Trusted Smart Chain Hosts 2026 TSC Golf Classic at Monarch Beach, Draws 120 Players
DANA POINT, Calif. — Trusted Smart Chain, a compliance-first Layer 1 blockchain infrastructure company, hosted…
Trusted Smart Chain Hosts 2026 TSC Golf Classic at Monarch Beach, Draws 120 Players
DANA POINT, Calif. — Trusted Smart Chain, a compliance-first Layer 1 blockchain infrastructure company, hosted the 2026 TSC Golf Classic on August 23 at Monarch Beach Golf Links, drawing 120 players to the course. The event brought together the company’s sponsor base, its founding community, and founders of projects independently building on Trusted Smart Chain’s…
Bitcoin hits $72.5K as US threatens Iran with economic warfare
Bitcoin pushed to a multimonth high after the Wall Street open on Thursday, even as stocks slipped and bond yields climbed on fresh US-Iran tensions. Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD retesting $71,000 before reaching $72,505 on Bitstamp, an 11-week high and a gain of more than 4% on the day. The move came after US…
Clarity Act draft includes temporary crypto ethics rule
A new version of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is making the rounds in Washington. The would-be final draft, which surfaced earlier this week, includes a hotly debated section that bans the president and other top officials from direct crypto ties. But the ban is only temporary — it is set to expire in…
US-Iran Tensions Spark Bitcoin Drop to $62,000
Escalating tensions in the Middle East, along with renewed fears of a potential war between the US and Iran, have shaken global financial markets. The cryptocurrency world did not escape the turmoil. Bitcoin, the leading digital asset, saw a sharp decline, falling to around $62,000. Bitcoin reacts like risky assets despite safe haven narrative Bitcoin…
Buterin Names Quantum Resistance Top Priority in Ethereum Update
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a new technical direction for the network under a “Lean Ethereum” strawmap, featuring quantum resistance, scalability, and privacy as top priorities. In a post on X over the weekend, Buterin described the planned upgrades as a transformation comparable in scale to the Merge in September 2022, which ended energy-intensive…
Rakurai Confirms Protocol Security Following Completed Hashlock Audit
Rakurai, a high-performance Solana validator client built to optimize block production, transaction scheduling, and validator profitability, has confirmed the security of its core codebase following a completed Hashlock audit. The attached final report rates the Rakurai system “Secure” after an April 2026 review of its Rust scheduler stack. What Is Rakurai? Rakurai is a high…
PoolOrbit Achieves “Secure” Rating in Hashlock Smart Contract Audit
PoolOrbit, a fully onchain lottery platform built on Base, has wrapped up a smart contract audit with Hashlock, a Web3 security firm focused on smart contract auditing and blockchain cybersecurity. The contracts came out of the review with a “Secure” rating, an important step as PoolOrbit gets ready to open its transparent, community-driven prize pools…
B.AI and CROSS Partner to Advance AI in Web3 Gaming
B.AI, a digital financial infrastructure built for the AI agent era, has announced a partnership with $CROSS, a full-stack Web3 gaming infrastructure. The goal is to explore how AI agents handle management and transactions inside Web3 gaming economies. The news was shared on B.AI’s official X account. Both platforms are built on blockchain technology, ensuring…
93% of Web3 games fail as gamers reject token model
A new report from market-making and trading firm Caladan reveals that more than 90% of Web3 games have failed after burning through up to $15 billion in investment. The data shows that roughly 93% of so-called GameFi projects are now effectively dead, with token values down about 95% from their 2022 peaks and funding to…
CrossCurve Reinforces Cross-Chain Security with Hashlock Audit of OFT Messaging Layer
Following a February incident affecting one of its bridge components, CrossCurve has taken an active step toward strengthening its broader cross-chain architecture, completing a smart contract audit with Web3 security firm Hashlock on its LayerZero-based OFT messaging contracts. The audit, finalised in March 2026, resulted in a “Secure” rating, with all identified vulnerabilities resolved within…
