gaming Web3 Gaming in 2026: The Infrastructure Finally Caught Up 93% of crypto games launched since 2020 have failed. But the survivors share a common thread: they stopped asking players to care about blockchains. Here is how Ronin, Immutable, Solana, and a new generation of developer tooling rebuilt web3 gaming infrastructure for real players.
Solana Solana Adds a Fourth Validator Client: What Mithril, Alpenglow, and Confidential Transfers Mean for Builders In one week, Solana crossed three infrastructure thresholds: a fourth independent validator client written in Go, a consensus upgrade delivering 100x faster finality, and the return of Confidential Transfers after a thirteen-month remediation. Here's what each milestone means for developers.
real-world-assets Tokenized Real World Assets: How Baillie Gifford, Anchorage, and DeFi Are Bringing Trillions On-Chain in One Day Baillie Gifford launched a UK-regulated tokenized bond fund on Ethereum and Solana, Anchorage Digital opened tokenized deposit infrastructure for banks, and Venus Protocol added tokenized stocks as DeFi collateral. Three announcements, one signal: institutional tokenization is here.
stablecoins Mastercard Adds 24/7 Stablecoin Settlement Across Ethereum, Solana, and Six More Chains Mastercard expands its global settlement network to support 24/7 on-chain stablecoin settlement using USDC, PYUSD, RLUSD and more across Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Base, Arbitrum, and XRPL.
