Ali Raza Abbas

TL;DR Neutrl has opened an emergency redemption route for NUSD holders. The on-chain contract is paying around $0.51 in USDC per NUSD. The situation follows losses inside a junior Strata collateral tranche. NUSD holders finally have a cleare…

TL;DR Zcash developers are targeting November 5 for NU7 mainnet activation. The upgrade would cut target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25 seconds. October 20 remains the final decision point before mainnet activation. Zcash has put a time…

TL;DR Hyperliquid has switched on manual spot borrowing. Users can borrow stablecoins against HYPE and Bitcoin collateral. The feature runs through HyperCore and remains collateralized. Hyperliquid is adding another piece to its increasingly…

President Donald Trump took another jab at Iran, threatening to obliterate its economy and eliminate its leadership if it did not finalize a deal. Iranian intelligence also said that the US and its allies are preparing a large-scale strike. Iran has w…

TL;DR Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi says Zcash should let its developer fund expire after 2028. The fund currently receives 20% of block rewards. This is a personal recommendation, not a binding governance proposal. https://x.com/haseeb/status/206…

TL;DR Balancer contributors are discussing an orderly protocol wind-down. The plan would eventually return treasury assets to BAL holders. A Snapshot vote is expected September 25–29; no vote has passed yet. Balancer is considering something…

Ripple announced it will expand its XRP Ledger developer kit to global online payment services Stripe and its layer-1 blockchain solution Tempo. The development will help them build AI agents that pay for data, computing, and other online services tha…