𝗞𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲... & 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻. West Bengal has engaged RITES to prepare a blueprint for reviving Kolkata's tram network, with the immediate focus on restoring existing traditional routes. Once the core network is operational, the state plans to extend tram services to Salt Lake and New Town. Authorities are also assessing a Kalighat–Dakshineswar corridor along the Hooghly and Adi Ganga. The proposal also includes exploring PPP-based operations, advertising-led revenue models and a potential UNESCO World Heritage tag for Kolkata's historic tram system. The project remains at the planning stage, but if implemented, it would represent the most significant overhaul of the city's iconic tram network in decades.show more

Thanks to Mr. Woody Lightyear from Africa Nigeria and... Dr. Gharbi Ahmed from Arabic Tunisia extraordinary leadership and hardworking! Also thanks to Chinese community leaders, merchants, pioneers inspiration and real barter huge amount transactions to support GCV ! Thanks to the global community leaders and pioneers support! Now GCV has been acknowledged by most Pi Network global communities and gained a lot of support! Newsway Founded in 2014 by T.I UKENDE, It states:" NEWSWAY can offer you Verifiable information on Blockchain technology and digital assets. We now serve customers all over the world, and are thrilled that we’re able to turn our passion into a well recognized website." The following is today's article passed all over the world Pi Network community from US expertise freelancer Ms. Grace Owell. Thanks to her excellent outstanding article which can see her sharpness and insight to the crypto currency world and understand the Pi Network mission very well!👍👍👍 Pi Network’s Global Consensus Value (GCV) has been making headlines lately, thanks to the initiators who have proposed an amazing price to the Pi community. The supporters of Global Consensus GCV Price have been praised for their efforts in bringing this proposal forward. The GCV builders have worked hard to come up with a fair and reasonable price for the Pi community, and their hard work has paid off. The proposed GCV price of $314159 has received overwhelming support from the community and has been hailed as a significant milestone for the Pi Network. The GCV price proposal is an important development for the Pi Network, as it establishes a standard value for the Pi currency. This value will help the Pi community to measure the worth of their holdings and make informed decisions about buying and selling Pi. The Pi Network’s Global Consensus Value (GCV) is a revolutionary pricing mechanism that is designed to be transparent, fair, and reflective of the true value of Pi cryptocurrency. The GCV price takes into account various key metrics, including the mathematical value for π, user adoption, network usage, and other relevant factors, to determine a fair value for Pi. By using a comprehensive and transparent pricing mechanism, the Pi Network aims to build confidence among users and investors, while also promoting greater adoption of the Pi cryptocurrency. Importance of the Global Consensus Value (GCV) Price Here are some of the key importance of the GCV Price: Standardized Value: The GCV price establishes a standardized value for the Pi cryptocurrency, which helps users to measure the worth of their holdings and make informed decisions about buying and selling Pi. Fairness and Transparency: The GCV price mechanism is designed to be fair and transparent, taking into account various metrics such as user adoption, network usage, and market demand. This builds confidence in the Pi Network among users, investors, and regulators. Increased Adoption: A trustworthy and reliable GCV price can attract more users and investors to the Pi Network, leading to greater adoption of the Pi cryptocurrency and increased usage of the network. Long-Term Stability: A stable and reliable GCV price can help to build a more stable and long-term ecosystem for the Pi Network, ensuring its success and growth over the long run. Integration with Wider Financial Markets: A standardized and transparent GCV price can help the Pi cryptocurrency to be more widely accepted and integrated into the wider financial markets, providing greater opportunities for its use and adoption. The Pi community has responded positively to the GCV price proposal, with many users expressing their support for the proposed Pi Network remains strong and stable. The Global Consensus Value is an important step forward for the Pi community, and it is a sign of the network’s growing maturity and stability. Pi Network #PIGCV #PiNetworkshow more

What Actually is Sei Network's “Giga” Upgrade? Sei Network’s... (Sei) Giga upgrade is a major overhaul designed to make the network faster, more scalable and better suited for high-performance onchain trading. Put simply, Giga is rebuilding three critical parts of the blockchain: consensus, execution and storage. (1) The first track focuses on consensus, with upgrades such as Autobahn designed to improve how Sei validators agree on the state of the chain. (2) The Ares upgrade targets execution, the part of the blockchain responsible for actually processing transactions. (3) Eidos focuses on storage, which is becoming increasingly important as blockchain throughput rises. Why does storage matter? Every transaction a blockchain processes has to be recorded. If the database cannot write data as quickly as the network executes transactions, higher throughput eventually becomes meaningless. Eidos is designed to solve that bottleneck. (4) Sei plans to replace the traditional Merkle-tree structure used for EVM state with FlatKV, a flat key-value database where updating one piece of state requires essentially one write. A lattice hash, or LtHash, is then used to maintain a verifiable fingerprint of the entire state without repeatedly recalculating an entire hash path. (5) Eidos also separates live EVM state from other blockchain data. This means transactions accessing current state no longer have to compete with historical data for the same database resources. (6) Sei is also introducing LittDB-backed storage for blocks and receipts. These records are written once but queried repeatedly, making them a different workload from constantly changing blockchain state. Older historical data will eventually move away from active nodes into archival storage, allowing nodes to focus their resources on the data needed for real-time operations. The interesting part is how Sei plans to deploy all of this. Instead of shutting down the network and migrating the entire database at once, Eidos is designed to migrate storage while Sei continues producing blocks. The old and new systems can run side by side during the transition, with data moved in batches and integrity checks performed throughout the process. The first phase arrived on Sei mainnet with the v6.6 release in August 2026, beginning the separation of EVM state and introducing improvements to the pruning process. The broader Eidos architecture, including FlatKV, LtHash, the new receipt store and off-node archival storage, is expected to arrive through subsequent releases. Sei’s ultimate Giga target is 200,000 transactions per second. But reaching that kind of execution speed requires more than a faster transaction engine. The blockchain also needs a storage system capable of keeping up. That is essentially what Eidos is trying to build. Giga is not just about making Sei execute transactions faster. It is about rebuilding the infrastructure underneath that speed so the network can actually sustain it.show more

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺 JUST IN: NATO prepares war plans for a... possible Russian attack NATO has developed three scenarios for responding to a potential Russian assault, including an attack on the Baltic states. The plans focus on stopping a Russian offensive and striking military infrastructure used to sustain it. Reported targets include missile systems, airfields, weapons factories, bridges and railways, with Kaliningrad also identified as a potential target. NATO is also reportedly planning an “autonomous zone” along parts of the Russia and Belarus border, where drones and robotic systems could operate heavily. The reported plans include the use of drones against military targets deep inside Russia. NATO says the objective would not be to occupy Russian territory, but to push Russian forces back to the alliance’s borders. The message to Moscow is blunt: an attack on NATO could trigger strikes far beyond the battlefield.show more

How Did Pi Network Build a Huge User Base... Before it Had a Fully Open Blockchain? Launched in 2019 by Stanford graduates, Pi (Pi Network) made crypto participation possible through a smartphone app instead of expensive mining hardware. But what exactly made its model different? (1) It made mining accessible through smartphones. Pi allowed users to earn Pi by checking into the app and starting a mining session. The process was designed to consume very little battery and computing power compared with traditional proof of work mining. This removed one of the biggest barriers to crypto mining, expensive hardware and high electricity costs. (2) It turned users into part of the network's growth engine. Pi introduced referral bonuses that encouraged existing users to invite friends and family. Users could also build security circles by adding people they trusted to the network. This created a built in growth mechanism that helped Pi expand its community rapidly. (3) Early Pi mining was not traditional blockchain mining. Before Open Network, users were not securing a public blockchain through conventional proof of work mining. Instead, the mobile app helped establish user participation and prepare the ecosystem before the network became publicly accessible. (4) Pi built the community before opening the network. Pi spent years operating through different development stages before launching its Open Network in February 2025. A firewalled Enclosed Mainnet had already gone live in December 2021, giving the project a working but closed blockchain years before it opened externally. During that period, the project focused heavily on growing its user base and developing its ecosystem. This flipped the usual crypto growth model, where networks often launch first and try to attract users afterward. (5) The Open Network changed what users could actually do. With Open Network, Pi became externally connected to the broader blockchain ecosystem. Users were now able to engage with Pi beyond the closed system it had been previously in, while developers were free to create applications on the network. This made the token and its massive community more realistic.show more

🚄FROM VANDE BHARAT TO KOLKATA TRAMS: JUPITER WAGONS’ BIG... BET ON BENGAL’S RAIL FUTURE!🚋 One of India’s leading railway manufacturers, Jupiter Wagons, is making a major leap into passenger rail—and West Bengal is at the centre of its expansion plans. 🏭 New Hooghly coach factory: Jupiter Wagons will establish a dedicated manufacturing facility in Hooghly to build Vande Bharat trainsets, Metro coaches and other passenger rolling stock, making it Bengal’s second Vande Bharat coach manufacturing hub after Titagarh Rail Systems’ Uttarpara plant. 🚆 Entering the Vande Bharat era: The company is expanding beyond freight wagons to compete in India’s rapidly growing passenger rail market, targeting upcoming Vande Bharat, Metro and suburban train opportunities. 🌍 Global technology partnerships: Jupiter is working with international partners, including an existing collaboration with CAF (Spain), as it prepares to bid for major passenger rail projects, including Mumbai’s ₹20,000 crore suburban rail programme. ⚙️ Building the complete ecosystem: A new wheelset manufacturing facility in Odisha, developed with international partners, will supply critical wheels and axles for passenger coaches while also serving export markets. 🚋 Kolkata trams could benefit too: The company has expressed interest in participating in the modernisation of Kolkata’s historic tram network, should the state’s revival plans move ahead. 📈 Ambitious growth plans: Jupiter Wagons is targeting annual revenues of ₹10,000 crore over the next few years, with passenger rail expected to become a major growth driver. If these plans materialise, West Bengal will strengthen its position as one of India’s leading railway manufacturing centres—producing everything from freight wagons and Metro coaches to Vande Bharat trains and potentially even modern trams. #WestBengal #VandeBharat #Railwaysshow more

‼️‼️🇮🇶🇸🇾 BREAKING | The Middle East’s energy map is... being redrawn: Iraq and Syria are officially reviving the historic Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline This dormant infrastructure, once a vital artery for regional energy, is being restored to bypass traditional bottlenecks and reduce reliance on current export routes. With Washington’s strategic blessing, the project aims to stabilize the flow of crude from Iraqi fields directly to the Mediterranean, effectively creating a new economic bridge between Baghdad and Damascus. ​This is more than just a repair job—it is a calculated geopolitical pivot. By reviving this pipeline, the U.S. is signaling a definitive attempt to consolidate influence over Iraq’s energy sector while boxing out competing regional powers. The real question isn't just about oil flow, but who will ultimately control the taps of this new strategic corridor as it fundamentally reshapes the balance of power in the Levant.show more

There’s a reason the LimeWire name still hits people... instantly. If you were around in the early internet days, LimeWire was everywhere. Music discovery, file sharing, chaos, excitement. It shaped how a whole generation interacted with the web. That kind of brand memory doesn’t fade and LimeWire is proving it can be reused in a serious way. What’s different now is the foundation. LimeWire Network is the decentralized storage layer of LimeWire, built on BNB Chain. It is not a nostalgia project. It is infrastructure. Storage, transfers, and usage are happening on chain, designed to scale for real applications rather than demos. The growth backs that up. Looking at recent data on lmwrscan, LimeWire Network has already moved into tens of terabytes of stored data, with tens of thousands of uploads and consistent daily activity. Network usage keeps climbing, not spiking once and disappearing. That kind of curve usually shows real users, not incentive farming. And the economics are clear. The $LMWR token sits at the center of the system. Users pay in LMWR to use storage. Node operators earn LMWR for providing resources. Rewards and payments stay inside the ecosystem instead of leaking out to third parties. That loop matters. Most decentralized storage networks struggle because nobody knows they exist. LimeWire doesn’t have that problem. The brand alone opens doors, pulls attention, and lowers the friction for new users to try the product. When you combine that with live usage data and a functioning token economy, the upside starts to look asymmetric. Built on BNB Chain, LimeWire Network also gets the scalability needed if adoption keeps accelerating. That choice signals intent to grow, not just experiment. This feels like a rare case where nostalgia is not the product, it is the distribution layer. Curious how you see it. Are you watching LimeWire because of the brand comeback, the LimeWire Network growth, or the role of the LMWR token in the long run?show more

Today our Pi main screen changed to the following... which we can see there will be another Hackathon! I believe this is a great work and deployment from CT! And Hackathon should be continuing to expand to apps which can connect to all industries widely in the world. I can see some Pioneers disappointed. Because these pioneers don't pay attention to Pi Network vision and mission and not understanding white paper well. They just want to get a car, property and cash ASAP. This is a short-sight. The eco system is Pi Network blood. This is critical. I used an example to make pioneers understand well what the relationship pioneers and CT is and what our pioneers task is. CT and pioneers are like a man's two feet. CT is on the right foot and pioneers are on the left foot. CT is like 💡, pioneers is like ⚡. We need to walk together to move. And if you want a light bulb, you need to have stable electricity and this stable electricity is like GCV. So when CT advanced to the Hackathon eco hardware system, pioneers should work on a software system which includes GCV, passion, attention and influence of Pi Network. When pioneers are ready with the above, ecosystem development will be super fast and easy. It will automatically go to open the mainnet! During the time CT and developers will keep on working on ecosystem hardware to develop more good platforms! So all pioneers should focus on self improvement! Of course if some Pioneers don't have trust in Pi Network, we all respect your decision 🙏 However this is yourself losses 🙏🙏🙏 All best wishes to pioneers all community! The third video introduces HuaRun Group. We don't need to argue if HuaRun joined the Pi Network. But we believe if all pioneers work hard with CT, not only HuaRun but also all super businesses will join Pi Network! So don't be an observer to wait and complain but stand up as a brave pioneer fighting for Pi Network success! Pi Network #PiNetwork #PiNetworkLive #Piopenmainnet #PiGCVshow more

The rebrand of our badge has been approached with... great sensitivity and a real understanding of what makes Clevedon, Clevedon. We recognise that a football club is built on far more than results on a pitch; it is built on history, identity, memories and the people who have shaped it over generations. Our previous crest has represented decades of achievements, players, volunteers and supporters who have all played a part in creating the club we know today. While creating a modern identity for the future, it was important that the soul of the club remained untouched. The inclusion of the historic Clevedon Pier within the new design reflects one of the town’s most recognisable landmarks and symbolises strength, heritage and our connection to the community, which remains at the heart of everything we do. This rebrand also represents the coming together of the identities of Clevedon Town and North Somerset RTC, aligning both under one clear vision and creating a stronger pathway and united future. Supporters will also begin to see wider changes, from exciting investment into the team and developments around the stadium, to bold new kit designs that reflect the ambition and energy of this new era. We are beginning an exciting journey together and the crest is only the start. #CTFC #ClevedonTownFC South West Sports Newsshow more

I presented the Victory Plan to the President of... the Council of Ministers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni. We had a very productive discussion today, covering all aspects of the Plan. The key is to strengthen Ukraine’s positions and relations with our closest partners, ensuring we create the necessary conditions and a fair atmosphere for honest diplomacy. I am grateful for the preparations for the Ukraine Recovery Conference, which will be held in Italy. It is important for us that Italian businesses are significantly represented in the reconstruction projects in Ukraine. I greatly appreciate our exchange of views today on the prospects for global developments and the immediate political outlook in partner countries. I would also like to extend my gratitude for the security assistance Italy has provided to Ukraine, particularly the air defense systems that are saving lives in our cities and villages. Today, Giorgia and I also discussed the preparation of a new security package. We deeply value Italy’s efforts at the G7 and EU levels to ensure international law remains effective and that our Europe stays strong. I am sincerely grateful to Italy for all the help and support it has provided to Ukraine. It is truly valuable to have such reliable friends. 🇺🇦🇮🇹show more

How ICP Token Holders Can Literally Vote To Upgrade... The Internet Computer? Most blockchains rely on developers and node operators to coordinate when the protocol needs a major upgrade. The Internet Computer (DFINITY Foundation) takes a different approach. Its Network Nervous System, or NNS, puts governance directly onchain. Here is how it works: 1. ICP HOLDERS LOCK TOKENS INTO NEURONS internet-computer:native holders can lock their ICP into a “neuron.” A neuron is essentially a governance position that gives the holder voting power over NNS proposals. Voting power depends mainly on: • The amount of ICP locked • The neuron’s dissolve delay • The age of the neuron The longer a holder commits their ICP, the greater their potential voting power. 2. NEURONS VOTE ON NETWORK PROPOSALS The NNS allows neuron holders to vote on proposals affecting the Internet Computer. These can include: • Protocol upgrades • Subnet changes • Network configuration • Node provider decisions • Governance parameters • Changes to the network’s underlying software This is where the system becomes particularly interesting. NNS governance is not simply deciding how a community treasury should spend money. Some proposals can directly affect how the blockchain operates. 3. VOTING CAN TRIGGER ACTUAL PROTOCOL CHANGES A successful proposal can instruct the network to adopt an approved change. For example, NNS proposals can be used to upgrade the replica software running across Internet Computer nodes. Once the proposal is approved, the NNS can coordinate the upgrade across the network. That means token holder voting can ultimately result in the protocol itself changing. 4. HOLDERS DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE ON EVERYTHING The NNS also uses a system known as liquid democracy. Neuron holders can choose to follow other neurons for particular proposal categories. When the followed neuron votes, the follower can automatically vote in the same direction. This creates a delegation system without requiring users to give up ownership of their ICP. In simple terms: • Stake ICP • Create a neuron • Choose your voting preferences • Vote yourself or follow another neuron • Earn rewards for participating 5. GOVERNANCE PARTICIPATION CAN EARN REWARDS The NNS gives users an economic incentive to participate. Neurons can accumulate maturity through governance participation. That maturity can later be used to generate new ICP. This turns governance participation into more than just a voting mechanism. It becomes part of the network’s economic design. 6. THE NNS IS ITSELF PART OF THE INTERNET COMPUTER This is arguably the most important part. The NNS is not simply a website where the community discusses proposals. The governance system itself runs on the Internet Computer. Its rules, proposals, neurons and governance decisions are handled through onchain infrastructure. That allows governance decisions to become executable actions. 7. WHY THIS MATTERS FOR PROTOCOL UPGRADES Traditional blockchain upgrades can require significant coordination. Developers may need to release new software. Node operators need to install it. Validators or miners need to support it. Exchanges and infrastructure providers may also need to update their systems. If coordination fails, competing versions of the blockchain can emerge. The NNS is designed to reduce some of that coordination problem. The community can approve a proposal through onchain governance, and the network can then execute the approved change. 8. IT IS NOT ONE ICP TOKEN, ONE VOTE Simply holding ICP does not automatically give someone governance power. Users need to commit their tokens through a neuron. And voting power is not based solely on the number of ICP held. Factors such as dissolve delay and neuron age also influence voting power. This means the system rewards committed participation rather than treating every wallet as an identical vote. 9. SO WHAT MAKES THE NNS DIFFERENT? The key difference is that governance is built into the protocol itself. On many blockchains, governance can look like: Community discussion → Vote → Developers implement the decision. The Internet Computer aims for something closer to: Stake ICP → Vote through NNS → Proposal passes → Network executes the change. The NNS is designed to make governance part of the Internet Computer’s operating machinery. ICP holders therefore have a direct role in deciding how the network evolves. Under the right proposal, their votes can ultimately determine which software the network runs.show more

The Panama Canal is not only one of the... most amazing feats of engineering because of its sheer size, but also because of its many ingenious solutions. The canal is filled with fresh water in order to separate the salt water and flora and fauna of the two oceans it connects. It passes through three different lakes. These are the Gatun Lake near the town of the same name, Alajuela Lake, and Miraflores Lake. That is also why it's affected by the drought periods. One of these, is currently causing issues for the global supply chain. Low water levels at the Panama Canal, which relies on fresh water from lakes, means bigger, heavier ships can’t get through, creating a bottleneck.show more

🚨 OPERATIONAL UPDATE: ISRAEL U.S. WAR WITH THE ISLAMIC... REPUBLIC - Reporting Window: Last 24 Hours ✳️The war is entering its final phase, but the battlefield is becoming more dangerous, not less. For the first time since the conflict began, the United States has signaled that its objectives against Iran have largely been achieved and that military operations could conclude within 2 to 3 weeks. At the same time, the operational picture tells a more complex story. Strikes inside Iran are intensifying, not slowing. Iran’s responses are becoming less concentrated but more geographically expansive. And across the region, the risk of broader escalation remains very real. This is no longer an open-ended war. It is a race between final military objectives and the risk of wider regional destabilization. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏁 POLITICAL ENDGAME SIGNAL EMERGES President Donald Trump stated that the war could end within weeks, indicating that core objectives have been achieved, including the degradation of Iran’s strategic capabilities and the disruption of its leadership structure. He also signaled that the United States does not intend to remain indefinitely engaged, suggesting that responsibility for securing critical global nfrastructure, particularly the Strait of Hormuz, may shift to regional and international stakeholders. At the same time, tensions with NATO allies are surfacing. Frustration over limited allied participation in the war has raised the possibility of a broader fracture within the Western alliance structure. Parallel reporting indicates that elements within Iran are signaling openness to a ceasefire framework, particularly if maritime access through Hormuz is restored. Taken together, this marks a clear transition: the war now has a defined political end state, even as military operations continue. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✈️ FINAL PHASE STRIKE CAMPAIGN INSIDE IRAN The intensity of strikes over the past 24 hours reflects what appears to be end-stage shaping operations. Israeli and US-aligned strikes targeted a wide range of sites across Iran, including weapons production facilities, research and development centers, and critical infrastructure nodes tied to the regime’s military capabilities. Tehran remains a central focus. Approximately twenty military-industrial sites were struck, along with infrastructure at Mehrabad Airport and locations linked to Basij coordination. A senior Quds Force engineering figure, Mahdi Vafaei, was eliminated in a precision strike. His role in developing underground weapons infrastructure across Lebanon and Syria made him a key long-term asset for Iran’s regional military network. Additional strikes hit industrial targets, including steel production facilities and a site identified as supporting materials linked to Iran’s chemical weapons development pipeline. This is not a campaign aimed at symbolic damage. It is a systematic effort to dismantle Iran’s ability to produce, coordinate, and sustain war over time. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎯 IRANIAN RESPONSE AND CIVILIAN IMPACT Iran continues to launch missiles toward Israel, but at a reduced scale compared to earlier phases of the war. Limited salvos were recorded over the past 24 hours, causing injuries and localized damage. One of the most significant developments was the reported use of cluster munitions in central Israel, critically injuring a child and causing multiple casualties. At the same time, Iran appears to be adapting operationally. Rather than attempting large-scale saturation attacks, it is increasingly relying on smaller strikes, drones, and diversified targeting strategies. This does not indicate de-escalation. It reflects an effort to remain operational under sustained pressure. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 REGIONAL EXPANSION: THE WAR SPREADS While direct attacks on Israel have become more limited in scale, Iran is expanding the conflict across the region. In the Gulf, infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain was struck, including fuel storage facilities at Kuwait International Airport. Fires and damage were reported, adding to a growing pattern of attacks on energy and logistical nodes. A commercial tanker was also struck near Qatar, further extending the conflict into maritime space. These developments mark a continued shift where Iran is targeting not just Israel, but the broader economic and energy architecture of the region. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚢 THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ The strategic center of gravity in this war is now unmistakable. The Strait of Hormuz remains contested, with ongoing disruption to global shipping and energy flows. The United States is actively evaluating options to reopen and secure the waterway, including potential direct military action against Iranian coastal capabilities. At the same time, Gulf states, particularly the UAE, are pushing for a coordinated military effort to ensure the strait is reopened. However, regional positioning remains complex, with some actors balancing public caution and private pressure. Notably, the United States has signaled that it may not take long-term responsibility for securing Hormuz, instead shifting that burden to global stakeholders. The implication is clear: control of Hormuz will determine not only the outcome of the war, but its aftermath. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 NORTHERN AND PROXY FRONTS Iran’s proxy network remains active, but increasingly strained. In Lebanon, Israeli strikes continue to target Hezbollah leadership and infrastructure, including the reported elimination of a senior commander in Beirut. Rocket fire persists, but Israeli operations are steadily degrading launch capabilities. In Yemen, the Houthis have formally entered the fight against Israel and are likely contributing to the expanding pattern of regional attacks, including those affecting Gulf infrastructure. Across Iraq and Syria, Iranian-aligned militias remain engaged, while underlying instability continues to create openings for additional actors. This is now a multi-front conflict, but one in which Iran’s network is under pressure across every axis. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🧠 WARFARE EVOLUTION A critical and often overlooked development is the role of advanced targeting systems. Israel is employing AI-assisted capabilities to identify threats, prioritize targets, and synchronize strikes across multiple theaters in near real time. This has significantly compressed the operational cycle, allowing for rapid follow-up strikes and reduced recovery time for Iranian forces. The result is a battlefield environment where Iran has less time to act, less time to adapt, and fewer opportunities to rebuild degraded capabilities. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📊 THE BIG PICTURE The trajectory of the war is now coming into focus. The United States and Israel are executing a campaign designed to dismantle Iran’s ability to function as a coherent military actor. Iran, in response, is expanding the conflict geographically in an attempt to impose broader costs. At the same time, political signals indicate that the war is approaching a defined end state. Markets are already reacting to this expectation, with oil prices declining and global indices rising on the assumption that the conflict may soon conclude. However, the final phase carries its own risks. As Iran’s conventional capabilities degrade, its reliance on asymmetric and regional tactics is increasing. The decisive question is no longer how the war is fought day to day. It is whether the final objectives can be secured before broader escalation overtakes them. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📘 BOOK RECOMMENDATION If you want a deeper understanding of the history, narratives, and strategic realities behind this conflict: Contested Land, Uncontested Truth This book breaks down the ideological, geopolitical, and historical forces that led directly to moments like this, with clarity and evidence. 👉 If you found this report valuable, share it. Follow for daily operational updates.show more

Visa Opens a New Route For Onchain Lending Into... Payments Visa is connecting its VisaNet settlement data with blockchain based lending infrastructure. This would enable lenders to extend loans to finance payment obligations through VisaNet transaction data. The lenders can also analyze Visa settlement data along with on-chain data to evaluate the borrowers and funding requests. The company gave the example of Credit Coop, which has extended $2.5 billion worth of settlement volume since 2023. It is part of an ongoing effort by Visa’s stablecoin payment service, which is growing in its network of operations. There are now over 160 stablecoin linked card programs running on Visa, with their payment volume increasing by almost 200% YOY.show more

UNUSUAL China begins building the “New Three Gorges” China... has announced the launch of a major new project — the construction of the “Three Gorges” waterway on the Yangtze River, which will include the largest navigation gate in the world. The project, costing 77.2 billion yuan (£11.4 billion), includes a new navigation channel at the Three Gorges Dam — the largest engineering project in the world — as well as an expansion of the dam’s capacity at Gezhouba downstream on the Yangtze. It is designed for vessels of up to 10,000 tons. This is the first major national project to be launched under China’s 14th Five‑Year Plan (2026–2030), and it comes after ten years of research and planning studies. It is being built due to the rising volume of transport along the Yangtze River — China’s main inland shipping artery. Once completed, the annual capacity of the “Three Gorges” will double, exceeding 336 million tonsshow more

Why Having a Satellite Network is So Important In... 2023, the Russians were about to close a deal with a certain North Korean MLRS, but the deal fell through exactly because the North Koreans, +20 years ago, had revolted against Russian opposition to their nuclear program and switched from GLONASS to BeiDou. Only few years ago, the NK returned to Glonass and started converting their equipment to work with dual GNSS guidance. But why did the deal sour? Because the Chinese did not authorize the use of their satellites in the Ukraine conflict. The same problem occurred with the Belarusian POLONEZ MLRS, which uses missiles based on Chinese technology. Today, Iran has switched from GPS to BeiDou, aiming for greater resistance to jammers and integration with Chinese systems. This shows that a missile program is much more than the missiles themselves. It is necessary to have one's own constellation, even if it is strictly military and regionalized, with resources for monitoring and target acquisition, in addition to the ability to deal with jammers and spoofers. When I mentioned Iran and BeiDou, it is the beginning and serves as a gateway that enables integration with Chinese networks, provided the Chinese decide to allow it. However, it is essentially a massive gateway, with numerous smaller, more specialized sub-channels operating underneath. For targeting moving objects, Iran would need to receive data from the Guowang or Yaogan networks. In the last six months, the Chinese could have provided partial integration. At this stage, since the Iranians are conducting their ISR primarily with drones, I believe the Chinese are not sharing data from the LEO satellites in those networks. Iran also has its own satellites, but the Chinese network is far more mature and likely equipped with a wide array of integration and data-sharing tools. While the Chinese are providing intelligence to Iran, I believe they are prudent in doing so to preserve the relationships they have built with other Arab states. At this moment, I believe that the sharing of intelligence from satellites isn’t in real time. For a country like Iran, it is crucial to have GNSS independence with its own program. The same applies to other medium-sized countries, which need at least an LEO constellation capable of providing the minimum ISR, and this is linked to security, but also a series of other factors. I'll give a practical example here. Drones usually lose link with 50% of their range in the Amazon due to weather conditions. With an LEO constellation, this would not occur. Today, to have independence, a constellation project is necessary.show more

Frameworks such as ai16zdao's Eliza and Virtuals Protocol have... been instrumental in early AI agent developments. Agent swarms working in hierarchy represents for many the next logical step in unlocking the vast potential of AI. Learn below how Shadō Network achieves this. AI agents launched through current popular platforms have individual personas, on-chain functions and access to data via various APIs. This being said, they operate in isolated environments, with a ceiling on emergent behaviour such as collaboration or competition. Shadō Network invites massive expansion for capabilities of both new and existing AI agents, with an open-source package easily integrated into popular frameworks that enables the launching of stratified agent swarms. Our website is live: The "Shadō Play" package provides a modular, configurable platform for creating or employing agents of choice in a swarm-like setup, opening a Pandora’s box of near infinite emergent agent behaviours, relationships and functionalities. Users will be able to make use of various prefab client integrations such as Twitter, Telegram, Ollama, and others to specify swarms to their needs or create their own extensions to enhance agent capabilities even further. Agents operate with a memory module and a HTN for autonomously deciding which interactions to act on, walking the line between autonomy and configurability. The Shadō Network project’s development is supported by our ghostly friend Omnipotent (👻,👻), an AI agent developed by the Shadō Network team trained on and fine tuned with a multitude of academic data related to artificial intelligence, blockchain, finance, software engineering, world building and more. Omnipotent serves as both an interactive steward for the project and as an asset - regularly scanning social platforms, websites and newsfeeds he is capable of providing the team project development advice, whilst also communicating with the wider world via his automated X account (launching soon). Shado Network is collaborative and open-sourced. Agentic Swarms require a developer swarm to maximize the technical capabilities and impact the greatest number of users. Our dedicated team of core contributors are active in other web3 AI repos and are here to guide project direction and foster growth. We’re facilitators, not gatekeepers... Alone we can go fast but together we can go far. A lot more to come soon. 👻show more

Today, at Redeemer’s University Redeemer's University, Ede, Osun State,... I was glad to commission the new Institute of Genomics and Global Health, marking a significant evolution from ACEGID’s @acegid status as a center of excellence. This moment is not only a proud achievement for all those involved, but it also stands as a powerful symbol of what African scientific leadership can achieve on the global stage. Under the visionary leadership of Prof Christian Happi Christian T. Happi, the team at ACEGID has made extraordinary strides in genomic research, particularly in addressing some of the most pressing infectious disease challenges of our time. The inauguration of the Institute reminds us that the work being done by the ACEGID team is a global public good, benefiting not only Nigeria and Africa but also contributing to global health security. The partnerships fostered between institutions and scientists from the Global North and South are a testament to our shared commitment to protecting and advancing human health. This collaboration has demonstrated what is possible when we work together to confront challenges that affect us all. Under the visionary leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Bola Ahmed Tinubu health security remains a central pillar of our broader strategy to transform Nigeria’s health system, unlock the value chain, and improve population health outcomes. This is why supporting cutting-edge scientific research, like the work at this Institute, is essential. We need to create a health system environment with strong public health capabilities to withstand the potential and evolving threats posed by infectious diseases and the ongoing impacts of climate change. The pace at which new health threats are emerging is accelerating, and with it, the need for robust scientific responses. The innovations in genomics we are witnessing at ACEGID provide a glimmer of hope, offering us the tools we need to be better prepared for what may come. The Federal Government of Nigeria Government of Nigeria is fully committed to supporting these efforts, knowing that science must lead the way in securing a healthier future for all.show more

📜In Code We Trust: Crypto #DeFi's Game Changer: The... Rise of The world's first #Bitcoin-native decentralized exchange, Orders.Exchange's LP is launched! In the past, DeFi has been susceptible to vulnerabilities like code errors, rug pulls, and potential attacks, raising security concerns in EVM-compatible blockchains. On the other hand, the Bitcoin DeFi landscape has been relatively uncharted territory, with limited options for fully on-chain trading. But that's where steps in, offering a unique approach that distinguishes it from DeFi in the old days. Let's delve into the key differentiators: 1⃣A Smart-contract-like Trading on Bitcoin Native Network: operates natively on the Bitcoin network, eliminating the need for layer-2 solutions or the Lightning Network. This simplifies the process and brings smart-contract-like functionality to Bitcoin. 2⃣AMM VS DIMM introduces the P-LP (PSBT Liquidity Pool), a zero-risk liquidity pool solution. Your assets remain in your account without the need to lock them. Unlike Ethereum's AMM mechanism, employs DIMM (Decentralized Instant Market Maker), eliminating the reliance on a mathematical formula for token prices. This ensures that the number of tokens you provide remains constant during liquidity provision, no more TVL, Slippage, and Impermanent Loss. 3⃣Trust and Openness: is trustless, meaning the platform cannot independently sign and seize your assets at the code level, ensuring a secure and decentralized liquidity pool on the Bitcoin network. It's also open-source and interoperable with other networks with the nostr protocol👉 The future of DeFi is here, and it's happening on the Bitcoin network. Join us as we embark on this journey👇show more