OPEN-SOURCE
Cake Wallet Adds Self-Custodial Lightning Support Designed for Everyday Users
Cake Wallet adds self-custodial Lightning support, enabling fast, private Bitcoin payments without channel management or losing control of funds.
WEB3
DECENTRALIZATION
Why Half of New Darknet Markets Only Accept This Crypto
Monero’s rise isn’t a scandal; it’s proof that privacy-focused crypto works as intended. As darknet markets increasingly go XMR-only, the chain’s future promises near-perfect opacity, complicating investigations and challenging regulators.
BLOCKCHAIN
Kingdom of Bhutan To Become Validator on Sei Blockchain, Boosting National Technology Capacity
Bhutan to deploy a Sei validator amid a broader push into open, decentralized infrastructure. Led by DHI InnoTech and Sapien Capital.
PRIVACY
Cake Wallet Adds Zcash With Shielded Transactions by Default
Cake Wallet has integrated Zcash (ZEC) with shielded transactions enabled by default. This ensures all outgoing transactions originate from shielded addresses, concealing sender, receiver, and amounts for maximum privacy.
DECENTRALIZATION
Session: The Messenger Regimes Fear Most
Iran's regime blacked out the internet for 90M on Jan 8, 2026, targeting Session messenger with DNS spoofing. Decentralized, no-phone-number chats evaded control, proving why tyrants fear it.
AI
How to Build a Successful Bittensor Subnet: Lessons from Top Builders
Why do Bittensor subnets fail? We spoke with leading builders who revealed the hard‑earned do’s and don’ts of designing incentives, attracting miners, and turning a subnet into a real business
BLOCKCHAIN
What Is Ethereum Fusaka? 2025 Upgrade Explained
Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade launches December 3, 2025, introducing PeerDAS to scale Layer 2 capacity by up to 8x. The upgrade reduces validator storage by 88%, cuts rollup costs, and enables enterprise privacy applications through improved data availability sampling across 12 new EIPs.
MESSAGING APPS
Vitalik Buterin Backs Privacy Messaging with $500K Donation
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated 256 ETH to privacy-focused messaging apps Session and SimpleX Chat, advancing encrypted communication beyond Signal. The projects address metadata privacy and decentralized user accounts in the face of global surveillance challenges.
AI
Score's Vision: Making Every Camera Intelligent
Score's Vision AutoML revolutionizes video analysis by making every camera intelligent. Their AI processes footage at a fraction of traditional costs, unlocking visual intelligence across sports, manufacturing, retail, and more.
MESSAGING APPS
Session: The Private Messaging App PCMag Calls “Excellent”
Session is a private, anonymous messaging app rated “Excellent” by PCMag. It uses end-to-end encryption and a decentralized network to protect your data, hide metadata, and ensure secure communication without phone numbers or emails.
WEB3
Smashtoshi Launches “History of Bitcoin” Global Tour – A Collector’s Tribute to Bitcoin’s Cultural Legacy
Smashtoshi’s “History of Bitcoin” global tour unites 128 digital artists across five cities, unveiling a limited-edition art book that celebrates Bitcoin’s cultural legacy through fine art and innovation.
BLOCKCHAIN
Cake Wallet Integrates xStocks, Letting Users Invest in Stocks Using Crypto.
You can now buy xStocks with Monero, Bitcoin and Ethereum. Cake Wallet, an open-source, privacy-focused crypto wallet, today announced the integration of xStocks, a new feature that allows users to invest in tokenized stocks and ETFs directly through Web3 self-custody. Users can now buy xStocks directly inside the Cake Wallet