ADAvaultYou probably forgot about HTTP 402 Payment Required nestling between HTTP 401 Unauthorised, and 403 Access forbidden. We did. But now it’s getting resurrected for the crypto age and it may be the payment rails we’ve been waiting for. x402 is an open-source payment protocol developed by Coinbase in 2025, designed to enable instant, automated…
The Cardano Foundation have been focussed on sustainability applications for blockchains for some time with a number of pilots up and running. They’ve got a cool clip with a very strong brand identity, that captures some of the applications they have been exploring. They note: Today’s businesses face rising sustainability demands. As the focus on…
There’s a comprehensive update on the IOG blog covering the v1 release of Hydra, which enables a copy of the main ledger state to be modified among selected participants in a state channel or head. The hydra head allows fast and low cost transactions that can be periodically settled (or flushed) back to the Cardano…
Some more positive Midnight partner news (in addition to the recent Google Cloud announcement). Kraken recently dropped this tweet on X which will be particularly relevant if you use the exchange and hold ADA in their staking product. Kraken is proud to partner with @MidnightNtwrk to support the Midnight (NIGHT) Glacier Drop. We’re excited to…
If you’ve been following developments on Midnight you will know that the Glacier drop has started, with the opportunity to claim an allocation if you held more than $100 in value on eligible chains at the time of the snapshot. The eligible chains include ADA, BTC, ETH, XRP, AVAX, BAT, BNB, and SOL with varying…
