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Algorand's new CEO inherits a 2027 quantum deadline and an undisclosed K3 Labs role — William Herkelrath began as Algorand Foundation CEO on Aug. 31. He inherits a 2027 post-quantum deadline, a live agentic-payments contest…
Algo Cleanup's transparency ledger went quiet in 2021; its blog ran to 2025 — A one-person Algorand eco-project won a 2021 Foundation grant for litter-cleanup NFT auctions and donation transparency; its ledger…
Messina.one closes mALGO deposits as bridge passes $28M lifetime volume — Profile: Messina.one's Wormhole-based bridge has moved $28.2M since 2022, but its mALGO staking contract has deposits toggled off on-chain…
Valar's seven-post Medium blog mapped Algorand's staking era, then went quiet — Valar's Medium publication ran seven posts between Feb and Jun 2025 explaining Algorand's shift from governance rewards to staking — then…
Algorand xGov-funded wallet Confío now settles on BNB Smart Chain — Confío pitched xGov as Web2-to-Algorand onboarding, missed quorum, won 250,000 ALGO on resubmission — and now settles on BNB Smart Chain…
Community-built AlgorandStats charted ten governance periods, then stopped updating — Launched in 2021 by a Redditor who could not see his own reward percentage, AlgorandStats.com tracked ten incentivized governance periods…
Valar's no-custody staking marketplace shows 83.38M ALGO staked on Algorand — Valar's peer-to-peer staking marketplace keeps ALGO in holders' wallets while node runners operate consensus keys; its live counter reads…
Réti Open Pooling now holds 725M ALGO staked by 8,693 users across 225 validators — Réti, Algorand's permissionless staking protocol, now locks 725M ALGO from 8,693 stakers across 225 validators — more than double all of…
DorkFi runs 35 Algorand lending markets and a contract-minted stablecoin — DorkFi is a non-custodial credit protocol live on Algorand and Voi: 35 lending markets, the WAD stablecoin, UNIT governance, a public…
Folks Finance forum steers FOLKS token through its first two governance votes — Folks Finance's quiet Discourse forum hosted the Algorand lending protocol's FOLKS launch planning, a debated $800k treasury deployment…
Algorand Foundation's U.S. return hits six months as GENIUS Act rules take proposed form — Six months after moving its headquarters to Delaware, the Algorand Foundation has its board, ecosystem council and unified protocol team…
Inside Valar Solutions, the hackathon winner now staking 82.98M ALGO on Algorand — Profile of Valar Solutions GmbH, the Swiss team behind Algorand's 82.98M-ALGO peer-to-peer staking marketplace, Réti pool front end, xGov…
Tinyman governance vault locks 234M TINY, more than double its 2025 milestone — Algorand's biggest DEX runs swaps, on-chain limit and DCA orders, and tALGO liquid staking on immutable v2 contracts; its TINY governance…
Algorand-trained UNDP Blockchain Academy tops 500 alumni as Accelerator opens Cohort 3 — UNDP's Blockchain Academy, run with the Algorand Foundation, has trained 500+ UN staff from 134 countries. Its SDG Blockchain Accelerator…
Algomint's pivot away from goUSD leaves Algorand's first bridge nearly dormant — Algomint minted Algorand's first wrapped BTC and ETH, living on Foundation TDR incentives through 2024 before dropping goUSD. Today its…
Polkagold's 10M Algorand tokens aim to be the Polkadot treasury's digital gold — PGOLD is a fixed 10M-supply Algorand token pitched as a reserve commodity for the Polkadot treasury — no team allocation, 100% of supply…