MiniMax M2.7 Brings 230B-Parameter AI Model to NVIDIA Infrastructure
Ted Hisokawa Apr 12, 2026 01:37 MiniMax releases M2.7, a 230B-parameter mixture-of-experts model optimized for NVIDIA GPUs with up to...
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Covenant AI Leaves Bittensor Amid Decentralization Concerns, TAO Drops 18%
Bittensor subnet developer Covenant AI said Friday that it is leaving the decentralized artificial intelligence network, accusing Bittensor of operating...
Pyth Network Launches Data Marketplace For Price Feeds Across Asset Classes
Pyth Network, a blockchain data oracle provider, is launching a platform for financial institutions to publish and monetize their market...
Instant Settlement Strains Crypto’s Capital Efficiency: Ethan Buchman
Crypto’s push for instant settlement is creating a capital inefficiency problem, forcing trading firms to fund every transaction in full...
Binance Rolls Out Spot Price Range Rule to Limit Volatility
Update April 7, 2026, 12:27 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from a Binance representative.Crypto exchange...
Chaos Labs Leaves Aave Due to Budget, Risk Disagreements
Chaos Labs has parted ways with the Aave ecosystem after serving as the crypto lending protocol’s main risk service provider...
Dmail Network To Shut Down Decentralized Email Service
Decentralized email platform Dmail Network is shutting down after five years of operations, citing high infrastructure costs, weak monetization, failed...
Ethereum L2s Need Responsive Pricing to Scale, Says Offchain Labs
Ethereum layer-2 networks need “responsive pricing” to scale to billions of users and reduce the fee swings that still accompany...
Execution Risk In Crypto Is The New Custody Risk
Opinion by: Ido Sofer, founder and CEO at Sodot.The crypto industry is normally well ahead of its game when it...
Frane’s Lise To Host Fully Onchain IPO With ST Group Listing
French blockchain-based stock exchange Lightning Stock Exchange (Lise) is preparing to host what it describes as a fully onchain initial...
Naoris Launches Post-Quantum Blockchain as Quantum Risks Grow
Naoris Protocol has launched its mainnet, introducing a layer-1 blockchain designed to use post-quantum cryptography for transaction validation and network...
S&P Tokenizes Treasury Index On Canton Network
S&P Dow Jones Indices has tokenized its iBoxx US Treasuries Index on the Canton Network, making a major fixed-income benchmark...
Aave Deploys V4 on Ethereum After Governance Approval
Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform Aave has launched its V4 protocol on Ethereum after a binding onchain governance vote cleared...
Ethereum Builders Propose ‘Economic Zone’ to Fix L2 Fragmentation
Developers from Gnosis and Zisk, with backing from the Ethereum Foundation, have proposed a new framework aimed at unifying Ethereum’s...
Stablecoins Will Be Crypto’s “ChatGPT Moment,” Says Ripple
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said stablecoins will be the crypto sector’s “ChatGPT moment” for businesses in search of faster, more...
ICE Adds $600M to Polymarket Investment Despite US Regulatory Scrutiny
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), said Friday it completed a new $600 million...
Blockchain Philanthropy Fails Africa’s Real-World Test
Opinion by: Samuel Owusu-Boadi, founder of WellsForAllOver the past decade, crypto philanthropy has exploded. From a niche experiment to a...
Decentralized Crowdfunding Can Boost Artists During Market Downturn
Opinion by: Joshua Kim, CEO and founder of DonaFi.Traditional crowdfunding has always been pitched as a lifeline for creators. For...
Fira Debuts Fixed-Rate DeFi Lending Protocol with $450M in Deposits
Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Fira said on Tuesday it was launching with about $450 million in deposits, highlighting...
Siren Token Rises 340% as Analysts Flag Concentrated Holdings
Arkham data shows a wallet cluster holding 644 million SIREN, about 88% of the 728 million circulating supply, raising manipulation...
Tokenized Deposits Gain Ground as Banks Move Money Onchain
Banks are exploring tokenized deposits as they test ways to move commercial bank money onto blockchain-based payment and settlement infrastructure,...
Apex and Polygon Launch ERC-3643 Chain for Tokenized Assets
Apex Group’s Tokeny has launched T-REX Ledger, a compliance-focused blockchain designed to help regulated tokenized assets move across networks without...
