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❤️ Introducing Raspberry Celestia's first public testnet built On 🟠 Gelato RaaS Celestia helps to reduce the DA cost by up to 99% vs. Ethereum. With Raspberry, you can finally test it out. Gelato/Celestia Raspberry is the first public good Celestia testnet with all the necessary infrastructure for developers...

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@CelestiaOrg Like this post if I should make a demo deploying a smart contract 👀

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@CelestiaOrg We're honored to contribute reliable data to builders on @CelestiaOrg's Raspberry. Thank you for including us in this pivotal initiative to empower developers and accelerate the modular expansion. Excited to see what builders will create!

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dom | icp

1,362,185 views • 2 years ago

Today, #Fantom is thrilled to announce the launch of the #FantomSonic testnet environment! Sonic’s three main upgrades include: • Fantom Virtual Machine, which offers drastically faster smart contract execution compared to the old EVM. • Carmen database storage, which uses a more efficient data structure to offer up to a 90% storage reduction, lowering costs for validators. • Optimized Lachesis consensus mechanism, providing an improved transaction pool. With these improvements, Sonic is anticipated to achieve 2,000+ transactions per second with ultra-short finality. Additionally, Sonic’s reduced storage requirements (from 11 TB to less than 1 TB for archive nodes) makes it far more affordable and accessible for anyone to launch validators and participate in network consensus. Check out our closed testnet at where we showcase the maximum limits of Sonic, or interact with our open testnet at to experience the speed of Sonic first-hand. Fantom Sonic mainnet is scheduled for spring 2024 and will allow new markets to adopt blockchain technology previously hindered by limited transaction throughput and slow finality. We envision a new era of DeFi platforms, blockchain games, and many other applications that can leverage the speed and scalability of Sonic. Get the full scoop on Sonic's technology and learn how to navigate the open testnet in this must-read blog:
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Today, #Fantom is thrilled to announce the launch of the #FantomSonic testnet environment! Sonic’s three main upgrades include: • Fantom Virtual Machine, which offers drastically faster smart contract execution compared to the old EVM. • Carmen database storage, which uses a more efficient data structure to offer up to a 90% storage reduction, lowering costs for validators. • Optimized Lachesis consensus mechanism, providing an improved transaction pool. With these improvements, Sonic is anticipated to achieve 2,000+ transactions per second with ultra-short finality. Additionally, Sonic’s reduced storage requirements (from 11 TB to less than 1 TB for archive nodes) makes it far more affordable and accessible for anyone to launch validators and participate in network consensus. Check out our closed testnet at where we showcase the maximum limits of Sonic, or interact with our open testnet at to experience the speed of Sonic first-hand. Fantom Sonic mainnet is scheduled for spring 2024 and will allow new markets to adopt blockchain technology previously hindered by limited transaction throughput and slow finality. We envision a new era of DeFi platforms, blockchain games, and many other applications that can leverage the speed and scalability of Sonic. Get the full scoop on Sonic's technology and learn how to navigate the open testnet in this must-read blog:

Sonic

715,448 views • 2 years ago

The 2008 financial crisis led to the creation of Bitcoin because toxic assets were created by a poorly managed financial system that left society with the costs. We have an opportunity to build a better financial system that is cryptographically guaranteed, transparent, and gives control of risk over to the parties that it affects most. Our work on Chainlink and CCIP seeks to accelerate the speed at which this world happens on-chain. From secure data delivery to decentralized compute and now cross-chain interoperability, Chainlink is protecting dApps and their end users to deliver the true value of smart contracts and DeFi: a fair, transparent and largely derisked global financial system. As CCIP becomes the most widely used connectivity standard, we will initially see two largely separate on-chain networks of value: one for institutional/bank chains and the existing public blockchain DeFi ecosystem. CCIP will eventually merge these two large ecosystems into a single on-chain financial system that secures the world’s value on the Internet of Contracts. Presentation: Slides:
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The 2008 financial crisis led to the creation of Bitcoin because toxic assets were created by a poorly managed financial system that left society with the costs. We have an opportunity to build a better financial system that is cryptographically guaranteed, transparent, and gives control of risk over to the parties that it affects most. Our work on Chainlink and CCIP seeks to accelerate the speed at which this world happens on-chain. From secure data delivery to decentralized compute and now cross-chain interoperability, Chainlink is protecting dApps and their end users to deliver the true value of smart contracts and DeFi: a fair, transparent and largely derisked global financial system. As CCIP becomes the most widely used connectivity standard, we will initially see two largely separate on-chain networks of value: one for institutional/bank chains and the existing public blockchain DeFi ecosystem. CCIP will eventually merge these two large ecosystems into a single on-chain financial system that secures the world’s value on the Internet of Contracts. Presentation: Slides:

Sergey Nazarov

181,997 views • 3 years ago

🚀 Here’s more on AgentCore, launched today: If AI agents are going to transform how we work and live, developers need the right set of tools to move them from prototype to production at scale. Today, I'm thrilled to announce Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a comprehensive set of services to deploy and operate highly capable agents securely at scale. The journey from prototype to production for AI agents has been filled with complex infrastructure challenges. Teams spend months building secure runtime environments, implementing memory systems, and creating monitoring solutions. AgentCore eliminates this undifferentiated heavy lifting, with fully-managed, modular services - providing everything you need to operate trustworthy agents. What makes AgentCore powerful: 🟠 Complete Development Flexibility: Build agents your way using any framework and any model, and work with any protocol (including MCP and A2A) - all while maintaining enterprise-grade security and control 🟠 Purpose-Built Infrastructure: First serverless runtime to offer framework-agnostic flexibility, complete session isolation, and industry-leading 8-hour workload support 🟠 Trust and Reliability: Built on AWS's proven security foundation with built-in identity controls and strict security boundaries for operating agents at scale 🟠 Composable Services: Use exactly what you need independently or together, paying only for what you use as your needs evolve AgentCore represents a significant milestone in our mission to make advanced AI accessible and practical for every organization. Whether you're just starting with AI agents or scaling enterprise-wide implementations, AgentCore gives you the foundation to build with confidence. This is just the beginning of our journey to enable an agentic future. Can't wait to see the transformative solutions you'll build with AgentCore! Bring your AI agents to life at scale – learn more about AgentCore today. Amazon Web Services #AmazonBedrock #AgentCore
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🚀 Here’s more on AgentCore, launched today: If AI agents are going to transform how we work and live, developers need the right set of tools to move them from prototype to production at scale. Today, I'm thrilled to announce Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a comprehensive set of services to deploy and operate highly capable agents securely at scale. The journey from prototype to production for AI agents has been filled with complex infrastructure challenges. Teams spend months building secure runtime environments, implementing memory systems, and creating monitoring solutions. AgentCore eliminates this undifferentiated heavy lifting, with fully-managed, modular services - providing everything you need to operate trustworthy agents. What makes AgentCore powerful: 🟠 Complete Development Flexibility: Build agents your way using any framework and any model, and work with any protocol (including MCP and A2A) - all while maintaining enterprise-grade security and control 🟠 Purpose-Built Infrastructure: First serverless runtime to offer framework-agnostic flexibility, complete session isolation, and industry-leading 8-hour workload support 🟠 Trust and Reliability: Built on AWS's proven security foundation with built-in identity controls and strict security boundaries for operating agents at scale 🟠 Composable Services: Use exactly what you need independently or together, paying only for what you use as your needs evolve AgentCore represents a significant milestone in our mission to make advanced AI accessible and practical for every organization. Whether you're just starting with AI agents or scaling enterprise-wide implementations, AgentCore gives you the foundation to build with confidence. This is just the beginning of our journey to enable an agentic future. Can't wait to see the transformative solutions you'll build with AgentCore! Bring your AI agents to life at scale – learn more about AgentCore today. Amazon Web Services #AmazonBedrock #AgentCore

Swami Sivasubramanian

11,646 views • 1 year ago

A new roadmap. A New Era of The Graph 🗺️ The Graph’s new roadmap introduces a bold and transformative vision for the future of The Graph! The new R&D roadmap details an expansion of The Graph’s ability to serve web3’s growing demands for data access, while better serving builders and protocol contributors, and improving the overall simplicity and efficiency of the network. After three years of serving builders, The Graph Network is mature, reliable, and performant. The Graph ecosystem has followed through on its commitment to democratize access to blockchain data while also establishing subgraphs as a web3 standard. But The Graph’s innovation journey doesn’t end there. The New Era of The Graph is organized into five core objectives: 1️⃣ World of Data Services: Expanding to provide new data services beyond subgraphs to deliver a rich market of data on the network, serving novel use cases for data scientists and more. This will include more data sources, new query languages, and support for LLMs. 2️⃣ Developer Empowerment: Supporting developers through enhanced DevEx and tooling by introducing streamlined billing, clear pricing models, a new free query plan, and reduced gas fees. A more SaaS-like experience for devs, without compromising on decentralization! 3️⃣ Protocol Evolution & Resiliency: Delivering improvements resulting in a more resilient, flexible, and simple protocol, including updates to delegation. 4️⃣ Optimized Indexer Performance: Boosting network performance with improved Indexer tooling and operational capabilities to deliver increased scalability, reduce costs, and enhanced network reliability. 5️⃣ Interconnected Graph of Data: Creating tools for composable data and a global, organized knowledge graph – interlinking open data and making it easier to build upon. The new roadmap sets in motion an exciting evolution in web3 data infrastructure. In a phased rollout, The Graph will introduce many new features and benefits, including the integration of new data services, new query languages, enhanced developer tooling, improved UX + UI, alongside greater protocol efficiency and resilience. As this new era unfolds, The Graph crystallizes as the connective tissue across the many layers of the web3 stack, evolving into a comprehensive, interwoven graph of data equipped to serve every project dreamt up by web3’s innovators. Read the full announcement linked in the comment below!
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A new roadmap. A New Era of The Graph 🗺️ The Graph’s new roadmap introduces a bold and transformative vision for the future of The Graph! The new R&D roadmap details an expansion of The Graph’s ability to serve web3’s growing demands for data access, while better serving builders and protocol contributors, and improving the overall simplicity and efficiency of the network. After three years of serving builders, The Graph Network is mature, reliable, and performant. The Graph ecosystem has followed through on its commitment to democratize access to blockchain data while also establishing subgraphs as a web3 standard. But The Graph’s innovation journey doesn’t end there. The New Era of The Graph is organized into five core objectives: 1️⃣ World of Data Services: Expanding to provide new data services beyond subgraphs to deliver a rich market of data on the network, serving novel use cases for data scientists and more. This will include more data sources, new query languages, and support for LLMs. 2️⃣ Developer Empowerment: Supporting developers through enhanced DevEx and tooling by introducing streamlined billing, clear pricing models, a new free query plan, and reduced gas fees. A more SaaS-like experience for devs, without compromising on decentralization! 3️⃣ Protocol Evolution & Resiliency: Delivering improvements resulting in a more resilient, flexible, and simple protocol, including updates to delegation. 4️⃣ Optimized Indexer Performance: Boosting network performance with improved Indexer tooling and operational capabilities to deliver increased scalability, reduce costs, and enhanced network reliability. 5️⃣ Interconnected Graph of Data: Creating tools for composable data and a global, organized knowledge graph – interlinking open data and making it easier to build upon. The new roadmap sets in motion an exciting evolution in web3 data infrastructure. In a phased rollout, The Graph will introduce many new features and benefits, including the integration of new data services, new query languages, enhanced developer tooling, improved UX + UI, alongside greater protocol efficiency and resilience. As this new era unfolds, The Graph crystallizes as the connective tissue across the many layers of the web3 stack, evolving into a comprehensive, interwoven graph of data equipped to serve every project dreamt up by web3’s innovators. Read the full announcement linked in the comment below!

The Graph

425,373 views • 2 years ago

🚨 Just in: After its blockchain pilot, Swift has introduced a tokenization platform by deploying a tokenized bond on Sepolia, Ethereum’s testnet👇 The live demo took place during Sibos, the event organized by Swift in Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪 , running since Monday and concluding today. The showcase involved the tokenization of a eurobond, just days after Clearstream and Euroclear announced they had developed a standard to digitize the eurobond market. The tokenized asset was deployed on Sepolia, Ethereum’s testnet. Transaction address: 0x9912AC4dfd70E220038D59AdEC35f1D89E396E95 Even though the demo took place on a testnet, it is technically already fully possible on live blockchains. 🎯 How does the platform work? → It enables the definition of a common standard for any tokenized asset (e.g., eurobond, stablecoin, fund). → Each standard is linked to an implementation through modular smart contracts compatible with all EVM blockchains (L1, L2). → Once defined, the smart contracts can be deployed onchain. The platform then manages the full lifecycle of the asset (issuance, secondary trading, delivery-versus-payment settlement) in order to meet the required compliance levels. → Issuance is designed to be compatible with existing financial standards (ISO 20022, ICMA) as well as traditional infrastructures (custodians, dealers, ICSD). 🎯 Even more interesting… → Participants (banks, fintechs, Web3 developers) can contribute their own modules to a community hub. These modules (audited and standardized) can then be reused by other institutions. “For now, the platform is limited to partners, but it will soon open up to all institutions,” we were told on site. 👉 The core technology was developed by FT, a French 🇫🇷 start-up specializing in smart contract libraries. 📺 Video of the demo here👇 We’ll be following this topic at Blockstories. To subscribe, check the first comment on this post👇
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🚨 Just in: After its blockchain pilot, Swift has introduced a tokenization platform by deploying a tokenized bond on Sepolia, Ethereum’s testnet👇 The live demo took place during Sibos, the event organized by Swift in Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪 , running since Monday and concluding today. The showcase involved the tokenization of a eurobond, just days after Clearstream and Euroclear announced they had developed a standard to digitize the eurobond market. The tokenized asset was deployed on Sepolia, Ethereum’s testnet. Transaction address: 0x9912AC4dfd70E220038D59AdEC35f1D89E396E95 Even though the demo took place on a testnet, it is technically already fully possible on live blockchains. 🎯 How does the platform work? → It enables the definition of a common standard for any tokenized asset (e.g., eurobond, stablecoin, fund). → Each standard is linked to an implementation through modular smart contracts compatible with all EVM blockchains (L1, L2). → Once defined, the smart contracts can be deployed onchain. The platform then manages the full lifecycle of the asset (issuance, secondary trading, delivery-versus-payment settlement) in order to meet the required compliance levels. → Issuance is designed to be compatible with existing financial standards (ISO 20022, ICMA) as well as traditional infrastructures (custodians, dealers, ICSD). 🎯 Even more interesting… → Participants (banks, fintechs, Web3 developers) can contribute their own modules to a community hub. These modules (audited and standardized) can then be reused by other institutions. “For now, the platform is limited to partners, but it will soon open up to all institutions,” we were told on site. 👉 The core technology was developed by FT, a French 🇫🇷 start-up specializing in smart contract libraries. 📺 Video of the demo here👇 We’ll be following this topic at Blockstories. To subscribe, check the first comment on this post👇

Louis Tellier | Blockstories

83,206 views • 10 months ago

🔶 Shib Tech Stack: From Meme to Modular Infrastructure 🔶 What started as SHIB — a decentralized experiment — has grown into a full-stack Web3 ecosystem built for scale, privacy, and real utility. SHIB → The Origin The token that launched the community. Fairly distributed and community-led. Leash → Scarce by Design Limited supply, evolving purpose. Used for early access, NFTs, and ecosystem incentives. Bone → Gas and Governance The operational core of Shibarium. Powers transactions and governance across the network. ShibaSwap → Native DeFi A decentralized platform for swapping, staking, and earning — designed for Shib ecosystem tokens. Shiboshis → Identity NFTs 10,000 collectibles that serve as digital identity and access points within the ecosystem. Shibarium → The L2 Core An Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 built for speed, low fees, and high throughput — with Bone as gas. Dev Portal → Tools to Build Everything developers need: RPCs, Paymaster, APIs, oracles, faucet access, and SDKs. Dapp Store → Shibarium Front Door A curated marketplace for discovering and using Shibarium-based applications. The Metaverse → Digital Space An interactive 3D world for land ownership, creation, and on-chain utility. Sheboshi (DN404) → Next-Gen NFTs On-chain, gas-efficient NFTs built on the DN404 standard — combining ERC-20 and ERC-721 traits. Treat → Encrypted DeFi Enables privacy-focused smart contracts through Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). Shib Identity → On-Chain Credentials Decentralized identifiers for user authentication, access, and reputation. Shib OS → Application Framework The operating layer that connects identity, logic, data, and UI for Shibarium-native dapps. Shib Alpha Layer → Unified Protocol The Alpha layer — where compute, privacy, identity, and value converge into one cohesive system. Shib is no longer just a token. It’s an integrated tech stack — decentralized, modular, and built to scale.
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🔶 Shib Tech Stack: From Meme to Modular Infrastructure 🔶 What started as SHIB — a decentralized experiment — has grown into a full-stack Web3 ecosystem built for scale, privacy, and real utility. SHIB → The Origin The token that launched the community. Fairly distributed and community-led. Leash → Scarce by Design Limited supply, evolving purpose. Used for early access, NFTs, and ecosystem incentives. Bone → Gas and Governance The operational core of Shibarium. Powers transactions and governance across the network. ShibaSwap → Native DeFi A decentralized platform for swapping, staking, and earning — designed for Shib ecosystem tokens. Shiboshis → Identity NFTs 10,000 collectibles that serve as digital identity and access points within the ecosystem. Shibarium → The L2 Core An Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 built for speed, low fees, and high throughput — with Bone as gas. Dev Portal → Tools to Build Everything developers need: RPCs, Paymaster, APIs, oracles, faucet access, and SDKs. Dapp Store → Shibarium Front Door A curated marketplace for discovering and using Shibarium-based applications. The Metaverse → Digital Space An interactive 3D world for land ownership, creation, and on-chain utility. Sheboshi (DN404) → Next-Gen NFTs On-chain, gas-efficient NFTs built on the DN404 standard — combining ERC-20 and ERC-721 traits. Treat → Encrypted DeFi Enables privacy-focused smart contracts through Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). Shib Identity → On-Chain Credentials Decentralized identifiers for user authentication, access, and reputation. Shib OS → Application Framework The operating layer that connects identity, logic, data, and UI for Shibarium-native dapps. Shib Alpha Layer → Unified Protocol The Alpha layer — where compute, privacy, identity, and value converge into one cohesive system. Shib is no longer just a token. It’s an integrated tech stack — decentralized, modular, and built to scale.

Shibarium | SHIB.IO

15,682 views • 1 year ago

🎉 USDCx on Cardano is now available via Circle xReserve! For the first 10 days, IOG will subsidize bridge fees for USDCx transfers to Cardano to help you get started with lower costs. All other network and DEX fees remain the responsibility of the user. See the FAQs for details. USDCx is a Cardano-native asset fully backed 1:1 by USDC held in Circle’s xReserve smart contract. It’s designed to make moving and using dollar value across supported blockchains seamless, providing streamlined access to crosschain USDC liquidity. With USDCx, users can easily engage with DeFi liquidity, lending, payments, and real-world asset settlement. Thank you! This integration was delivered through the Cardano ecosystem’s Critical Integrations program, funded by the community. Your support has helped bring tier one stablecoin infrastructure to Cardano. We would also like to thank Pentad and Midgard Labs for helping build, operate and secure the USDCx infrastructure. Why USDCx: ✅ 1:1 backed by USDC held in xReserve ✅ Simple connectivity across supported chains ✅ No third-party bridges, keeping things straightforward and secure Learn more:
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🎉 USDCx on Cardano is now available via Circle xReserve! For the first 10 days, IOG will subsidize bridge fees for USDCx transfers to Cardano to help you get started with lower costs. All other network and DEX fees remain the responsibility of the user. See the FAQs for details. USDCx is a Cardano-native asset fully backed 1:1 by USDC held in Circle’s xReserve smart contract. It’s designed to make moving and using dollar value across supported blockchains seamless, providing streamlined access to crosschain USDC liquidity. With USDCx, users can easily engage with DeFi liquidity, lending, payments, and real-world asset settlement. Thank you! This integration was delivered through the Cardano ecosystem’s Critical Integrations program, funded by the community. Your support has helped bring tier one stablecoin infrastructure to Cardano. We would also like to thank Pentad and Midgard Labs for helping build, operate and secure the USDCx infrastructure. Why USDCx: ✅ 1:1 backed by USDC held in xReserve ✅ Simple connectivity across supported chains ✅ No third-party bridges, keeping things straightforward and secure Learn more:

Input Output Group

124,593 views • 5 months ago

Johann Kerbrat on why Robinhood is building its own L2 on Ethereum At Consensus Hong Kong in February 2026, Robinhood launched a public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 built with Arbitrum. Following six months of private testing, Robinhood plans to launch the mainnet in 2026 and will migrate tokenized US stocks and ETFs currently offered to EU customers on Arbitrum One to its own dedicated Arbitrum-powered L2 that still settles on Ethereum. Coinbase has adopted a similar strategy with its plans to take full control over Base’s tech stack and advance the L2 toward Stage 2 decentralization. Robinhood Head of Crypto Johann Kerbrat explains the rationale behind building an L2: “We can still get the security and liquidity of Ethereum, benefit from all of the work that the Arbitrum team has done, and on top of that, customize [the chain] every time we want to build something.” He continues: “If we want to give people access to all of the tools and elements of traditional finance, we also need flexibility [to comply with] what regulators are asking us to do. A world where you have full privacy and you can do whatever you want without KYC and trade securities is still a bit far for us. But what we are trying to find is a good middle ground. You will be on a permissionless chain. You will be able to interact with DeFi and do a lot of things with your stock tokens. We think it’s a great compromise.” Galaxy Head of Research Alex Thorn points out that you can embed a lot of compliance controls at the application and token layers on top of Ethereum. Source: Galaxy Research (May 2026)
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Johann Kerbrat on why Robinhood is building its own L2 on Ethereum At Consensus Hong Kong in February 2026, Robinhood launched a public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 built with Arbitrum. Following six months of private testing, Robinhood plans to launch the mainnet in 2026 and will migrate tokenized US stocks and ETFs currently offered to EU customers on Arbitrum One to its own dedicated Arbitrum-powered L2 that still settles on Ethereum. Coinbase has adopted a similar strategy with its plans to take full control over Base’s tech stack and advance the L2 toward Stage 2 decentralization. Robinhood Head of Crypto Johann Kerbrat explains the rationale behind building an L2: “We can still get the security and liquidity of Ethereum, benefit from all of the work that the Arbitrum team has done, and on top of that, customize [the chain] every time we want to build something.” He continues: “If we want to give people access to all of the tools and elements of traditional finance, we also need flexibility [to comply with] what regulators are asking us to do. A world where you have full privacy and you can do whatever you want without KYC and trade securities is still a bit far for us. But what we are trying to find is a good middle ground. You will be on a permissionless chain. You will be able to interact with DeFi and do a lot of things with your stock tokens. We think it’s a great compromise.” Galaxy Head of Research Alex Thorn points out that you can embed a lot of compliance controls at the application and token layers on top of Ethereum. Source: Galaxy Research (May 2026)

Etherealize

98,382 views • 2 months ago