NEAR Protocol activated post-quantum signing support on its mainnet on July 20, 2026, becoming one of the first major blockchains to ship a production-ready quantum-resistant signature scheme. The upg…
NEAR Foundation, through Near One, has begun rebuilding its security model for post-quantum computing, starting with the integration of ML-DSA (Dilithium) into the protocol in Q2 2026, according to CT…
Cheiron, a Stanford-linked startup, raised $8 million in a seed round led by Menlo Ventures to build an operating system for drug programs, bringing total public financing to $12 million. The company …
NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin warned that AI-assisted hacking on blockchain systems began emerging in October and called for the industry to use AI to improve formal verification of smart …