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RecapOver 1,600 developers attended the final in-person hackathon of 2026, with workshops on AI-powered coding tools and the launch of Whitechain mainnet, while a side summit explored stablecoin infrastructure and bank integration.
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RecapFrom Samsung Wallet stablecoins to Arthur Hayes' FLOP network for AI agents, TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 saw a wave of announcements and debates around the intersection of real-world assets, artificial intelligence, and the future of money.
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Day reportOn Devcon 8's third day, lightclient announced that the frame transaction proposal EIP-8141 will lead the next Ethereum hard fork, while EF Labs and others outlined scaling and social-layer decentralization plans.
StreamETH Desk · 2 days ago
Day reportBuilders heard about new L1 Whitechain's mainnet launch, ENSv2's agent identity features, 1inch's Aqua AMM redesign, and multiple AI-powered development tools at ETHGlobal Mumbai day 2.
StreamETH Desk · 3 days ago
Day reportA new consensus layer rule reduces cross-chain bridging time by 97%, and Chainlink's CCIP will integrate it without code changes, developers heard at ETHGlobal Mumbai.
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Day reportDevcon day four saw the announcement that frame transactions (EIP-8141) will be the headliner for the Bogota upgrade, while talks revealed Glamsterdam will boost gas limits to 200 million and a purpose-built L2 hit 42 million payments per second.
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RecapEthereum's first conference in India spotlights local digital infrastructure, open hardware wallets, and the challenge of AI agents controlling user funds.
StreamETH Desk · 3 days ago
ThreadAcross six conferences, speakers described stablecoins moving beyond crypto trading to power settlement, multi-currency FX automation and machine-to-machine payments, with banks, fintechs and regulators now racing to catch up.
StreamETH Desk · 4 days ago
ThreadAt European blockchain events, institutional speakers argued for open base layers with compliance at the application layer, while traditional bankers stressed accountability — but both pushed tokenization past pilots.
StreamETH Desk · 6 days ago
RecapThe European Blockchain Convention in Barcelona heard that stablecoin transaction volumes surpassed Visa and Mastercard combined, while tokenized real-world assets reached $39 billion, as institutional adoption shifts from 'if' to 'how'.
StreamETH Desk · Oct 28, 2026
RecapCoinbase engineers revealed how they moved $70 billion in crypto in 24 hours under an active insider threat, as Boston Blockchain Week 2026 also saw the launch of Cubic Media and a regulatory mood shift marked by the SEC’s Taylor Lindman recalling his own lost Bitcoin.
StreamETH Desk · Oct 28, 2026
PreviewEthereum’s annual conference returns Nov 2–6 with workshops on AI agents, a panel on securing Ethereum in the AI age, and a hub on building durable open-source communities.
StreamETH Desk · Oct 26, 2026
ThreadSpeakers across four 2026 conferences warned that quantum computing advances are compressing the migration window for Ethereum to upgrade signatures and ZK layers, with some urging action by 2029.
StreamETH Desk · Oct 25, 2026
RecapThe Tokyo hackathon saw 504 hackers submit 254 projects, with DeFi and stablecoin projects prominent and AI-driven identity and agent tools from World, ENS, and Sui among the key themes.
StreamETH Desk · Oct 25, 2026
RecapETHSofia 2026 saw regulators, builders and investors debate the real-world impact of MiCA, the rise of AI in security, and the push for self-custody.
StreamETH Desk · Oct 25, 2026
RecapAt ETHTaipei 2026, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued the ecosystem must refocus on censorship resistance, open source, privacy and safety over blockchain hype, and introduced an EIP to aggregate proofs in the mempool for scalability and post-quantum security.
StreamETH Desk · Oct 25, 2026