NFT

NFTs are unique digital identifiers recorded on a blockchain that certify ownership and authenticity of a specific asset. Moving past the "PFP" craze, 2026 NFTs emphasize utility, representing everything from IP rights and digital fashion to RWA titles and event ticketing. This tag explores the technical standards of digital ownership, the growth of NFT marketplaces, and the integration of non-fungible tech into the broader Creator Economy and enterprise solutions.

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Created: 2026/02/02 18:52
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Crypto ETF Market Sees Major Inflows: Bitcoin Adds $202M, Ethereum $246M, as Bitwise Solana ETF Debuts with Record $69.45M Trading Volume

Crypto ETF Market Sees Major Inflows: Bitcoin Adds $202M, Ethereum $246M, as Bitwise Solana ETF Debuts with Record $69.45M Trading Volume

The cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) market experienced significant activity on October 30, 2025, with major inflows across multiple digital asset products. Bitcoin spot ETFs attracted $202 million in new capital, Ethereum spot ETFs saw $246 million in additions, while Bitwise's newly launched Solana spot ETF stole the spotlight with a record-breaking $69.45 million in first-day trading volume, signaling robust institutional demand for diversified cryptocurrency exposure.

Author: MEXC NEWS
Bitcoin Drops Below $110K as Fed Chair Jerome Powell Casts Doubt on December Rate Cut

Bitcoin Drops Below $110K as Fed Chair Jerome Powell Casts Doubt on December Rate Cut

Bitcoin experienced a sharp decline, briefly falling below the $110,000 threshold on October 30, 2025, following comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggesting that a December interest rate cut is far from certain. The cryptocurrency's sudden volatility underscores the continued sensitivity of digital assets to Federal Reserve monetary policy decisions and statements from central bank officials.

Author: MEXC NEWS
ConsenSys Plans IPO with JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs as Lead Underwriters: A Watershed Moment for Ethereum and Crypto

ConsenSys Plans IPO with JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs as Lead Underwriters: A Watershed Moment for Ethereum and Crypto

ConsenSys, the blockchain technology company behind MetaMask wallet and critical Ethereum infrastructure, is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) with Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs serving as lead underwriters.

Author: MEXC NEWS
Top 7 High-Potential Tokens to Watch in November 2025

Top 7 High-Potential Tokens to Watch in November 2025

The post Top 7 High-Potential Tokens to Watch in November 2025 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. As the crypto market recalibrates after months of uneven momentum, investors are shifting focus toward projects with strong fundamentals, working products, and clear utility. November 2025 marks a return to quality — and several standout tokens are leading this shift. Below are seven high-potential cryptocurrencies that deserve close attention this month, spanning Web3 gaming, interoperability, infrastructure, and legacy networks preparing for renewed cycles. 1. TRUE (TRUE) — Web3 Gaming Built on Real Revenue TRUE World by TRUE LABS continues to redefine what “utility” means in GameFi. It’s the first token launch in the sector backed by a functioning gaming business with verified revenue, millions of players, and a mature partner ecosystem. Unlike most gaming tokens that rely on hype or speculative staking, $TRUE connects gameplay directly with economic value through a closed-loop model: Player engagement fuels in-game fees, NFTs, and upgrades. A share of revenue funds buybacks and deflationary burns. The token powers staking, governance, and exclusive in-game progression. With listings on top exchanges expected before the year’s end, the TRUE token launch could be the blueprint for sustainable Web3 economies — where token value is rooted in real user activity and consistent cash flow. Watch for official announcements of $TRUE listing details at x.com/TRUExWorld  2. Polkadot (DOT) — Rebuilding Momentum Through Decentralized Parachains Once a top-three project by market cap, Polkadot (DOT) has spent much of 2025 consolidating after years of heavy development. Its focus on modular parachains and decentralized governance is finally beginning to mature. The new OpenGov framework has streamlined treasury proposals and expanded staking rewards, while ecosystem projects in DeFi and identity are regaining traction.If network activity continues to rise, DOT could enter a new accumulation phase, paving the way toward a medium-term recovery above US$…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews
Bitwise Solana ETF Opens Strong With $69.5M Inflows, A Bold New Era for $SOL

Bitwise Solana ETF Opens Strong With $69.5M Inflows, A Bold New Era for $SOL

The Solana ecosystem just scored one of its biggest wins of 2025. On October 28, Bitwise officially launched the first-ever U.S. Solana spot ETF, the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (ticker: $BSOL), and it didn’t take long to make waves. In its first 24 hours, the ETF recorded a jaw-dropping $69.5 million in net inflows, pushing [...]

Author: Null TX
RealGo and NPC Merge Meme Gaming with Meme Finance

RealGo and NPC Merge Meme Gaming with Meme Finance

RealGo partners with NonPlayableCoin (NPC) to merge meme gaming with meme finance to create a global play-to-earn meme-driven economy for users.

Author: Blockchainreporter
Chronicles Of Splinterlands — The Lion, The Sorrow Witch And The New Beluroc Warderobe

Chronicles Of Splinterlands — The Lion, The Sorrow Witch And The New Beluroc Warderobe

Got a battle that blew your mind? Crafted something extraordinary in the Splinterlands universe? Maybe you’ve discovered a game-changing…Continue reading on Coinmonks »

Author: Medium
The New Era of AI Agent Payments: How can x402, AP2, and ERC-8004 jointly build the foundation of the machine economy?

The New Era of AI Agent Payments: How can x402, AP2, and ERC-8004 jointly build the foundation of the machine economy?

As AI agents evolve from tools to autonomous economic entities, they become economic participants capable of making autonomous decisions, executing operations, and exchanging value. However, traditional payment infrastructure cannot meet a series of core needs of agents, such as autonomous transactions, cross-ecosystem interaction, and verifiable identity. These bottlenecks have spurred the emergence of a new generation of protocols—x402, Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), and ERC-8004—to build a reliable foundation for value exchange in the coming machine economy. This article will delve into the technical principles, application scenarios, and current ecosystem of these three protocols, revealing how they collectively shape the payment landscape of the future AI Agent economy. x402: HTTP-native on-chain payment protocol x402, launched by Coinbase, is innovative in that it activates the underutilized HTTP 402 status code ("PaymentRequired") on the Internet, natively embeds payment logic into the web request-response stream, realizes "API call as payment", and completes settlement through stablecoins or other cryptocurrencies to solve the high friction problem of traditional payments. Protocol Details Because x402 is an open protocol built on the HTTP 402 status code, its architecture is a client/server architecture. The client is the buyer purchasing services/goods, and the server is the seller providing the services/goods. Building upon this client/server architecture, Coinbase provides facilitators to simplify the verification and payment settlement process between buyers and sellers. Let's take Canza (an AI that provides transaction information), the top-ranked server on x402scan, as an example. First, the user initiates a request on the client to access Canza's paid services. The Canza server then uses an HTTP 402 Response to define the payment requirements: the client needs to provide an X-PAYMENTHeader and make the payment via USDC on the Base Chain. See the diagram below: After the client parses the 402 ResponseJSON content, the wallet will prompt you to sign a TransferWithAuthorization message (implemented via ERC-3009). This message allows the signer to make a gas-free transfer from the signer's address by delegating a third-party EOA address or contract address. In this example, we will delegate the transfer of USDC from our wallet to Canza's receiving address 0x4e9bCe2547A9491b09ed092c433B19888e665edB. The user then signs the message, and the client submits the payload using a base64-encoded X-PAYMENTHeader. Upon receiving the payload, the Canza server has it verified by facilitators, who then settle the payment on the blockchain. After the Canza server confirms the payment, Canza provides the requested service to the user. Based on the above examples, the operation process of the x402 protocol can be summarized as follows: It is particularly noteworthy that the x402 protocol supports multiple blockchains (Base, Avalanche and other EVM chains, Solana) for payments using various crypto assets (must support ERC-3009, default is USDC), and only the server side needs to be configured. Agent Payments Protocol (AP2): A trusted payment system within the agent ecosystem AP2 is an open payment framework based on the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication protocol and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Its core objective is to solve three major problems in agent-based commerce: authorization verification (proving that the agent has obtained user permission), authenticity (ensuring that the transaction reflects the user's true needs), and transaction accountability (clarifying the attribution of responsibility in case of disputes), so as to enable AIAgent to conduct secure transactions with any compliant merchant. The AP2 protocol's workflow is built around the core concept of digital mandates, which are tamper-proof, cryptographically signed digital contracts serving as verifiable evidence of user instructions. Specifically, there are three types of mandates: 1. Intent Mandate This is suitable for automated transactions where the user is not present. The user provides the AIAgent with pre-defined instructions, including clear constraints, such as "Buy concert tickets with a budget of no more than 500 yuan". 2. Shopping Cart Mandate This applies to transactions confirmed in person by the user. It is generated when the agent has prepared the specific goods and prices for the user's confirmation. The user's approval involves signing a shopping cart authorization form, creating a secure and immutable record of the exact goods and prices, ensuring that what you see is what you pay for. 3. Payment Mandate This is a separate credential shared with payment networks and card issuers, designed to convey information about AI Agent participation and user presence, helping to resolve transaction disputes, conduct risk assessments, and facilitate regulation. ERC-8004: Decentralized AIAgent Identity and Reputation System ERC-8004 is Ethereum's decentralized AIAgent identity solution, designed to address the issues of verifying the authenticity of AIAgent identities and the reliability and verifiability of behavioral records. Unlike AP2, ERC-8004 focuses on building trust between AIAgents, rather than trust in transactions between the user, AIAgent, and merchant. The ERC-8004 design is built around three lightweight registry entries, each responsible for a different aspect of the trust model: 1. Identity Registry Implemented based on the ERC-721 standard and with extended URIStorage functionality, this design allows AIAgent identities to be compatible with the existing NFT ecosystem. Each AIAgent registers by calling the register function, obtaining a unique agentId (i.e., an ERC-721 tokenId). During registration, the agent needs to provide a tokenURI pointing to its agent registration file, which follows a standardized JSON format and contains information such as the agent's name, description, endpoints, and supported trust models. 2. Reputation Registry It provides standard interfaces for publishing and retrieving service feedback from AIAgents, supporting a rating feedback system from 0-100, tag classification, and payment proof association. The registry adopts a hybrid on-chain and off-chain architecture, ensuring the on-chain composability of core data while leaving complex aggregation calculations to off-chain processing to improve efficiency. The reputation registry's contract structure is closely linked to the identity registry—the address of the identity registry must be passed in during deployment to ensure that only registered AIAgents can obtain reputation records. 3. Validate the registry. It provides a general Hook for requesting and recording independent verification results, and supports multiple verification mechanisms, including economic staking (verifier reruns the task) and cryptographic proofs (TEE proof, zkML verification, etc.). This design allows verification mechanisms with different security requirements to coexist in the same ecosystem. The contract interface for verifying the registry is relatively simple, mainly consisting of two functions: ValidationRequest for submitting verification requests and ValidationResponse for recording verification results. ERC-8004 is the identity layer protocol for the AIAgent ecosystem. It provides on-chain AI Agents with a verifiable identity, reputation system, and registration mechanism, which is crucial for establishing a trust foundation for the machine economy. The combination of x402, AP2, and ERC-8004 constitutes a complete AIAgent payment system: ERC-8004 solves the AIAgent's identity problem, x402 solves the problem of "how to use cryptocurrency for high-frequency micro-payments", and AP2 provides a secure and standardized framework for the x402 payment protocol, setting independent economic behavior boundaries for AI Agents, enabling them to process information, hold and control assets, and truly participate in commercial value exchange, thereby giving rise to a new economic form driven by machine autonomy.

Author: PANews
Solana Beats Ethereum and Polygon to Emerge as the Best-Performing Blockchain‬ ⋆ ZyCrypto

Solana Beats Ethereum and Polygon to Emerge as the Best-Performing Blockchain‬ ⋆ ZyCrypto

The post Solana Beats Ethereum and Polygon to Emerge as the Best-Performing Blockchain‬ ⋆ ZyCrypto appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Solana recently earned recognition as the top-performing network during the recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. Data from SolanaFloor shows that the blockchain maintained steady throughput throughout the disruption, with the lowest share of staked assets reliant on AWS. This performance placed Solana at the top of the resilience rankings among major networks. While several competitors struggled during the cloud downtime, Solana’s seamless operations reinforced its growing reputation for reliability and high-speed performance. That said, the Solana Foundation revealed that the ecosystem generated over $3 billion in revenue over the past year, driven by a surge in decentralized applications across DeFi, NFTs, and DePIN. Looking ahead, the foundation said upcoming upgrades could double the network’s capacity before the end of the year. This growth is expected to cement Solana’s status as a leading ecosystem in the next generation of scalable, high-performance blockchains. Advertisement &nbsp Solana leads a new phase of blockchain growth This achievement comes amid findings from a16zcrypto’s 2025 State of Crypto report, which highlights Solana’s rapid ascent alongside Ethereum and Bitcoin. The report describes 2025 as “the year the world came onchain,” marking an unprecedented period of industry maturation. It notes that the total crypto market has now surpassed $4 trillion, with over 3,400 blockchain transactions processed per second globally. That is more than a 100-fold improvement over the past five years. Solana, in particular, accounts for a significant share of “real economic value,” generating over half of all blockchain-based revenue alongside Hyperliquid. The report also reveals that institutional adoption is accelerating at a record pace, with financial giants like Visa, JPMorgan, and Fidelity offering crypto-related products. Meanwhile, stablecoin transactions rival Visa and PayPal in volume. As blockchains transition from speculative assets to foundational financial infrastructure, Solana’s resilience, throughput, and scalability have solidified…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews
Miten pelillistäminen muokkaa Web3-käyttäjäkokemuksen tulevaisuutta

Miten pelillistäminen muokkaa Web3-käyttäjäkokemuksen tulevaisuutta

Pelillistäminen ei ole enää pelkkä muotisana – siitä on tulossa keskeinen strategia siihen, miten käyttäjät sitoutuvat hajautettuihin alustoihin. Web3-teknologioiden kehittyessä yksi tehokkaimmista keinoista sitouttaa käyttäjiä on pelillistäminen – eli pelimekaniikkojen hyödyntäminen ei-pelillisissä ympäristöissä. NFT:istä sosiaalisiin kasinoihin, pelillisyys toimii sillanrakentajana lohkoketjuteknologian ja jokapäiväisen käyttäytymisen välillä. Hyvä esimerkki onnistuneesta pelillistämisestä ovat sosiaaliset kasinot, joissa käyttäjät voivat pelata […] The post Miten pelillistäminen muokkaa Web3-käyttäjäkokemuksen tulevaisuutta appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

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