What’s Interesting Today: The first Solana AI hackathon, hosted by SendAI, attracted over 400 projects centered around AI agents in the crypto space. Some projects, such as FXN, already have tokens with significant market value. The hackathon entries primarily focus on creating intelligent interfaces for the Solana ecosystem, particularly

What’s Interesting Today: MOODENG's value saw a significant increase following a generous donation from Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, to support wildlife conservation for Moo Deng, a pygmy hippopotamus. The donation will aid the Khao Kheow Open Zoo's efforts. While the price boost was notable,

What’s Interesting Today: Sonic Labs has launched the Sonic Gateway, enabling FTM to S token swaps on the Sonic blockchain. This platform also supports the transfer of Euro Coin (EURC), USD Coin (USDC), and Wrapped Ethereum (WETH). FTM to S conversion occurs at a 1:1 ratio. Sonic, a

What’s Interesting Today: BricklayerDAO is a platform combining blockchain technology with real estate investment, founded by Nick Prescott and Denis Leontievsky to offer more control and higher returns compared to traditional real estate. The platform uses a dual-token system: MRTR for governance and BRCK, linked to tokenized real-world assets

What’s Interesting Today: Chainlink introduced Smart Value Recapture (SVR), a solution designed to recapture non-toxic MEV generated by oracle data consumption in DeFi protocols. SVR focuses on MEV from liquidations in lending protocols, redirecting profits back to the protocols and users. Built on Chainlink’s secure oracle infrastructure, SVR

What’s Interesting Today: EigenLayer's slashing testnet launched on December 20, with a mainnet launch pending approval of the EigenLayer Improvement Protocol-002 (ELIP-002). The update introduces Unique Stake Allocation to reduce slashing risks and Operator Sets for Actively Validated Services (AVS). The protocol, which uses staked Ether as

What’s Interesting Today: Fantom has rebranded to Sonic, launching its high-throughput Layer 1 mainnet. Users can convert FTM to the new native token, S, and participate in staking. An airdrop of 190 million S tokens will be distributed based on "Sonic Points." Sonic offers 10,000 TPS,

What’s Interesting Today: SatLayer, a Bitcoin restaking platform, has integrated with the Sui blockchain to allow developers to leverage Bitcoin's security for decentralized applications (dApps) on Sui’s fast layer-1 network. This collaboration aims to enhance decentralized finance (DeFi) by using Bitcoin’s $2.1 trillion market

What’s Interesting Today: Ethereum's ENS (Ethereum Name Service) has selected ConsenSys' Linea technology to power its upcoming layer-2 network, Namechain. Linea, a zero-knowledge rollup, was chosen for its speed and alignment with ENS's values. This technology allows for faster, lower-cost transactions, with zero-knowledge rollups

What’s Interesting Today: Ethena has launched USDtb, a stablecoin backed by BlackRock's tokenized money market fund BUIDL, to stabilize its yield-generating USDe token during bearish markets. USDtb holds 90% of its reserves in BUIDL, offering a lower-risk alternative within Ethena’s ecosystem. The protocol plans to get