Blockchain News

Otters Launches a New Era of Gamified Web3 Adoption Inside Telegram

February 2, 2026 3 mins read

Otters, a fast-growing Telegram Mini App built on the TON blockchain, is redefining how everyday users discover, engage with, and adopt Web3 through simple, social, and rewarding experiences. Built natively inside Telegram, Otters removes the friction that has historically kept millions of users away from crypto. Instead of wallets, bridges, and complex onboarding flows, Otters introduces Web3 through familiar mechanics like daily rewards, short farming cycles, social competition, and in-app

Native Support for Tezos EVM-Compatibility Layer Etherlink Now Available With Ledger

January 30, 2026 3 mins read

Extended support for the Tezos ecosystem, building on the existing Tezos Layer 1 integration and extending it to Etherlink, is now available on LedgerTM signers and Ledger WalletTM, with Tezos’ EVM-compatible smart rollup. The integration brings full support for Etherlink and the tez (XTZ) token across Ledger’s ecosystem with Ledger signer integration, Ledger Wallet functionality, and upcoming native staking support. Ledger has supported Tezos delegation since 2019, with more than

Bybit Launches BYUSDT to Enable Yield-Earning Collateral for Retail Traders

January 29, 2026 3 mins read

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched the “BYUSDT: Turn Your Easy Earn Assets Into Trading Power” campaign, which is now live. The campaign introduces a tokenized asset that allows retail users to earn yield on USDT while using the same funds as trading margin. Eligible users may earn up to an 11.30 percent bonus annual percentage rate on qualifying BYUSDT holdings, subject to applicable caps and terms.

CT3 Announces Public Launch of Its Next-Generation Decentralized Storage – CT3 Secure Storage

January 28, 2026 3 mins read

CT3 is proud to announce that development of its decentralized storage platform is now complete, and the service is officially open to all users. After months of engineering, private beta testing, and intensive stability improvements, CT3 is launching a production-ready storage solution – CT3 Secure Storage – that combines Web3 ownership with the simplicity of modern cloud services while eliminating the risks of centralized control and unclear pricing models. “This launch is more

Turtle Enters Strategic Partnership With Chainlink To Bring Institutional Liquidity Onchain

January 28, 2026 3 mins read

Turtle, a leading on-chain liquidity distribution protocol, has announced a strategic partnership with Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, to accelerate the institutional adoption of on-chain capital markets. Turtle selected Chainlink CCIP and Data Feeds due to Chainlink’s proven security, making it a requirement for safe, risk-minimized liquidity provisioning.  Through this partnership, Turtle becomes a preferred liquidity partner for the Chainlink ecosystem and has integrated Chainlink’s data and interoperability standards to curate, verify, and distribute institutional-grade

Orbs Brings Onchain Perpetuals to Sei Through Gryps Integration

January 27, 2026 2 mins read

Orbs announced today that Gryps has integrated Orbs’ Perpetual Hub Ultra to enable institutional-grade onchain perpetual futures trading on Sei Network. The brings a fully managed, professional perpetuals stack to Sei, expanding access to advanced derivatives infrastructure designed for execution certainty, capital efficiency, and deterministic risk management. Perpetual Hub Ultra provides a modular, capital-efficient perpetual futures infrastructure that delivers the full perps stack, including hedging, liquidation, oracles, and professional trading interfaces.

Archax and OpenPayd Partner to Streamline Multi-Currency Settlement for Digital Asset Trading

January 27, 2026 3 mins read

Archax, the first FCA-regulated digital asset exchange, broker, and custodian, has announced a partnership with OpenPayd, a leading provider of financial infrastructure, to streamline fiat settlement across its global trading operations. The partnership addresses a critical bottleneck for digital asset markets as institutional participation grows and settlement workflows require greater operational resilience at scale.  Archax will use OpenPayd’s regulated financial infrastructure to facilitate instant GBP, EUR, and USD fiat settlement,

Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA) and FLock.io Enter Strategic Partnership to Advance “Blockchain and AI for Good”

January 27, 2026 3 mins read

Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA), a global non-profit initiative founded by Bybit dedicated to leveraging blockchain for societal impact, and FLock.io, a privacy-first decentralised AI pioneer, have announced the signing of a partnership to explore collaboration focused on decentralised AI, blockchain, and public-good initiatives. This marks an expansion from “Blockchain for Good” to “Blockchain and AI for Good.” FLock.io is now BGA’s Strategic AI Partner within its network. The role involves close engagement

North Korean Konni targets blockchain developers with AI

January 27, 2026 1 min read

Check Point Research revealed that the North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) group, KONNI, has been targeting blockchain developers in Japan, Australia, and India. The hackers are using AI-generated PowerShell backdoors. According to reports released on January 21, 2026, the attack starts when KONNI uses Discord to offer a link that prompts developers to download a ZIP file. This archive contains elements that start a multi-stage infection process on the

20th Tezos Protocol Upgrade, Tallinn, Slashes Block Time to 6 Seconds, Cuts App Storage Costs by up to 100x

January 26, 2026 2 mins read

The Tezos protocol has been successfully upgraded, following an on-chain governance process with broad participation from bakers (validators) and community members.  Developed by Nomadic Labs, Trilitech, and Functori, Tallinn is the 20th protocol upgrade, marking 20 evolutions of the Tezos blockchain, proposed, adopted, and seamlessly activated by the protocol itself. “Adapting to market demand 20 times over 7 years without network disruptions, and in a fully decentralized way, is undeniable

Cysic Partners Up with Billions to Power a Bot Proof, Privacy First Web3

January 25, 2026 4 mins read

Cysic today announced a strategic partnership with Billions to provide the hardware accelerated zero knowledge infrastructure required to scale privacy preserving identity verification to a global level. The partnership enables Billions to expand its identity network from millions to billions of users, making bot resistant, privacy first identity practical for mass adoption across Web3. As crypto adoption accelerates, trust has become one of the ecosystem’s most critical bottlenecks. Bots continue to farm airdrops,

AlphaTON Launches Claude Connector Powered by TON & Telegram

January 22, 2026 5 mins read

New open source solution brings conversational artificial intelligence to TON blockchain operations, making cryptocurrency accessible to mainstream users Today marks the launch of AlphaTON Claude Connector, a platform that integrates Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence with TON blockchain technology and is accessed through the Telegram messaging application. The system allows users to manage digital assets, execute transactions, and interact with blockchain services through natural language-based interaction. The platform addresses a critical barrier