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Algorand Foundation's strategy chief is its third senior exit since August

Marc Vanlerberghe resigned as the Foundation's strategy and marketing chief on October 14, the third senior exit since late August, leaving the CTO seat unfilled. The Foundation is reviewing programs for self-sustainability; results would show in the quarterly transparency report.

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  1. Wallets & Payments

    Lute is a free Algorand browser wallet, one of five the Foundation recommends

    Lute is a free Algorand wallet that runs in a browser tab or a Chrome extension, with keys kept on the device and no sign-up. The Algorand…

  2. Infra & dev tools

    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…

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  3. NFTs & Gaming

    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 stopped…

  4. DeFi

    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…

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  5. DeFi

    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…

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  6. Wallets & Payments

    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.

  7. DeFi

    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…

  8. DeFi

    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…

  9. DeFi

    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…

  10. DeFi

    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…

  11. DeFi

    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…

  12. Wallets & Payments

    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 in…

  13. DeFi

    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…

  14. DeFi

    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…

  15. Ecosystem & people

    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…

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  16. DeFi

    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…

  17. DeFi

    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…