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How Algorand Users, Node Runners and Developers Can Back the Quantum Pitch

Algorand's CEO argues banks cannot settle long-lived assets on breakable cryptography. The case needs consumer quantum accounts, distributed nodes and builders; Pera can open one now, though tooling is uneven and a Falcon-signed transaction's minimum fee is 3,000 microALGO.

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  1. DeFi

    Algofi's DEFLY staking contracts still run, with no company behind them

    Two smart contracts written for Algofi in March 2022 still stake DEFLY, with no front end and no company running them. Deposits and claims…

  2. DeFi

    Yieldly's legacy staking escrow released its ALGO without reading the payment

    Five payments in ninety-two seconds moved about 390,000 ALGO from Yieldly's legacy staking vault, long after holders were told to withdraw.

  3. DeFi

    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…

  4. DeFi

    Genfinity's recaps chart Algorand's staking surge — from 1,398 nodes to 3,894

    Genfinity is the Web3 media brand whose monthly Algorand recaps turned the 4.0 upgrade, real-time staking, and AlgoKit 3.0 into a year of…

  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…

  6. DeFi

    Bitrue pays 6.5% APY on ALGO for new users; existing holders earn 0.5%

    Bitrue, an official Algorand Foundation staking partner, offers no-lockup ALGO staking at a 0.5% base APY with daily payouts — while new…

  7. 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…

  8. 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…

  9. Wallets & Payments

    Algorand's Global x402 Challenge passes 60 live paid endpoints

    The Algorand Foundation's pay-per-request AI-commerce challenge is mid-flight with 60 live endpoints and $19.8K settled, as v5.0.0 brings…

  10. DeFi

    Steak Pool burns 11% of STEAK supply with Réti validator commission

    Steak Pool routes its Réti validator commission through an immutable auto-burn contract; 1.9M STEAK — 11% of the fixed 17M supply — sits in…

  11. 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…

  12. Wallets & Payments

    Pera Wallet rebuilds on one codebase as its card program resets

    Pera Wallet, Algorand's most-used self-custodial wallet, ships its 7.0 rebuild on one React Native codebase while its Immersve Mastercard…

  13. DeFi

    TxnLab's three-person studio spans Algorand's naming, staking, DeFi, and AI layers

    TxnLab is a three-person Algorand studio building .algo naming (69k NFDs minted), pooled staking ($60.8M TVL), a mobile DeFi app, and a…

  14. DeFi

    Pera Wallet Adds Post-Quantum Accounts Ahead of Algorand's 2027 Quantum Roadmap

    Pera ships post-quantum accounts and in-wallet staking; Biatec commits weekly while Defly's development stalls — a verified field guide to…