve its international presence. KUB Wallet is a crypto wallet on the Bitkub chain, aimed at providing user-friendly access to Bitkub Chain for securely keeping cryptocurrency and digital assets.
Ondo Widens Its Distribution Network
The Thailand deal is consistent with Ondo Finance's wider strategy of partnering with wallet providers and exchanges to distribute its tokenized asset products. Ondo's tokenization platform supports on-chain exposure to publicly traded securities, with eligible investors outside the U.S. able to gain exposure to hundreds of U.S. publicly traded stocks and ETFs. Tokenized stocks and ETFs are fully backed and collateralized by the corresponding stock or ETF, and cash in transit.
Similar integrations have been announced with other wallet and exchange platforms in recent months. KuCoin Web3 integrated Ondo Global Markets, described as the largest tokenized stocks platform globally, to expand its asset coverage to include tokenized real-world assets. The KUBChain partnership follows the same model, using Ondo's infrastructure as a bridge between conventional financial markets and retail crypto users.
As of late February 2026, the distributed value of tokenized assets across public blockchains reached approximately $25.71 billion, reflecting sustained momentum in the real-world asset sector. The Ondo and KUBChain tie-up positions both parties to capture a share of that growth in one of Southeast Asia's more blockchain-active markets.
Sources:
Ondo Finance: Ondo Global Markets
KUBChain Official Website
Coincub: Ondo Finance and the Future of RWA

Khối lượng giao dịch hàng tuần trên sàn phi tập trung của mạng @Cardano đã tăng vọt 1.551%, đạt 151,01M USD trong bảy ngày qua, theo dữ liệu on-chain được @BSCNews chia sẻ. Động thái này đánh dấu một trong những cú tăng đột biến ngắn hạn kịch tính nhất trong lịch sử của mạng.
Mức cao kỷ lục trong ngày vào ngày 22 tháng 8
Đỉnh điểm diễn ra vào ngày 22 tháng 8, khi mạng ghi nhận mức cao kỷ lục trong ngày là 245,31M $ADA về khối lượng. Khối lượng giao dịch hằng ngày trên các sàn giao dịch phi tập trung dựa trên Cardano đạt khoảng 56 triệu USD vào ngày 22 tháng 8, theo dữ liệu từ DeFiLlama. Trong những ngày tiếp theo, khối lượng duy trì ở mức bất thường cao, dao động từ 16 triệu USD đến 32 triệu USD, trước khi giảm trở lại gần phạm vi trước đó.

Kraken has added $HDX, the native token of @hydration_net, to its August 2026 delisting schedule, putting one of @Polkadot's most prominent DeFi protocols on notice. Trading and deposits will be suspended on 11 September 2026, while withdrawals remain open until 10 December 2026. Any balances still held on the platform after that date face automatic liquidation.
A Disputed Decision
The Hydration team is pushing back. According to the protocol, $HDX does not meet Kraken's stated delisting criteria, and the team argues the exchange has applied an incorrect valuation. In their own words, "liquidity is improving, not deteriorating." The project says $HDX currently trades at a 3.5-year record price level and, within Kraken's basket of 21 tokens flagged in the August cycle, ranked fourth by 30-day volume, outperforming 43% of all other tokens listed on the exchange. Hydration has formally appealed the decision and is seeking a direct conversation with Kraken to make its case.
Kraken's delisting process follows a consistent three-stage cycle throughout 2026: trading and deposits are suspended first, withdrawals are closed roughly three months later, and any remaining balances are then liquidated automatically. The exchange describes its delistings as part of ongoing efforts to maintain a secure and high-quality trading environment for assets that no longer meet internal performance or compliance standards.
What Is Hydration?
Within the Polkadot ecosystem, several rollups have focused specifically on DeFi, and Hydration stands out with a robust suite of tools designed to help users get the most out of their assets, offering advanced and diverse options for swapping, borrowing, and managing DeFi strategies. Key offerings include the Omnipool, advanced strategies such as automatic dollar-cost averaging and OTC trading, as well as the ability to lend and borrow assets. $HDX is Hydration's native governance and incentive token, with holders granted voting power in the Hydration DAO, which decides on protocol changes through public referenda.
The outcome of Hydration's appeal could set a precedent for how projects contest exchange delistings on procedural or data-driven grounds. For now, $HDX holders on Kraken have until 11 September 2026 to act before trading is suspended.
Sources:
Kraken Support: Scheduled Asset Delistings Overview
Polkadot Support: Hydration DeFi Hub on Polkadot
Hydration Official Website

Dữ liệu mới từ nền tảng phân tích blockchain ChainSpect cho thấy @SeiNetwork đã vươn lên vị trí dẫn đầu về tăng trưởng giao dịch hoạt động hằng ngày, ghi nhận mức tăng 37% về khối lượng giao dịch. @KeetaNetwork Mainnet xếp thứ hai với mức tăng 21%, trong khi @Avax đứng thứ ba với 15%.
Sei Mở Rộng Đà Tăng Động On-Chain Của Mình
Bảng xếp hạng bổ sung vào chuỗi các tín hiệu on-chain mạnh mẽ của Sei. Địa chỉ hoạt động hằng ngày của Sei Network đã tăng 93,5% lên 824.000 trong Q3 2025, với khối lượng giao dịch hằng ngày đạt 2 triệu, đánh dấu quý thứ năm liên tiếp tăng trưởng, theo báo cáo của Messari. Đến cuối năm 2025, hoạt động địa chỉ tiếp tục tăng, với các đợt bùng nổ đạt 1,3 triệu đến 1,4 triệu địa chỉ hoạt động hằng ngày, qua đó đưa Sei nằm trong nhóm các chuỗi tương thích EVM hoạt động hiệu quả nhất về mức độ sử dụng của người dùng.

Shibarium TVL Drops 74% in Two Days
Shibarium, the Layer 2 network built to scale the Shiba Inu ecosystem, has suffered a sharp liquidity exodus. Its total value locked (TVL) fell from $121,860 on August 26 to around $31,513 as of August 28, a decline of roughly 74% in just 48 hours. The drop arrives even as prices for ethereum:0x95ad61b0a150d79219dcf64e1e6cc01f0b64c4ce and other tokens in the Shibarium ecosystem posted modest gains, making the TVL collapse stand out as a demand-side problem rather than a simple market selloff.
Trading activity on Shibarium's DEX platforms has also dropped dramatically in recent weeks, and the network is built as a Layer 2 blockchain on Ethereum, designed to improve Shiba Inu ecosystem scalability, speed up transaction times, and minimize fees. The latest TVL reading suggests those ambitions are currently far from being realised.
A Persistent Adoption Problem
The August plunge is the latest episode in a long-running struggle for Shibarium to attract meaningful capital. Given that $SHIB's market capitalisation remains in the billions, a TVL in the tens of thousands is a stark indicator that decentralised applications and users are not embracing the chain at scale. TVL, recurring DEX volume, fee revenue, and independent application usage are considered the stronger indicators of genuine adoption, and on each of those measures Shibarium continues to disappoint.
Burn efforts tied to Shibarium rely on the network being used for real transactions, which currently is not happening at scale, and the low TVL shows that demand for network usage remains minimal. For burns to meaningfully impact price, Shibarium needs to process millions of daily transactions consistently, yet the current daily transaction count on Shibarium remains in the low thousands.
The lack of TVL confirms that Shibarium has not found a unique, compelling use case needed to attract developers and users away from established Layer 2 networks. Competing chains such as Arbitrum and Optimism continue to dwarf Shibarium on every on-chain metric, and the gap is widening rather than narrowing.
Sources
DeFiLlama: Shibarium TVL and on-chain data
CoinTurk: Shibarium DEX volume falls 97%, TVL near $102,000
BeInCrypto: SHIB utility deficit and Shibarium TVL structural flaw

Network Holds Firm Against Coordinated Wasm Attack
The Internet Computer (@dfinity) has successfully defended itself against a coordinated, AI-powered cyberattack, according to founder @dominic_w. The attack involved several hundred canisters deploying malformed WebAssembly (Wasm) modules in an attempt to disrupt the network. "Last night, the Internet Computer network withstood a widespread, AI-enabled attack, which involved hundreds of canisters using malformed Wasm modules," Williams wrote on X.
Canisters are the smart contract format native to the Internet Computer, functioning as bundles of Wasm code and memory that store and execute applications on the network. The use of malformed Wasm modules as an attack vector targeted this core layer of ICP's infrastructure directly.
The attack did not occur in isolation. Williams said it was accompanied by an extensive, automated disinformation campaign on social media, apparently designed to undermine confidence in the network at a sensitive moment. DFINITY has since announced it is offering cash bonuses to anyone who can provide information identifying the organizers behind what it described as criminal activity.
Timing Tied to Cloud Engines and Intelligence Gateway Launch
The timing of the attack is notable. DFINITY founder Dominic Williams used the network's five-year mainnet anniversary in May to unveil Cloud Engines, a sovereign cloud framework pushing the network deeper into the AI agent space. The longer-term link is to the Internet Intelligence Gateway, which DFINITY has flagged as the path toward on-chain verifiable AI inference. Both products appear to be the specific targets the disinformation campaign sought to disrupt.
DFINITY plans to roll out Cloud Engines as configurable private subnets for enterprise and AI workloads, with a summer 2026 promotional campaign offering free two-week access to lower adoption barriers. The product has attracted significant attention, with DFINITY's Cloud Engines initiative and AI and cloud positioning giving $ICP a fresh narrative and drawing focused market coverage.
That the network absorbed the attack without reported disruption to service will likely be read as a positive signal by developers and enterprise customers evaluating ICP's resilience ahead of the Cloud Engines rollout. DFINITY's decision to pursue those responsible publicly, including offering financial incentives for tip-offs, signals the foundation views the incident as serious enough to warrant an aggressive response.
Sources:
CryptoNews: ICP Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary, Cloud Engines Unveiled
CoinMarketCap: Internet Computer Latest Updates and Roadmap
Tech.eu: DFINITY's Vision for Sovereign Computing

Committee Proposal No. 107 Takes Effect
@Trondao has executed Committee Proposal No. 107, activating the GreatVoyage-v4.8.2 protocol upgrade, codenamed Pyrrho, on the $TRX mainnet. Voting on the proposal began on August 25, 2026, with an activation target of August 28, 2026, at 14:00 SGT. TRON committee proposals are decided through stake-weighted voting by the network's elected Super Representatives, and if the required approval is secured, the upgrade becomes active without requiring additional action from regular TRX holders.
The proposal incorporates features associated with Ethereum's Prague and Osaka upgrades into the GreatVoyage-v4.8.2 release. The goal is to keep TRON's virtual machine aligned with Ethereum tooling so that developers can port and run familiar smart-contract workloads, reducing the work of porting applications and keeping TRON's tooling within reach of the wider EVM ecosystem.
What the Upgrade Actually Changes
Proposal 107 introduces several changes to the TRON Virtual Machine (TVM). Historical block hash queries will allow smart contracts to access data from earlier blocks without relying on additional workarounds. The proposal also introduces the CLZ opcode, designed to improve the efficiency of certain mathematical operations used in smart contract code.
The TVM has also been made more compatible with Ethereum's Pectra and Osaka upgrades through the addition of a new precompiled function for secp256r1 digital signature verification. This is particularly relevant for consumer-facing applications: the built-in secp256r1 instruction enables biometric Passkey verification, lowering friction for retail onboarding on the $TRX network. The focus of this precompile is creating a contract for the secp256r1 curve, increasing efficiency and reducing computational costs.
TRON hosts a large share of stablecoin activity, so its upgrades carry outsize operational weight for the wallets, exchanges, and indexers that depend on the network. These improvements aim to facilitate the migration of Ethereum-based applications to the TRON network and enhance the developer experience.
Sources:
TRON Mainnet Voting Begins on Proposal 107, HokaNews
TRON Rolls Out Mandatory GreatVoyage v4.8.2 Pyrrho Upgrade, CryptoNews.net
TRON Network Releases Mandatory GreatVoyage v4.8.2 Update, TheCryptoUpdates

Pi Wallet Now Shows Live Smart Contract Activity
@PiCoreTeam has rolled out smart contract visibility inside the Pi Wallet on testnet, giving everyday users a direct view of contract execution on their mobile devices for the first time. The update is live on Pi Testnet, where pioneers can observe smart contract actions using Test-Pi, the network's testnet currency.
Smart contracts became visible inside Pi Network testnet wallets on August 27, showing live functions tied to BNPi, a booking application built on the network. The testnet activity showed two specific functions in action: server_auto_release and release_booking_escrow. Under this system, funds are placed into escrow at the time of booking, then released automatically to hosts once a guest checks in. The move marks the first time retail users, not just developers, can watch contract logic play out directly within their wallet interface.
Protocol 27 Mainnet Upgrade Targeted for September 15
The testnet visibility update is part of a broader infrastructure push ahead of a major network milestone. Protocol 27 introduces more flexible and secure smart contract authentication capabilities, enabling more advanced transaction authorization for accounts and applications on Pi's blockchain. It is currently deployed on Pi Testnet with a mainnet upgrade target of September 15, 2026.
Pi Network began deploying Protocol 27 to Testnet 1 on August 21, with a target mainnet upgrade on September 15, 2026. The protocol adds more flexible and secure smart contract authentication and prepares infrastructure for RPC servers, DEX functions, and AMM liquidity pools.
Testing is underway on Testnet 1, followed by Testnet 2, before the planned mainnet rollout. The sequential rollout follows a pattern Pi has maintained throughout 2026, with each protocol version building on the last. Protocol 26 finalized a major upgrade focusing on contract safety and interoperability as a precursor to the last planned update.
For pioneers, the wallet-level visibility of smart contract functions is a concrete sign that the network's infrastructure is maturing. Whether the September 15 deadline holds and how quickly developers build real-world applications on top of it will be the next test for the project.
Sources:
CoinPedia: Pi Network Smart Contracts Go Live on Testnet
KuCoin: Pi Network Launches Protocol 27 Testnet
CryptoRank: Pi Network Targets September 15 for Protocol 27

Stellar has moved its Adapter upgrade, Protocol 28, one step closer to a full network rollout after the testnet vote passed on August 27. The mainnet upgrade vote is scheduled for September 16, 2026, at 17:00 UTC.
A Developer-First Upgrade
Unlike some past upgrades that focused mainly on infrastructure, Adapter Protocol 28 is built with developers in mind. Two of its three core changes are aimed directly at making life easier for people building smart contracts on Soroban, Stellar's smart contract platform, while the third strengthens how the network itself reaches consensus.
CAP-83 improves consensus resilience under heavy load, CAP-85 allows atomic upgrades for fleets of Soroban smart contracts, and CAP-86 simplifies contract-data migrations. On the consensus side, consensus keeps moving even when transaction data is slow to propagate, which will improve throughput and help keep the network running smoothly at scale and at low cost. The full performance gains will be phased in after mainnet as parallel transaction-set downloading is gradually enabled.
The release also updates the JavaScript and TypeScript SDKs used to interact with the network. The new SDK simplifies smart contract interactions and improves wallet approval visibility. Its rebuilt XDR layer is now fully typed and replaces Node's Buffer with Uint8Array, reducing a common source of type errors for web developers.
What Builders and Validators Need to Do
Stellar SDK users must upgrade before August 27, 2026, for testnet integration, and before September 16, 2026, for mainnet. Protocol 28 also requires all validators to have synced clocks; validator operators must run NTP sync starting in Protocol 28.
The mainnet vote is scheduled for September 16 at 17:00 UTC. Activation depends on validator approval, so the date represents a planned governance milestone rather than a guaranteed launch. Teams building on the network are being encouraged to start preparing early rather than waiting until the last week, and to keep an eye on Stellar's Developer Discord, where the community is actively coordinating the upgrade.
Sources:
Stellar Development Foundation: Introducing Adapter, Protocol 28
Stellar Development Foundation: Adapter Protocol 28 Upgrade Guide

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